From yesterday’s low at $213,361,000,000, the evaluation of the cryptocurrency market cap has increased to $226B at the highest points today so far. Since that high, the evaluation has come back to around $223B where its currently sitting on the minor resistance retesting it for support.
- Market Cap: $223,321,776,318
- 24h Vol: $17,316,880,093
- BTC Dominance: 52.1%
As you can see last time the evaluation went above the resistance it quickly fell back below it, so this is a very interesting position for the evaluation on the global chart because we are now going to see if there is a trend reversal and the market is going long, or would this end as a fakeout and the market is heading short.
Bitcoin’s dominance which I consider to be an inverse indicator for the direction of the cryptocurrency market is showing signs of topping, but if we look closely at the current structure it resembles the prior one from which the percentage of BTC dominance continued to increase.
Monero Price XMR/USD
From August 14th low the price of Monero has been in an ascending channel which leads to a breakout from the descending wedge in which the price action was correcting from December last year when the all-time high of $472 was made.
From yesterday’s low at $112.7 the price of Monero has increased to $122 which is above the horizontal resistance seen on the 4-hour chart, but the price quickly fell below it and is now currently trading at $116.39 which is a 3% increase overall.
As the price entered sellers territory we are now likely going to see an interaction with the channels support and potentially a breakout on the downside if the support hasn’t been found.
Market sentiment
Monero’s hourly chart technical indicators are signaling a sell.
Pivot points
S3 71.273 S2 94.263 S1 108.327 P 117.253 R1 131.317 R2 140.243 R3 163.233
IOTA Price IOTA/USD
The price of IOTA has escaped the second descending channel from the all-time high as it has retraced to its key support on August 14th. Looking at the 4-hour chart you can see that the price action escaped it steadily which is forming a plateau much like it did last time.
As the price hasn’t reached the 0.236 Fibonacci level yet I would expect that we see some upward movement in the upcoming period.
Similarly to the chart of Monero, the price action of IOTA has formed an ascending channel to breakout from the descending one and it looks like the price has entered the seller’s territory as it fell quickly below the minor range resistance. From yesterday’s low at $0.537 the price of IOTA has increased to $0.6 but as you can see it quickly got back to $0.561 marking a 3.4% increase overall.
The current structure looks unstable and the momentum is slowing down so if the support of the channels breaks we are in for a lower low scenario.
Market sentiment
IOTA’s hourly chart technicals are signaling a sell overall.
Pivot points
S3 0.2925 S2 0.4387 S1 0.5229 P 0.5849 R1 0.6691 R2 0.7311 R3 0.8773
Gas Price GAS/USD
From yesterday’s open at $5.11 the price of Gas has increased by 57.63% and is currently trading at around $8. The price went even further up, spiking to $10.8 but since it has retraced as the exponential increase was unsustainable.
Zooming out to the 4-hour chart you can see that after reaching the lowest on August 14th, much like the other cryptocurrencies the price action has formed an ascending channel which led to a breakout from the descending channels resistance line.
This last increase of over 57% has retested the channels resistance line and as you can see after it did the price fell straight back and is now in a downward trajectory. Maybe after the pullback is done, buying would activate again and the channel resistance gets broken, but in the upcoming period, I would rather expect to see a retest of support for the price of Gas, much like for other cryptos.
Market sentiment
Technical indicators are signaling a buy.
Pivot points
S3 2.779242 S2 3.992023 S1 4.611259 P 5.204804 R1 5.824040 R2 6.417585 R3 7.630366
Conclusion
As you can see from the evaluation on the global chart as well as the charts from the cryptocurrencies covered in today’s market update, the cryptocurrency market as a whole is experiencing some sideways movement after the prices have reached their lowest on August 14th. It is still unclear whether that was the bottom and that we are going to see a trend reversal soon. I don’t believe so. I believe that these ascending channels that we can see are only consolidative in nature and that new lows are coming.
But nothing goes straight up or straight down – the market moves in cycles, which is why I think that we are going to see some short-term recovery that many would interpret as the next bull run. But those who are in this game for a longer period wouldn’t be caught off guard unless there is a proper confirmation. That is why I remain bearish even though we have seen some green days and are likely going to see more.
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