Bitcoin Daily Market Report December 21s ...

Bitcoin Daily Market Report December 21st

Dec 22, 2021

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You will find the content below in this order:
1. Definitions
2. The Good
3. The Bad
4. CME Gaps
5. Key Levels
6. Final Thoughts

DEFINITIONS

Liquidity zones are high volume levels that offer support and resistance

Hidden bearish divergence: creating a lower high in price, with a higher high on the oscillators. This signals a possible trend continuation down.

Bearish divergence: higher high in price, lower high on the oscillators. This signals a possible trend reversal down.

Hidden bullish divergence: creating a higher low in price, with a lower low on the oscillators. This signals a possible trend continuation up.

Bullish divergence: creating a lower low in price, with a higher low on the oscillators. This signals a possible trend reversal up.

SR flip: turning old resistance into support, and vice-versa.

Fractal: recurring geometric pattern.

THE GOOD

Daily Timeframe

Bullish Market Structure

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Bitcoin continues to print higher highs and higher lows. This is known as a bullish market structure. As long as Bitcoin continues to print higher highs and higher lows, we are technically bullish.

Key Liquidity Zone (LQZ)

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Zone 1: Sitting between 33.9k and 35.2k, Bitcoin is still trading above this Key Daily Liquidity Zone. As long Bitcoin remains above this zone, we can expect it to act as support.

Exponential Moving Average (EMA): 8

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Bitcoin will close above this EMA.

Implication: Ideally, it serves as a level of support.

Simple Moving Average (SMA): 200

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Bitcoin will close above the 200-day SMA.

Implication: Ideally, it serves as a level of support. By technical standards, Bitcoin is back in a bull market if this SMA can be held as support.

Divergences

Hidden Bullish Divergence

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Bitcoin has a higher low in price, with a lower low on the RSI. This is a hidden bullish divergence, which signals a possible trend continuation up.

Invalidation: Lower low in price and the RSI.

Bullish Divergence

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Bitcoin has a lower low in price, with a higher low on the MACD. This is a bullish divergence, which signals a possible trend reversal up.

Invalidation: Lower low in price and the MACD.

4H Timeframe 

EMA Ribbon

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Bitcoin has risen above the ribbon in this timeframe.

Implication: For the first time since late November, the momentum is with the bulls. Ideally, the ribbon turns into a level of support.

Simple Moving Averages (SMA): 20 and 50

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Bitcoin has risen above these SMAs.

Implication: Ideally, they will serve as levels of support.

Divergences

Exaggerated Bullish Divergence

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Bitcoin has a similar low in price, with a higher low in the MACD. This is an exaggerated bullish divergence, which signals a possible trend reversal up.

Invalidation: Lower low in price and in the MACD.

Patterns

*Please note not all technical targets will be hit, so be aware of all key levels and Fibonacci Levels, and also look out for divergences as they have the power to reverse a trend

Descending Channel

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1H Timeframe

EMA Ribbon

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Bitcoin has risen above the ribbon on this timeframe.

Implication: Momentum is currently with the bulls.

THE BAD

Daily Timeframe

Logarithmic Curve

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Bitcoin has lost the median as support and may now be losing the 0.382 Fibonacci Level as support. Continuing to lose level after level is not ideal one bit.

Key Liquidity Zone (LQZ)

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UPDATE: Zone 2: The second LQZ sits at 47.3k - 48.6k, which Bitcoin has lost as support. It may serve as resistance moving forward.

Zone 3: The final daily liquidity zone sits at 60.7k-61.9k, which Bitcoin has lost as support. We may see it serve as resistance moving forward.

Bullish Exhaustion

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We have an increase in price with a decline in volume, possibly signalling a loss of bullish momentum in the market.

Directional Movement Index (DMI)

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*This is another momentum indicator.

Generally speaking, when the blue line (bullish) crosses below the orange line (bearish), it signals a potential shift in momentum to the bears.

Network Value to Transaction (NVT)

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*This indicator describes the relationship between market cap and transfer volumes.

Bitcoin has lost the NVT Signal Line as support. Typically when this happens, Bitcoin sees a more sustained correction.

EMA Ribbon

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Bitcoin has lost the EMA ribbon as support in this timeframe.

Implication: It may end up serving as strong resistance.

Exponential Moving Average (EMA): 21, 50 and 200

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Bitcoin has lost these SMAs as support, and we have seen a Death Cross between the 21/50-day EMAs. We have seen a Death Cross between the 8/200-day EMAs. We have seen a Death cross between the 21/200-day EMAs.

