After Monster Crash Bitcoin Flashes Loudest ‘Buy’ Signal in 8 Months

By CCN Markets: Bitcoin plunged below $10,000 on Thursday after a violent three-day selloff. But now is not the time to panic. If history is anything to go by, now might be the best time to accumulate bitcoin.

Zoom out to the longer-term charts and BTC is wildly ‘oversold’ according to the RSI indicator, which has accurately pinpointed bitcoin buying opportunities in the past. Last time RSI was this low was in November 2018, right before bitcoin’s huge 200 percent run-up.

Bitcoin price chart RSI
Bitcoin flashes a huge ‘buy’ signal after falling 13% in a matter of days. Source: HornHairs / Twitter / TradingView

Interpreting the bitcoin price charts

RSI, or ‘relative strength index’ is used by traders across financial markets to spot market tops and bottoms. 

An ‘overbought’ market triggers above 70 on the RSI scale. In other words, the asset has been hyped up and may be due for a pullback.

On the other end of the scale, falling below 30 indicates an ‘oversold’ market. Sellers are running out of steam, providing a good opportunity for buyers to get back into the market.

Historically, when bitcoin breaches 30 on the 4-hour chart, it is shortly followed by a strong price rise. 

Right now, bitcoin’s RSI is below 20 on this particular time scale. It’s at the most oversold level of the year so far.

Smart money buys the dip

A strong pullback in a bull market is often the perfect moment to buy back into the market at lower levels.

Bitcoin went through multiple 30 percent retracements during the last bull run. In a nascent market like bitcoin, large swings come with the territory. As CCN reported, smart money like hedge funds and institutions were carefully buying the dip when BTC collapsed to its 2018 lows.

Of course, there are also bigger factors at play here than technical charts. Cryptocurrencies appear to have been swept up in a global equities sell-off this week. Rather than establishing itself as a safe haven asset, bitcoin still appears to be a risk asset in times of global instability.

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