LTC/BTC Technical Analysis – 3rd March 2014

Analysis provided by Ashton Fraser, learn more about his Forex Reversals trading strategies.

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Let’s take a closer look at the hourly chart on LTC/BTC (click to expand):

I’ve done the Fibonacci study from the high of the past fortnight at 0.026, until today’s low at 0.021.

From the 25th of February, until yesterday afternoon, look at how steady and smooth the bears were, as indicated by the long orange arrow I’ve drawn. But zoom in closer, and we’ll realise that actually, in the few hours preceding the rapid drop, there was a Bollinger squeeze in play, as shown in the white ellipse below:

We know that after such a squeeze, an expansion will come, and that’s exactly what happened. In the first chart above, I’ve drawn two red arrows, one following price and one following the Awesome Oscillator. I’ve done this to demonstrate how the Awesome Oscillator provides a key metric in reference to price action. Because if you look at the orange arrow I drew, the AO is full of interruptions of green bars implying minor retracements. However, there is no such interruption on the AO for the past 24 hours.

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In fact, already, due to the strength of the bears, these very indicators we’ve just mentioned have all turned in the opposite direction once again, and as a result, I expect price to continue falling for the next few hours until it touches the lower Bollinger Band, at which point we can expect another retrace.