First off, the real question is: Is this range accumulation or re-distribution?
The answer to that question will determine whether we eventually break up or down out of this range ($30-43K).
Wyckoff can give us a good indication of what we're working with.
The most telling factor here, will be the volume. If this were to be a distribution range, like we've seen at the top, we would be seeing increased volume on the sell-offs.
Currently, we're seeing the opposite happen. This can be an indication of supply drying up on each test and thus meaning, accumulation is in progress.
Do keep in mind, that accumulation and distribution ranges can look very similar in terms of price movements. That's why the volume is so important.
We should be keeping an eye on the higher and lower end of the range and see how price reacts there.
If we were to take the range highs, get dumped below it and see increased selling volume on every move down, that'd be a bearish sign.
Overall, we should be seeing lower volume on each move down indicating a dried up supply in this range.
This would end up in a break up higher.
As for the chart comparison, the ST in Phase B doesn't have to touch the SC level like the picture implies.
Besides that, the green doodle I drew is just an indication of where we may be. The entire Phase B & C are mostly sideways chop without setting any significant highs or lows so it's still unclear where we are exactly and how long it may take before we really enter Phase D.
From a trading perspective, you're probably best off to wait for more clarity. We can after all, still test the SC and extend this range further. That would give you a better long entry.
Alternatively you can just wait for a proper breakout of the range which is a lot safer.
For now, this is all we can work with.
I hope this was educational for some of you. I'm still learning a lot about this as we go but it's surely very interesting.
Thanks for reading! 📚
To add to this:
No one was really looking at Wyckoff prior to the dump we've had. Now all of the sudden it has gotten a lot of interest.
We've seen these things happen before, where certain patterns don't occur anymore once the majority catches on to it.
Good to keep in mind.
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Still a lot of late shorters that have had an easy run so far. Usually these highs tend to get swept before anything else.
Keep your eyes out for a swing failure pattern to occur. This is where price sweeps these highs to take liquidity and rejects/falls immediately afterwards.
$BTC Solid breakout and retest of the diagonal so far. Looks good for continuation towards $39K and possibly 42-43K after that.
🔹What happened?
🔹Do I think the bull market is over?
🔹What's next?
🔹What will I be doing?
🔹What happened?
First off, what the hell happened?! Especially on May the 19th in particular?
Of course there's plenty of arguments and narratives for what happened. Be it Elon, China FUD or just the general end of the bull market as a whole.
1/x
The one thing that's most likely though, which we can see from the data, is the fact people have been over-leveraging into longs... A LOT.
We knew this was happening all along and usually we got away with a 20-30% dip but this was not like the other corrections.
2/x
Fun change I've went through in the past 6 months or so as my portfolio grew bigger:
I used to care more about missing out on gains than losing money itself. The opposite is now true.
I rather protect my capital and miss out on potential gains than take unecessary risks.
Of course you will still see me ape into small caps and go big on $alts etc.
The difference being that I pick the risks I take more carefully. I also focus on hedging my spot holding a lot more when I think there is a high probability of potential downside.
This change in mindset probably has to do with the fact that with a relatively smaller portfolio I was ready to take bigger risks to try and make the maximum amount of gains I could, within the current cycle.
Don't ask me for my exact reasoning. It's a bit of a mix between seeing the PA, some indicators and a gut feeling.
Of course it should be obvious this is no signal to all in long or go out of your regular trading risk management.
Just a though by me I wanted to share.
For everyone asking about how this would affect $alts:
$BTC and alts can move together but if BTC starts pumping out some big numbers each day, expect alts to go more risk-off and more money to flow into BTC.
ALT/BTC pairs may suffer a bit but USDT pairs should still be good.