Welcome to this week’s publication of the Market’s Compass Crypto Candy Sixteen Examine #169*. The Examine tracks the technical situation of sixteen of the bigger market cap cryptocurrencies. Each week* the Research will spotlight the technical modifications of the 16 cryptocurrencies that I observe in addition to highlights on noteworthy strikes in particular person Cryptocurrencies and Indexes. Paid subscribers will obtain this week’s unabridged Market’s Compass Crypto Candy Sixteen Examine despatched to their registered electronic mail. Previous publications might be accessed by paid subscribers through The Market’s Compass Substack Weblog.
*In observence of Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years vacation this week’s full Market’s Compass Crypto Candy Sixteen Examine would be the closing Examine for 2024. Many because of all subscribers, paid and free, on your consideration and suggestions to my technical observations on the cryptocurrency markets via out 2024. At the moment’s examine shall be despatched to all subscribers, Blissful Holidays!
*An evidence of my goal Particular person Technical Rankings go to www.themarketscompass.com. Then go to the MC’s Technical Indicators and choose “crypto candy 16”.
The Excel spreadsheet beneath signifies the weekly change within the goal Technical Rating (“TR”) of every particular person Cryptocurrency and the Candy Sixteen Whole Technical Rating (“SSTTR”)*.
*Rankings are calculated as much as the week ending Friday Dember twentieth
After rising for 9 weeks in a row, the Candy Sixteen Whole Technical Rating or “SSTTR” fell for the second week in a row, by falling -14.45% to 547.5 from the earlier week’s studying of 640, which had dropped -8.11% from the earlier week’s SSTTR studying of 696.5 (December sixth). That studying marked the very best overbought studying since I started tabulating the Particular person Candy Sixteen Technical Rankings and the SSTTR in October of 2021.
Final week solely one of many Candy Sixteen Crypto TRs rose and fifteen fell. That was vs. the week earlier than when two of the Candy Sixteen Crypto TRs rose, one was unchanged and 13 crypto TRs fell. The typical Crypto TR loss final week was -5.78 vs. the earlier week’s common lack of -3.53. Seven ETF TRs ended the week within the “inexperienced zone” (TRs between 35 and 50) and 9 have been within the “blue zone” (TRs between 15.5 and 34.5) vs. the earlier week when fifteen have been within the “inexperienced zone” and one was within the “blue zone”. Final week’s and the earlier week’s TR contractions within the Candy Sixteen confirmed the value pullback within the broader market.
*The CCi30 Index is a registered trademark and was created and is maintained by an unbiased crew of mathematicians, quants and fund managers lead by Igor Rivin. It’s a rules-based index designed to objectively measure the general development, each day and long-term motion of the blockchain sector. It does so by indexing the 30 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding steady cash (extra particulars might be discovered at CCi30.com).
A short rationalization of tips on how to interpret RRG charts might be discovered at The Market’s Compass web site www.themarketscompass.com Then go to MC’s Technical Indicators and choose Crypto Candy 16. To study extra detailed interpretations, see the postscripts and hyperlinks on the finish of this Weblog.
The chart beneath consists of three weeks or 21 days of knowledge factors deliniated by the dots or nodes.
Each Tron (TRX) and Litecoin (LTC) bean to roll over within the Main Quadrant two week’s in the past. Per week in the past final Friday, TRX, accelerated to the draw back exhibiting draw back Relative Energy Momentum (observe the space between nodes) because it moved into the Weakening Quadrant. To a lesser diploma, LTC, additionally fell into the Weakening Quadrant shedding Relative Energy Momentum. Polkadot (DOT) has made a 3 quadrant transfer by falling out of the Main Quadrant into the Weakening Quadrant and final week it entered the Lagging Quadrant though together with Cardano (ADA) it has began to hook larger. Bitcoin left the Lagging Quadrant two weeks in the past and has been gaining Upside Relative Energy Momentum and final Friday it entered the Main Quadrant though upside momentum is slowing. Solana (SOL) started “chugging” larger within the Lagging Quadrant three weeks in the past and final week it entered the Bettering Quadrant.
