Bitcoin Market Tensions Building Up

By: Mike_McAra

To the point: we don’t support any positions in the market just now.

Mt. Gox has enabled users to log into their accounts and check their wallet balance. Before users get excited – this doesn’t mean that they will be able to access their money. For all we know, these balances are nothing more than numbers on a computer screen, or if you will in a database. Mt. Gox reminds of that using different wording:

Important announcement to all users confirming their account

This balance confirmation service is provided on this site only for the convenience of all users.

Please be aware that confirming the balance on this site does not constitute a filing of rehabilitation claims under the civil rehabilitation procedure and note that the balance amounts shown on this site should also not be considered an acknowledgment by MtGox Co., Ltd. of the amount of any rehabilitation claims of users.

Rehabilitation claims under a civil rehabilitation procedure become confirmed from a filing which is followed by an investigation procedure. The method for filing claims will be published on this site as soon as we will be in situation to announce it.

Again, Mt. Gox doesn’t even acknowledge that these are the amounts owed by them to customers. It is unclear whether the actual numbers are up-to-date or just figures from the past. The announcement doesn’t really change anything as far as the situation of Mt. Gox’s customers is concerned and we wouldn’t pay too much attention to it unless it turns out that the amounts shown in account balances are backed up with bitcoins.

Let’s move on to the charts.

The move down has picked up in the last two days on BitStamp. Yesterday, Bitcoin lost 2.2%, a second day of increasing volume. The outlook was not changed since the currency didn’t break below $600 (dashed red line on the chart). Overall, yesterday there was more action than during the preceding days but not enough to support short positions.

Today the move down has deepened. At the moment of writing (before 10:30 a.m. EDT), Bitcoin is down 1.7% and the volume has already topped what we saw yesterday. We have a move down on increasing volume, which looks like a classic shorting opportunity. Is this enough to go short at this time? We don’t thinks so. The price briefly went under $600 but has retraced since and is currently around $610. This means that the move down has lost some of its steam, at least for now and at this moment, we don’t support going short.

It is conceivable that this is only a temporary break and Bitcoin will slip under $600 in the hours to come. If such a move indeed takes place and the volume picks up, there might be a shorting opportunity. We’re not quite there just yet.

The picture on BTC-e is consistent with what was seen for BitStamp. We have a move down on increasing volume. If anything, the move today has so far been stronger than yesterday, even taking into account the small rebound from $600 (dashed red line on the chart) seen earlier today.

On the other hand, Bitcoin hasn’t gone as low on BTC-e as it has on BitStamp. For the time being today’s low on the former exchange is $598.00 compared with $591.13 on the latter. The most important part seems to be the fact that the currency has gone back above $600.

Right now, the situation is tense and we might see further moves down quite soon. At this moment, however, the possibility that such action will be stopped above $600 is significant enough for us not to support opening short positions just yet.

Summing up, in our opinion no positions should be kept in the market. This may change in the following hours if Bitcoin breaks below $600 on strong volume.

Trading position (short-term, our opinion): no positions. A break below $600 on strong volume would be a bearish short-term sign now.

Regards,

Mike McAra
Bitcoin Trading Strategist
Bitcoin Trading Alerts at SunshineProfits.com

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