Bitcoin Price Busts Its Bollinger Band
Bitcoin price Bollinger Bands gave way today as price rolled over and dropped through a second support level to below $450. Additional decline is now a certainty and we look at some of the technical factors at work. Bitcoin price is currently below the 4-hour 200-period moving average (red) that was identified as critical local support in analysis during this week. The breach now opens decline to a long-term Fib line support that originates at the January 2015 low, annotated in grey. The 4-hour chart’s indicators are tending to oversold territory and imply an upward correction before....
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