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Refreshing your memory

In the first lesson of learning a TA i discussed a couple of things. Most of the things we discussed were the basics of a TA like which charts you can look at. If you missed that go check that out first ( Lesson 1). Today i am gonna talk about different forms of a TA and some unkown patterns (Techniques).

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Elliot wave analysis
Fibonacci levels
Bullish engulfing pattern
Bearisch engulfing pattern
The false breakout

Elliot wave analysis

The Elliot wave analysis is a form of technical analysis that cryptocurrency traders use to analyze market cycles and forecast market trends by identifying extremes in investor psychology, highs and low in prices and other factors.

Elliot wave principal is based on the believe that markets are affected by collective investor psychology. This way the patterns are predicatble and repeat themself. This strategy is suited for cryptocurrency, because the markets of crypto are only driven by collective investor psychology.

So the actual technique is based on unique characteristics in the wave patterns. So basically you will have "trend" waves and "corrections". The trend waves go up and the corrections go down simple. Lets look at the chart below.

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You can see here 5 waves are drawn out. This is the elliot wave pattern made simple. You would say if you can recognize the waves you master it. But Elliot waves takes years to master it even i can't do it yet. This mostly is because you can have a pattern within a pattern within another pattern. So you can sometimes find the 5 waves within a wave of a bigger elliot wave pattern.

Conclusion

Elliot waves can be very usefull within trading if used correctly. But remember even the best traders in the world find Elliot waves challenging. So should you really use this in your trading? Make your own conclusion and if you are interested in it below is more information.

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Fibonacci levels

Simple explanation of this is Fibonacci levels helps you find possible support and resistance levels. Fibonacci retracment levels use horizontal lines to indicate areas of support or resistance at the key Fibonacci levels before the trend continues in the original direction. These levels are created by drawing a trendline between the high and low and then dividing the vertical distance by the key Fibonacci ratios of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8% and 100%.

These might sound difficult so let me show you a chart to simplify things.

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So its not that hard just basic math. Lets say that the chart one day was up to 0.28 BTC then that is 100% of the chart. So i you wanna know the 50% line you just divide it and u get 0.14 BTC on the 50% line. Can't make it any easier.

Conclusion

Obiviously there are some exceptions so if you want to use this i suggest studying it. But the fibonacci levels are much easier to use then the Elliot waves. So personally i really like the fibonacci levels for crypto and i also use it myself. I do want to point out that every trader is different so use whats comfortabel for you.

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Bullish engulfing pattern

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This pattern is simple to spot. When something is on a downtrend just like with crypto right now. You can spot a trend reverse. When the green day overshadows the previous red day completely. This means there is a big change that the downtrend will reverse to an uptrend.

Bearisch engulfing pattern

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The bearisch engulfing pattern is about the same as the bearisch one. You are just looking for the exact opposite as the last one. Here you are looking for an uptrend that is been going for a while. Now you just like in the picture above you look for the bearisch day that is bigger then the previous upday.

False breakout

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The false breakout is a common pattern. This is uknown because every trader is always looking for the breakout the place his trades. You can see here that it was trading around the support level for a couple of trades. Then there was a breakdown but the market quickly jumped back up. In this case all the people with a tight stopp-loss got flushed out of the market.

Summary

As a trader, it’s important to remember that no one form of analysis can be 100% accurate all of the time. It’s therefore invaluable to use a combination of trading strategies and technical indicators to identify potential entry and exit points, so you can put together a robust trading strategy.

Alot of information i got is from investopdia. So i highly recommend u check that site out if your interested in this.

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