BTCUSD Perspective And Levels: 3690 Pivotal Support.

BTCUSD update: The key resistance is the 4203 to 4548 area which is the .618 of the recent bearish swing. If price fails off of this area, it will need to find support above 3690 in order to maintain the current bullish structure and a chance to push beyond the 4548 level. If 3690 breaks, that could be the beginning of a correction that can take price back to the 3000 level.

As I wrote about in my previous BTCUSD report, this market appears to be in a C Wave and there are now 4 of 5 waves in place which means there is still a chance that Wave 5 unfolds. I am not predicting that it will, I am just going by the price structure that the market is showing at the moment. In order to add more weight to this scenario, the 3690 level (.382 of bullish swing) needs to be clearly taken out followed by a retrace to a lower high. On the 4 hour time frame, this process can take a day or two and will need a catalyst to ignite the required selling. In this scenario I would not expect support levels to hold, or only hold enough to generate a lower high followed by an eventual break of the 3227 level. If this price action materializes, I will be planning to invest at the extreme lows. Since all the coin markets are following this chart, you can buy any of them that suit your risk tolerance and affordability.

Now to make sure what I just wrote is CLEAR: Buying at extreme lows is NOT a swing trade strategy and not short term in any way. It is also not technical and more of a sentiment play. It requires you have a well defined plan, understand sizing and can tolerate risk. If you are not sure what I am describing, then it is best to stay out all together because you will only get yourself into trouble. Buying into extreme lows requires the ability to handle the risk. And this is NOT advice, I am just sharing what I intend to do IF this market offers an extreme low opportunity again in the near future. A push to 3000 or lower would qualify as extreme for me.

What if the market never retraces back to extremes? This is the other possibility where price pushes up into the current resistance zone, and pulls back into a significant support like the 3227 area without falling apart. I would categorize this price action as a range bound market which is not that unusual after the degree of recent selling momentum. In order for a market to get back to building bullish structure and pushing highs again, it needs to stabilize and build a base. A range bound market or consolidation is just that. This type of condition will offer trading opportunities, but they will have very conservative targets. Any swing trades that I take will be in the ETHUSD market while I use this market for further reference.

In summary, the market will choose a scenario, and the best we can do is be prepared for which ever one unfolds. Using elements like support/resistance and Elliott Wave can help us figure out what to look for and prepare. I realize many new participants think that this is a game of "outsmarting" the market or predicting what it will do next like a weather report. Analysis is not like that at all because all financial markets possess an element of randomness that we cannot control. The best we can do is evaluate price action, find clues and use them to anticipate what the market may do, and if our scenario unfolds, we simply execute our plan instead of reacting emotionally. If price cannot break the overhead resistance zone, and starts breaking supports instead, that will signal to me to stay out of any swing trades and only look for investment opportunities at extremes. If the extremes never happen, then the plan will be to look for swing trades within a range bound market. I have my plan, now the market needs to choose which way it will go. And if the market chooses a completely different scenario, I simply reevaluate and adjust to the new information.

Comments and questions welcome.