Investment vehicles around the world are showing signs of reversal months after the mid-March panic sell-off as news of COVID-19 antibodies and vaccine developments are now flooding the news. Amidst the good news, Bitcoin seems to have fallen behind other asset classes during the past month.
The last 30-day returns of Bitcoin (June 22th – July 22th) is in negative territory at -3% while a store of value benchmark like gold provided a generous return of +4.25% during the same time period.
Bitcoin seems to be stuck in a quagmire compared to other cryptocurrencies in the market dubbed “Altcoins.” The bastard child of the market, also known as Ripple (XRP), is the worst high-cap Altcoin performer from 2019 to 2020, but it still managed to outperform Bitcoin with a +4.49% return. Stellar (XLM) yielded an impressive +32% but was overshadowed by ChainLink (LINK), which continues to create new all-time-highs (ATH) resulting in +58% return in just 30 days.
After seeing a historical low having plunged into negative territory for the first time in the history of oil futures, WTI Crude Oil is slowly climbing back upward with a 3% increase in the past month. NASDAQ defied all rules and headed for back-to-back ATHs and now is reaching 11,000 points. S&P 500 yielded a +4.5% gain and finally came around with a positive year-to-date (YTD) return.
The orange coin, despite successfully breaking out from its suppressing trendline, still lacks volume and momentum. It should remain neutral until a break above the previous local high at $9,430 has been made. For support, the yellow trendline should provide a safe zone, breaking below the line should bring us to around $8,800 level.
On the bright side, if Bitcoin manages to blow past $9,430, the next resistance should be at $9,600 according to Fibonacci’s retracement. The major resistance is still the previous high at $10,500 which is a pivotal point between the bull and bear trends.
The SCN30 Index jumped 5.24 points last night and now stands at 162.5 points. The mid-term trend is still going sideways as most of the constituents are going up slightly except LINK which is experiencing a slight cool down at the moment.
From the technical analysis perspective, LINK should come down to find a foothold after failing to break above $9 as it is sitting on the 161.8 Fibonacci level. Breaking below this could result in a support confirmation at $5 which was the previous formidable resistance for the past year.
Disclaimer: This analysis is the view of the author’s alone, and does not in any way represent trading advice. all traders should trade at their own risk.
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