Bitcoin Price Watch; A Hedge Against The Decline
Here's a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this evening For those with any degree of long-term holdings in the bitcoin space right now, things aren’t looking great. This time last week, the bitcoin price was trading around the $1200 mark. Fast-forward 6 or 7 days, and we are now down to sub $800 – a more than 35% decline across the period. From an intraday perspective, this hasn’t necessarily been a negative. We have had many opportunities to get in and out of the markets according to our intraday strategy, and take advantage of the volatility that we’ve seen over the....
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Yesterday afternoon, shortly before the markets closed in the UK, we published our bitcoin price watch piece highlighting the levels we would be keeping an eye on in the BTCUSD as the bitcoin price matured overnight. We've seen some considerable movement throughout this maturity, and our parameters - in terms of levels to watch - have changed. With this said, what happened overnight, and what will action around particular levels tells about a potential intraday bias as we head into a fresh day of trading? Take a quick look at the chart. As you can see, action in the bitcoin price overnight....
BlackRock executive Russ Koesterich says gold is failing as an equity hedge amid massive outflows from bullion ETFs into assets like Bitcoin. With the price of gold down more than 11% over the last six months, some investment managers are questioning its status as a hedge asset.According to Bloomberg, Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager at BlackRock’s Global Allocation Fund, gold is currently failing to prove its effectiveness as a viable hedge against inflation.Indeed, Koesterich countered the popular hedge asset narrative for gold, stating, “Gold’s ability to hedge against inflation has....
Here's a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this evening. We’re big advocates of bitcoin (I guess that goes without saying) and so when price moves as part of a steep decline, it hurts a little. We’ve all got holdings, and these holdings take a hit when the bitcoin price dips. That said, when you trade intraday as we do, a decline is neither positive nor negative, it’s just volatility. We like volatility, and we can take advantage of it if we set up right. In this instance, we set up right, and despite price collapsing from the high 700s to where it currently sits....
A little earlier on this morning, shortly before the markets opened in the UK, we published our bitcoin price watch article addressing how we would response to price reaching certain levels throughout Tuesday's European session. The primary focus of the piece was the sharp decline we saw in the bitcoin price overnight on Monday, and the overarching bearish bias - on both a technical and fundamental level - that this forced us to accept. Now price has matured throughout the European session, and we are about to open on a fresh US afternoon. With this said, what has price action told us....
Few hedge funds are looking forward to buying into Mt Gox claims as they expect Bitcoin price to appreciate further. The victims of Mt Gox are yet to receive the payouts. While they still wait for closure, hedge fund managers are busy digging for opportunities to make money. The reports indicate that few hedge funds in the United States and Japan are planning to buy the claims from Mt Gox victims with the hopes of capitalizing on the appreciating Bitcoin price in the future. According to a report on one of the leading financial news outlets, at least four different hedge funds have started....