{"id":437600,"date":"2020-09-08T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=437600"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:16:04","slug":"bitcoin-distribution-could-lead-to-another-arm-and-a-leg-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-distribution-could-lead-to-another-arm-and-a-leg-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin \u201cDistribution\u201d Could Lead To Another Arm And A Leg Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin price recently collapsed<\/a> from $12,400 to under $10,000 after the cryptocurrency presented a near-perfect distribution pattern.<\/p>\n If the pattern continues, the market could form a massive head and shoulders top, with a price target of significantly lower.<\/p>\n Bitcoin price over the last several weeks had formed what by comparison appeared to be a clear distribution pattern<\/a>. After the $2,000 plunge last week, that pattern may have been confirmed, now that the first-ever cryptocurrency is trading at around $10,000.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Bitcoin Collapse Retests Key Weekly Level Never Lost During Last Bull Run<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Rather than embarking on this massive bull run, crypto investors are licking their wounds after a surprise move that was telegraphed in advance by the ominous Wyckoff distribution pattern<\/a>.<\/p>\n On higher timeframes using Renko charts, however, the pattern still has another phase to go, before mark down begins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the chart above<\/a>, if the current level fails to hold, and the cryptocurrency falls to $8,500 \u2013 it will be at risk of forming a head and shoulders pattern.<\/p>\n Head and shoulders<\/a> chart patterns are typically reversal patterns found at the top of a trend where the trend change took place.<\/p>\n A head and shoulders shows a tug of war taking place between buyers and sellers, with the head acting as the climax of buying where sellers finally begin to take back control.<\/p>\n When the “neckline” support breaks, a deeper selloff takes place from a cascade of stop losses being hit, and because buying is so exhausted from the push and pull of the market.<\/p>\nDistribution Pattern Costs Crypto Investors An Arm And A Leg<\/h2>\n
BTCUSD Renko Distribution Head and Shoulders Chart\u00a0| Source: TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n
Bitcoin Head and Shoulders Points To Another Leg Down<\/h2>\n