It's a positive start to the day, with Ripple's XRP leading the way, though holding will be down to the news wires later in the day.
Bitcoin Cash tumbled by 6.7% on Thursday, following on from a 2.04% fall on Wednesday, to end the day at $579, a second consecutive day in the red seeing Bitcoin Cash give up $600 levels after just 2-days.
A bearish start to the day saw Bitcoin Cash slide from a start of a day intraday high $625 to morning low $580, Bitcoin Cash falling through the first major support level at $603.67 and second major support level at $586.83 before moving back through to $600 levels by late morning.
A second sell-off late in the daw saw Bitcoin Cash fall back through the second major support level to an intraday low $574.3 before steadying.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin Cash was up by just 0.24% to $580.4, with Bitcoin Cash reversing from a start of a day morning high $586.8 to an early morning low $570.3 before steadying, the moves through the morning leaving the major support and resistance levels untested.
For the day ahead, a move through the morning high $586.8 would support a break back through to $590 levels to bring $600 levels and the day’s first major resistance level at $611.23 into play, a hold onto $600 levels, in the event of a rally, dependent upon sentiment across the broader market later in the day.
Failure to move back through the morning high to $590 levels could see Bitcoin Cash hit reverse later in the day, with a pullback through the morning low $586.8 likely to see Bitcoin Cash fall through to $570 levels before any recovery, the day’s first major support level at $560.53 unlikely to be tested barring negative news hitting the wires.
Litecoin fell by 3.29% on Thursday, following on from a 3.69% slide on Wednesday, to end the day at $52.04.
Bearish throughout the day, Litecoin fell from a start of a day intraday high $54.45 to a late in the day intraday low $51.9, the reversal seeing Litecoin fall through the first major support level at $52.61 before finding support to move back through to $52 levels by the day’s end.
At the time of writing, Litecoin was up 0.56% to $52.33 in what’s been a relatively range bound start to the day, Litecoin moving from a morning low $52 to a morning high $52.53 before easing back, the day’s major support and resistance levels left untested early on.
For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $52.53 to $52.8 would support a run at $53 levels to bring the day’s first major resistance level at $53.69 into play, while we would expect Litecoin to come up short of the second major resistance level at $55.35, with $54 levels as good as it will likely get through the day.
Failure to move through to $52.8 by early afternoon could see Litecoin give up the early gains, a pullback through the morning low $52 bringing the day’s first major support level at $51.14 into play before any recovery.
Ripple’s XRP tumbled by 8.14% on Thursday, following on from a 2.57% fall on Wednesday, to end the day at $0.49684, marking a first sub-$0.50 level end to the day since 4th November.
Sliding from a start of a day intraday high $0.5463, Ripple’s XRP tumbled through the first major support level at $0.5277 and second major support level at $0.5145 to a morning low $0.50964 before a 2nd sell-off in the late afternoon. The second sell-off saw Ripple’s XRP slide to an intraday low $0.4935 before steadying, the reversal attributed to fake news of a possible partnership between Ripple and Swift.
At the time of writing, Ripple’s XRP was up 4.41% to $0.51876, with a bullish start to the day seeing Ripple’s XRP rally from a start of a day morning low $0.49616 to a morning high $0.52163, before easing back to $0.51 levels, the day’s major support and resistance levels left untested early on.
For the day ahead, a move back through the morning high $0.52163 would support another run at $0.53 levels to bring the first major resistance level at $0.5309 into play, while Ripple’s XRP will need to break through the 38.2% FIB Retracement Level of $0.5225 on the way, which could provide to be a challenge in the early part of the day.
Failure to move through the morning high to take a run at $0.53 levels could see Ripple’s XRP give up some of the day’s gains, with any fall to sub-$0.5122 likely to see Ripple’s XRP pullback to test sub-$0.50 support levels before any recovery.
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.