It's back in the red for the majors, but there could be a bounce back should the news wires remain crypto friendly through the day.
Bitcoin Cash ABC fell by 6.19% on Thursday, reversing a 4.04% gain from Wednesday, to end the day at $159.8.
It was bearish through much of the day, with Bitcoin Cash ABC falling from a start of a day intraday high $174.70 to late afternoon intraday low $156.85 before finding support to move back through to $159 levels by the day’s end.
The reversal saw Bitcoin Cash ABC slide through the 38.2% FIB of $163 and the first major support level at $162.07, while coming up short of the first major resistance level at $175.36 at the start of the day.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin Cash ABC was down 0.72% to $158.65, with moves through the early morning seeing Bitcoin Cash ABC rise from a morning low $156.81 to a morning high $160.71 before easing back, the major support and resistance levels left untested early on.
For the day ahead a move back through the morning high $160.71 to $164 levels would be needed to bring $170 levels and the first major resistance level at $170.72 into play before any pullback, Thursday’s high $174.7 likely to pin Bitcoin Cash ABC back from a breakout to $180 levels on the day.
Failure to move back through the morning high to $164 levels could see Bitcoin Cash ABC take a bigger hit later in the day, with a pullback through the morning low $156.81 bringing $153 levels and the day’s first major support level at $152.87 into play before any recovery, sub-$150 support levels unlikely to be in play on the day.
Litecoin fell by 4.04% on Thursday, reversing Wednesday’s 3.98% gain, to end the day at $31.6.
Tracking the broader market, Litecoin fell from a start of a day intraday high $33.1 to a late afternoon intraday low $31.00 before retracing some of the losses through the final hours of the day.
The pullback saw Litecoin fall through the first major support level at $31.63, while coming up short of the first major resistance level at $33.94 at the start of the day, key for Litecoin being a hold onto $31 levels through the day.
At the time of writing, Litecoin was down 0.41% to $31.47, with Litecoin recovering from a start of a day morning low $31.21 to hit a morning high $31.79 before easing back into the red, the major support and resistance levels left untested early on.
For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $31.79 to $31.9 would support a run at the first major resistance level at $32.8 before any pullback, Litecoin likely to be pinned back from a run through to the second major resistance level at $34 on the day.
Failure to move through to $31.9 could see Litecoin take a bigger hit later in the day, with a pullback through the morning low $31.21 bringing $30 levels and the first major support level at $30.70 into play before any recovery, sub-$30 support levels unlikely to be in play barring a broad based crypto sell-off event.
Ripple’s XRP fell by 5.07% on Thursday, reversing a 2.55% rise from Wednesday, to end the day at $0.36734.
A bearish start to the day set the tone, with Ripple’s XRP falling from a start of a day intraday high $0.38760 to a morning low $0.37142 before getting hit by a second wave to fall to a late afternoon intraday low $0.36359.
The sell-off saw Ripple’s XRP slide through the first major support level at $0.3733 by late morning, while managing to hold onto $0.36 levels to avoid the second major support level at $0.3598 on the day.
At the time of writing, Ripple’s XRP was down 0.21% to $0.36658, a relatively range bound start to the day seeing a morning low $0.365 and morning high $0.36895 leave the day’s major support and resistance levels untested early on.
For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $0.36895 to $0.373 levels would support a run at $0.38 levels to bring the first major resistance level at $0.3821 into play before any pullback, sentiment across the broader market needing to materially improve for Ripple’s XRP to take a run at $0.39 levels last struck on Wednesday.
Failure to move back through the morning high to $0.37 levels could see Ripple’s XRP pullback deeper into the red through the day, a fall through the morning low $0.365 bringing $0.35 levels and the first major support level at $0.3581 into play before any recovery, sub-$0.35 support levels unlikely to be in play on the day.
With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.