Bitcoin Trading Correlates Gold 1.0
Bitcoin trading joined gold, today, when it halted advance and tipped into correction. Although not a trading recommendation, just yet, technical indications imply a return to at least the January lows. Yesterday’s contradictory signals eventually folded to the side of the bulls as they pushed the advance $10 higher. The bitcoin price move began after gold breached its long-term upper resistance channel last week, and now that gold is correcting strongly from its $1,260 high, the steady bitcoin advance (as evidenced by the momentum indicators, above) also enters correction. That....
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