{"id":438776,"date":"2020-09-17T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=438776"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:06:46","slug":"this-signal-could-suggest-latest-bitcoin-rally-was-a-bull-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/this-signal-could-suggest-latest-bitcoin-rally-was-a-bull-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"This Signal Could Suggest Latest Bitcoin Rally Was A Bull Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin price rebounded hard from $10,000<\/a> and in a flash already found itself back above $11,000. Thus far, the key level couldn’t hold, and now signs are appearing that could suggest the rally was noting more than a bull trap and retest of resistance turned support.<\/p>\n This week, Bitcoin blasted back above $11,000<\/a> but failed to hold the critical zone as it did the last time the cryptocurrency had a stretch of extended intraday upside.<\/p>\n At the top of the recent rise, however, the TD Sequential indicator has perfected a TD 9 sell setup. A 9 setup is perfected when the 9 candle reaches higher than its previous candle closes \u2013 imperfect setups are less reliable, but can still result in a drop.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Bitcoin Price Revisiting $11,000 Could Confirm Short-Term Bearish Reversal Pattern<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The tool was designed by market timing expert Thomas Demark<\/a> to signal trend exhaustion, and therefore, potential turning points that could lead to reversals.<\/p>\n The signal appearing at the height of a retest of support turned resistance, could suggest that the latest rally is a bull trap and more downside is next for the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TD 9 signals<\/a> are usually accurate enough to compel traders to take a position in any asset. The tool has called several tops and bottoms in Bitcoin \u2013 and recently triggered the same sell setup on the two-week timeframe at the peak 2020 high.<\/p>\n If the bull trap confirms and prices fall, what may have actually happened was a pullback to retest support turned resistance at the neckline of a head and shoulders top formation.<\/p>\n Head and shoulder are typically reversal patterns<\/a>. But before prices reach their target, statistics show that price actin tends to come back to retest the neckline in a throwback.<\/p>\n Once confirmed, the target is then reached. This pullback and bearish retest coinciding with a highly accurate sell signal doesn’t bode well for Bitcoin bulls, who may have been over confident that $10,000 had held thus far.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Did Bitcoin Just Confirm It\u2019s Largest Reversal Pattern In History?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nTD Sequential Indicator Gives Bull Trap Warning With Perfected TD 9 Sell Setup<\/h2>\n
BTCUSD Daily TD 9 Sell Signal TD Sequential Indicator | Source: TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n
Bearish Retest And Possible Head And Shoulders Pullback Confirms Support As Resistance<\/h2>\n
BTCUSD Daily Head and Shoulders Pullback Confirmed? | Source: TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n