Implications: These may serve as resistance moving forward. Death Crosses signal a potential bearish continuation. Keep in mind, however, the most important EMA Death Cross is between the 50/200-day EMAs.

Simple Moving Average (SMA): 20, 50 and 100

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Bitcoin has lost these SMAs as support, and we have seen a Death Cross between the 20/100-day SMAs. We may see a Death Cross between the 50/100-day SMAs.

UPDATE! Implications: They may serve as a level of resistance moving forward.

Divergences

Hidden Bearish Divergence

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Bitcoin has lower highs in price, with higher highs in the RSI/MACD. This is a hidden bearish divergence, which signals a possible trend continuation down.

Invalidation: Higher high in price and the oscillators.

4H Timeframe

Bearish Market Structure

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Bitcoin continues to print lower highs and lower lows. This is known as a bearish market structure. Until Bitcoin can create a meaningful new higher high, the medium-term outlook for Bitcoin is bearish.

UPDATE: Bitcoin has created a new higher high for the first time since November 10th.

Key Liquidity Zone (LQZ)

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Zone 1: Bitcoin has lost this LQZ as support, which sits at 56.9k - 57.4k.

Zone 2: There is a new LQZ at 48.5k - 48.8k that is serving as resistance right now.

Implications: A lot of the liquidity in this timeframe rests above the current price of Bitcoin. We may see this serve as resistance moving forward.

Simple Moving Average (SMA): 50 and 200

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Bitcoin continues to trade below the 200 SMA, and has now lost the 50 SMA.

Implications: They may act as resistance moving forward.

Divergences

Hidden Bearish Divergence

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Bitcoin has lower highs in price, with higher highs in the RSI. This is a hidden bearish divergence, which signals a possible trend continuation down.

Invalidation: Higher highs in price and in the RSI.

1H Timeframe

Divergences

Exaggerated Bearish Divergence

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Bitcoin has similar highs in price, with lower highs on the RSI/MACD. This is an exaggerated bearish divergence, which signals a possible trend reversal down.

Invalidation: Higher high in price and the RSI.

CME GAPS

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The gap below us at 32480 is still open. Although not all gaps fill, they do tend to, which is why I'm still including this gap as something to be aware of.

GAP: 53675

Key Levels

Daily Timeframe

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  1. 29790

  2. 33380

  3. 35910

  4. 38205

  5. 39245

  6. 40735

  7. 42205

  8. 44865

  9. 46255

  10. 46700

  11. 47140

  12. 47800

  13. 47635

  14. 46255

  15. 44865

  16. 42205

  17. 40735

  18. 39245

  19. 38205

  20. 35910

  21. 33400

  22. 29800

  23. 48290

  24. 49490

  25. 50590

  26. 51295

  27. 51755

  28. 52665

  29. 53950

  30. 54340

  31. 54720

  32. 55315

  33. 56245

  34. 56900

  35. 57775

  36. 58050

  37. 58415

  38. 58865

  39. Fibonacci Levels

4H Timeframe

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  1. 39970

  2. 40755

  3. 41645

  4. 42845

  5. 44215

  6. 45310

  7. 46745

  8. 48145

  9. 48845

  10. 49755

  11. 50380

  12. 51000

  13. 51885

  14. 52190

  15. 52829

  16. 53235

  17. 53865

  18. 54885

  19. 55473

  20. Fibonacci levels

1-hour Timeframe

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  1. 42000

  2. 46130

  3. 47920

  4. 48315

  5. 49190

  6. 49700

  7. 50545

  8. 51200

  9. 51680

  10. 52605

  11. 53860

  12. 56040

  13. 57375

  14. Fibonacci levels

FINAL THOUGHTS

RECAP FROM THIS MORNING

Bitcoin has seen a move to the upside after bouncing yesterday from right inside of the Golden Pocket. And for the very first time since November 10th, Bitcoin has created a new higher high. This is a great sign for a change in market structure

Alongside these bullish developments, Bitcoin has also risen above the 4H EMA Ribbon for the first time since late November while breaking to the upside from the Descending Channel.

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If Bitcoin continues up, our levels that sit above are still the same. Nothing has changed in that regard.

