{"id":401364,"date":"2019-10-14T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=401364"},"modified":"2020-10-07T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:27:00","slug":"is-bitcoin-becoming-a-leading-indicator-for-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/is-bitcoin-becoming-a-leading-indicator-for-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Bitcoin Becoming A Leading Indicator For Gold?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Throughout 2019, Bitcoin and gold became highly correlated<\/a>, rising and falling in value at or around the same time, and further fueling the Bitcoin as a safe haven narrative.<\/span><\/p>\n Even now, the two assets are showing similarities in their price charts that suggests they are still correlated in some way, and gold could soon be following Bitcoin<\/a> and making a \u201cdeep cycle low,\u201d much like the leading crypto by market cap did last month.<\/span><\/p>\n As tensions between the US and China were heating up and fears of a looming recession mounted, 2019 has thus far been the year of the safe haven asset<\/a> \u2013 namely, the precious metal gold and its digital gold counterpart, Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Bitcoin Could Follow Gold Fractal With 44% Drop to Under $7,000<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The two assets rose and fell hand-in-hand<\/a> as investors fled stocks and other traditional investments. Eventually, though, just as Bakkt launched in late September, Bitcoin diverged and dropped over $2,000 in less than 72 hours, erasing over 20% of its 2019 rally.<\/span><\/p>\n With the assets<\/a> showing such similar performance, could Bitcoin somehow be a leading indicator for gold? Just before Bitcoin broke down, it had been consolidating at the top of its rally and trading inside a triangle pattern before its big fall.<\/span><\/p>\n Gold is very cyclical and is due a deep cycle low in Dec. working towards that.<\/p>\n — Bob Loukas \ud83d\uddfd (@BobLoukas) October 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIs The Precious Metal Ready To Set a Cycle Low in December?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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