The 2 charts beneath are long run line charts of the Relative Energy or Weak point of the Candy Sixteen Crypto Currencies vs. the CCi30 Index which might be charted with a 55-Day Exponential Transferring Common in blue and a 21-Day Easy Transferring Common in pink. Pattern course and crossovers, above or beneath the longer-term transferring common, reveal potential continuation of development or reversals in Relative Energy or Weak point.
*Friday December thirteenth to Friday December twentieth.
All of the Crypto Candy Sixteen registered absolute losses final week (13 marked double digit absolute losses) vs. the earlier week when three registered absolute positive aspects and 13 traded decrease. This adopted absolutely the worth acquire of the week ending December sixth of +61.07% and the previous two weeks it gained +130.10% and +88.87% respectively (various the Candy Sixteen had turn into stretched at the moment). The seven-day common absolute worth loss was -15.88% versus the earlier week’s common absolute lack of -2.56%.
*An evidence of my The Technical Situation Components go to www.themarketscompass.com. Then go to the MC’s Technical Indicators and choose Crypto Candy 16.
The DMTCF dropped sharply final week from a studying of 27.68 or 31 the week earlier than to a deeply oversold studying of 6.25% or 7 out of a doable 112. Final week I famous the Every day Pattern Technical Situation Issue had reached a studying of 100% 4 weeks in the past. Within the three years of monitoring the Technical Situation Components there has by no means been a studying that top. Final week it continued to fall to 63.75%, signaling a continued weakening of the Every day Pattern within the Candy Sixteen.
As a affirmation software, if all eight TCFs enhance on every week over week foundation, extra of the 16 Cryptocurrencies are bettering internally on a technical foundation, confirming a broader market transfer larger (consider an advance/decline calculation). Conversely, if extra of the TCFs fall on every week over week foundation, extra of the “Cryptos” are deteriorating on a technical foundation confirming the broader market transfer decrease. Final week considered one of TCFs rose, and 7 fell.
For a short rationalization on tips on how to interpret the Candy Sixteen Whole Technical Rating or “SSTTR” vs the weekly worth chart of the CCi30 Index go to www.themarketscompass.com. Then go to the MC’s Technical Indicators and choose Crypto Candy 16.
In my feedback on the technical situation of the CCi30 Index three weeks in the past, that referenced the Weekly Candlestick Chart, I recommended that “there was little query that the 5-week rally had turn into parabolic and prolonged over the earlier 5 weeks and that both a pause to refresh or a worth retracement ought to be anticipated. That thesis was fortified by the situation of the Candy Sixteen Whole Technical Rating (backside panel) which had reached an overbought excessive (pink dashed line) as did the Fisher Remodel which had additionally reached the highest of its vary and has now rolled over and is beneath its sign line in live performance with the Stochastic Momentum Index which has rolled over at an excessive studying. The second Higher Warning Line (UWL2) capped the rally for 3 weeks working and final week costs closed close to the lows of the week. Key help is at 19,861 and second is at 17,696.
Final Tuesday, help on the Decrease Warning Line (violet dashed line, LWL) lastly gave approach and on Wednesday costs acellerated decrease breaking worth help and Kijun Plot help at 23,570) That degree was my line within the sand a violation of which might recommend that correction of a bigger degre was growing. All three secondary indicators are monitoring decrease and there’s nary a touch that the unload has run its course. I’m now marking key help at 20,210.00 which is simply above the Higher Span of the Cloud.
Final week I launched the technical therory of Mixture Pitchforks that assist to indentify the promenate angle or vector of the rally (see final week’s Crypto Candy Sixteen Examine). Final week that anle or vector was violated. The decrease panel of the chart accommodates my Candy Sixteen Every day Momentum / Breadth Oscillator. The oscillator has reached an excessive oversold degree resulting in a pause within the sharp worth downdraft within the index within the type of, in Candlestick parlance, a Doji which suggests a short lived state of equallibreum between consumers and sellers. That stated, it shouldn’t be construed as a backside or a reversal sample however contemplating the present oversold situation as witnessed by the Momentum / Breadth an oversold bounce could develop.
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