BTC/USD

The Bitcoin bulls have been defending the $10,000 mark for the past few days. But they have not been able to push prices higher, which is a point of concern.

The cryptocurrency has broken out of the down trendline one, which shows that the momentum on the downside has decreased. We can expect a few more days of range bound action between $10,000 and $12,000.

It is difficult to predict whether the upside or the downside move comes next.

If the bulls succeed in breaking out of the 20-day EMA, which is currently at $12,218, the BTC/USD pair should rally to the down trendline two. The traders can wait for the breakout above $12,200 to sustain for about 4-hours and then buy with a stop-loss at $9,900. The target objective is a move to $14,500.

On the downside, if the bears break below $9,900, the selling is likely to intensify. The next stop on the downside is $8,000.

As we are uncertain about the next move, we have elucidated both possibilities. We don’t find any setups as long as the price remains within the range.

ETH/USD

After touching an intraday high of $1,102.4 on Jan. 25, the cryptocurrency fell to the down trendline yesterday, Jan. 26. Now, if it manages to break out of $1,110, we can expect it to rally to $1,174.36 levels.

Once the ETH/USD pair breaks out of $1,110, traders should raise the stop loss from the current levels of $840 to $950. That will decrease our risk. Partial profits can be booked at $1,170 levels, and the stops on the remaining positions should be trailed higher.

BCH/USD

Bitcoin Cash has a history of entering into small range trading days, before a significant breakout or a breakdown. We had seen a similar pattern in August and October last year, 2017.

Currently, the price has been stuck in a tight range of $1,479 on the downside and $1,700 on the upside.

Any breakout of this range is likely to face a slew of resistance at the 20-day EMA, the downtrend line and $2,072.6853.

On the downside, support is at the January 17th low of $1364.9657 and $1141.

We don’t find any tradable setup on the BCH/USD pair.

LTC/USD

Litecoin broke below the $175 support level, Jan. 26, but recovered and closed above it by the end of the day.

What might be worth considering is the fact that the bulls are not able to push prices higher. If we don’t get an upside massive range move within a couple of days, chances are that the bears will again attempt to sink the cryptocurrency.

On the downside, support exists at $140.001, which is the intraday low of Jan. 17. If this level also breaks, the LTC/USD pair can sink to the next support level of $85.

If the bulls manage to push prices higher, they will face resistance at $200 from the 20-day EMA and at the down trendline of the descending triangle.

We should change our bearish view only after price breaks out of $225.

With love,
Nalin