I do, however, have a few concerns. Now although the volume we're seeing is decent, it's nothing to get too excited about yet. The reason is, we are still creating 1H/4H bearish divergences. As we know, bearish divergences can only be invalidated by creating higher highs in both price and in the oscillators. Seeing these types of divergences after such sustained downside PA is natural. It doesn't mean we can't continue up, it just means that we may still have a bumpy road ahead of before continuing up. 

Make it a common practice to get bullish at the lows, and bearish at the highs. Ie, and not financial advice, but I would not look to long at highs or short at lows. Quite the opposite actually. 

All in all, Bitcoin remains in the same position as it's been in on a macro level. But, it's great to see that our support held and that the market structure is starting to change. Maintaining the 45.5k is critical, because if we lose that level, we go back to creating lower lows. This would ultimately invalidate the case for a new higher high.

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TONIGHT

The Good

  1. Trading above the Daily LQZ 1

  2. Possible reclaim of the Daily LQZ 2

  3. Possible reclaim of the NVT

  4. Risen above the 200-day SMA 

  5. Risen above the 8-day SMA

  6. 1D Hidden Bullish Divergence

  7. 1D Bullish Divergence

  8. 4H Exaggerated Bullish Divergence

  9. Holding the 1W EMA Ribbon

  10. CME Gap at 53,665

  11. Bullish Market Structure (1D timeframe)

  12. Reclaimed the 1H/4H EMA ribbon

  13. Possible higher low and higher high market structure forming

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The Bad

  1. 1D Hidden Bearish Divergence

  2. 1W Bearish Divergence

  3. 1M Bearish Divergence

  4. 4H Hidden Bearish Divergence

  5. 1H Exaggerated Bearish Divergence

  6. Bullish Exhaustion

  7. Lost the 1D EMA Ribbons

  8. Lost the 21/50/200-day EMAs and the 20/50/100-day SMAs

  9. Lost the 20/50/200 4H SMAs

  10. Lost Daily LQZ 2/3 (for now)

  11. Lost the 4H LQZ 1

  12. Finding resistance from the NEW 4H LQZ 2

  13. Volume Analysis

  14. Bearish NVT (for now)

  15. Bearish DMI

  16. Rejected from the Bitcoin Logarithmic Curve Median Line

  17. 20/50-day SMA Death Cross

  18. 21/50-day EMA Death Cross

  19. 20/100-day SMA Death Cross

  20. 8/200-day EMA Death Cross

  21. Possible 21/200-day EMA Death Cross

  22. Possible 50/100- day SMA Death Cross

  23. Bearish Market Structure (4H timeframe)

  24. Lost the Bull Market Support Band

  25. Lost the 20/50W SMA

  26. Lost the 8/13/21W EMAs

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This Macro Volume Analysis still stands.

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After rising to just under the Golden Pocket from this morning's report, Bitcoin has formed a sideways range. We have a clearly defined range high at roughly 49.3k, with the range low at about 48.3k. As we know, Bitcoin tends to range much longer than most expect, leading to the majority of retail traders getting chopped out because they long the highs and short the lows. (NFA but you want to do complete opposite of that as long as the technicals support it.)

Right now with this recent rise up, we have seen some decent volume follow. On top of that there are a few new bullish developments. It's possible we have a bullish NVT. This is simply where we close above the orange Signal Line and hold it as support.

We will also close above the 8-day EMA and 200-day SMA. Traditionally, when an asset is trading above the 200-day SMA, it's considered to be in a bull market. Ideally, we see Bitcoin test it and hold it as support.

The last new major bullish development is that we've created a micro higher high to go along with our higher lows. It's great to see a potential shift in market structure. However, what Bitcoin needs to see is a move above 52k in order to create a new meaningful higher high.

Now for the bad news... Bitcoin is creating 4H/1D hidden bearish divergences which isn't ideal, but is to be expected after seeing such a big move to the downside. This could provide some further turbulence and choppiness in the days/weeks to come. Alongside these macro divergences, we do also have a 1H bearish divergence at the range high. This could potentially cause Bitcoin to trade sideways, or see a move down to the range lows.

All in all, Bitcoin remains in the same position as it's been in on a macro level. But, it's great to see that our support held and that the market structure is starting to change. Maintaining the 45.5k is critical, because if we lose that level, we go back to creating lower lows. This would ultimately invalidate the case for a new higher high.

Friendly reminder to remain level-headed! Even if we do see a meaningful move to the upside sooner rather than later, there's still the possibility that it may be a dead cat bounce. Weekly/Monthly divergences are very significant for the macro outlook of an asset if they aren't invalidated. 

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