Bitcoin Price Watch; Trading The Volatility

By July 18, 2016Bitcoin Business

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There’s plenty of opportunity to pick up a profit going forward, however, so let’s take a look at how we expect things to play out this evening. First up, take a quick look at the chart below to get an idea of the levels in focus. The chart is a fifteen-minute candlestick chart showing the last twenty-four hours’ worth of action in the bitcoin price. So, as the chart shows, the levels we are focusing in on for this evening are in term support to the downside at 670 flat, and in term resistance to the upside at 682. There’s plenty of room for an intrarange approach here, so long on a bounce from support and short on a correction from resistance, targeting the opposing levels.

If price breaks and closes below in term support, we will aim to enter short towards an initial downside target of 660. […]

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