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a. Hash Rate
Technically, the #BTC hash rate forms an ascending channel. After reaching the top part of the channel, it got rejected & is consolidating around the bottom of the channel. Let's see if will rebound from here.
Slightly bearish.
1b(i) The Hash Ribbon is a market indicator that assumes that #BTC's price tends to reach a bottom when miners capitulate & that's when BTC's price momentum switches from negative to positive- a good buying opportunity.
1b(ii) The Hash Ribbon flashed buy signals twice during this bull phase & #BTC's price rallied by 1.5x-2.6x. Hash Ribbon buy signal was still intact last week.
If history rhymes, this will put BTC around $106K as it has broken its previous ATH already!
1c #BTC miner balance increased by 335 BTC last week. The monthly change in miner's BTC balance for October 2021 is positive.
Miner balance increased by 326 BTC in the first 2 days of November. Bullish!
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a(i) The Net #BTC Transfer Vol. to/from Exchanges (NTVE) is inversely correlated with BTC's price.
NTVE was net -ve last week, but BTC is consolidating ~$58K-$63K. There is a divergence in this metric as NTVE is -ve, but price is trending down.
2a(ii) #BTC could still peak around $360K based on my pinned tweet under 2(ii)(c).
2b The balance of #BTC on Exchanges decreased last week. Since July 2021, BTC balances on exchanges have decreased & October 2021 posted the 3rd largest decline. This trend indicates a supply squeeze is in full swing. Bullish!
2c Last week, Whales bought 5459 #BTC, but Tiger Sharks were the largest buyer. Great Whites & Fish took profits last week.
In October 2021, Great Whites & Tiger Sharks were the key buyers of BTC, while Fish were the biggest sellers.
2d(i) The LT HODLers' #BTC supply falls as BTC's price ascends to its interim or cycle peak.
The current trend of old coins mimics the 2013 BTC bull phase- LT HODLers stacking sats before the cycle peak.
Their BTC holdings set a new ATH of 12.3M coins. Still trending up!!!
2d(ii) The Spent Output Age Bands (SOAB) show that LT HODLers are holding onto most of their coins.
In 2013, SOAB continued to rise until #BTC's cycle peak. In 2017, it rose at first & then fell as BTC peaked.
Now, SOAB is more like that in 2017 at this time in past cycles.
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Last week, 28080 BTC or $1.72B worth of #BTC were withdrawn from Coinbase to cold storage.
Just in the first 4 days of November, 35992 BTC or $3.93B worth were bought by institutions & 50% of which was purchased at $61K!
๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ #BTC RVT Ratio is the realized market cap of BTC to transaction volume ratio.
RVTS (inverse of RVT Ratio) continues to be in High Activity. If this continues, BTC's price should rise at least like it did when it rallied to its previous ATH.
4b. The #BTC Active Address Sentiment Indicator has fallen back below the red dotted line (upper std. dev. band of 28D active address change). This shows that market sentiment went from overheated to neutral. This is healthy as BTC moves another leg higher.
When will #BTC's correction be over? How low could its price get?
1. Bull market isn't over as fundamentals are strong 2. BTC is in another mid-cycle correction 3. If $40K-$41K support is breached, BTC could fall to $29K-$37K by end of Jan. 2022, but would quickly rebound >$40K
1. #BTC's fundamentals as reflected by key on-chain data are strong. Hash rate has reached a new ATH. LT HODLers continue to hold onto their BTC despite BTC's recent correction. Supply dynamics favor a continuation of the bull run rather than BTC diving into a bear phase.
2. BTC's price continues to track its move from Jan. 21- Jul. 21. (areas marked in pink boxes), but could be 5 days shorter in duration.
The current correction is similar to that of last summer & thus could be over at the end of Jan. 2022.
1b/ The #BTC LGC (Logarithmic Growth Curves) model is introduced to gauge cycle peak timing & cycle peak price taking into account the growth pattern of BTC.
#BTC is finally rebounding, but how high could its price get?
TLDR:
If impulse move plays out:
High: $74K
Middle: $62-$64K
Low: $46K-$51K
Timing: Mid-Jan. to End of Mar. 2022
If move fails, BTC could test $32K-$37K
Timing: Mid-Jan to Mid-Feb. 2022
1a/ Parallel channel breakout
If #BTC breaks out from its downward sloping parallel channel, it could have a price increase of $17.2K from the point of breakout. If there is a confirmed break of the upper channel (~$44.5K), the target price is ~$62K.
Strong resistance at $46K.
1b/ If #BTC fails to break out of the channel, it'd retest the $40K-$41K resistance again before resuming up. Breaching that, it'd fall between $32K & $37K.
As the bull phase is still intact, it shouldn't fall below (Wave 2= $29.2K*).
1a/This model (LGC) is constructed on Tradingview with #BTC log growth curves developed by @quantadelic with log Fib levels & time-based Fib zones added on a 2-week BTC chart. This is similar to TechDevโs chart, but the cycle peak log Fib level is at 2.618 & not 2.272.
2a/ To derive the timing of the cycle peak, time-based Fib zones are drawn from mid-cycle correction to the peak of the impulse move after that correction at or above the 1.618 log Fib level.
In past cycles, the peak occurred right between time-based 1.618 Fib & 2 Fib zones.
Some people are calling a giant head & should pattern for #BTC with a target price of $10K-$18K. Possible, but highly unlikely! Why?
TLDR: 1. US10Y: Bullish 2. BTC Futures: Bullish 3. BTC Options Bullish 4. Technicals: BTC could grind down to $40K-$41K & then rebound to $64K
1a/ #BTC's price has been highly correlated with US10Y & they had moved in lock-steps since 11/8/21 until last week. Traders risked off ahead of the Fed minutes & sold stocks & BTC.
1b/ The Fed will probably quicken the pace of tapering & raise rates sooner, but will likely allow their treasuries holdings to mature (no quantitative tightening or shrinking of B/S).
As long as the US economy is growing, a modest rate hike won't crash the markets.
2. Projected Peak Timing: Early 2nd Qtr. 2022 3. Model points to lengthening of cycle 4. Projected next cycle peak in late 3rd Qtr. 2026 when hyperbitcoinization may occur
1/ The fact that #BTC prices closed below the arc of the original BLX model in 2 consecutive months means that something is wrong either in the model or bull phase is over.
I don't think the cycle peak is in so I started anew. I used parallel channels to reconstruct the model.