The Bitcoin market looks as if it is stalling a bit on Friday, as we continue to see buyers overall, but may have gotten a bit too far ahead of ourselves in this market. Keep in mind that there are also the US – China trade talks over the weekend that could influence risk appetite.
Bitcoin has been somewhat noisy during the trading session here on Friday, but really, we haven’t gone anywhere. We’re stuck right around the $103,000 range, where we ended up at the end of the day on Thursday. This is a market that’s overextended, so don’t be surprised at all if we have to take a little bit of a break here. And quite frankly, I would expect that. Short-term pullbacks should appear sooner rather than later, and I think most people will look at that as a potential buying opportunity for bullish traders.
The $100,000 level was blown through, but it could offer a bit of support on the way down as it is a large, psychologically significant figure, and the Bitcoin market seems to be particularly sensitive to these. So, with that being said, I’m looking for a little bit of value before I start buying Bitcoin here because, quite frankly, Bitcoin has gotten too far ahead of itself recently.
I do think that over the longer term, we will probably go higher, I just recognize that we are in a situation where traders are more likely than not going to have to be a little bit patient in order to find that entry that they may need to get involved in. If we break higher from here, I think the next thing we’re looking at is right around $108,000, followed by the double top at the $110,000 level.
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Christopher Lewis is an experienced trader that specializes in technical analysis and markets prediction. Chris has over 20 years of experience across a wide variety of markets and assets - currencies, indices, and commodities.