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Crypto markets have had a nice bounce in a Downtrend.
Or was is it more than that?
Maybe. Maybe it’s a start of an uptrend. Our trend ratings for top 100 coins clearly indicate an improvement in Short-Term Trends. But Medium-Term trends remain bearish:
Top Coins: Summary of altFINS Trend Ratings
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Also, fundamentally, there is not much reason to believe that the trends are going to reverse.
With oil prices rising rapidly, inflation risks have risen. And that will keep the FED from cutting interest rates in 2026 by much, if at all. Markets could use a cut in rates. That would boost liquidity.
Meanwhile, traders need to stay vigilant:
Take profits early, don’t get greedy on breakouts. You can do that in a hot uptrend but not in a downtrend or a ranging market at best. Especially when price gets overbought (RSI > 70) near resistance.
Here’s an example of a successful trade:
TAO broke out of a Channel Down pattern and ran for 30% gain until it got overbought (RSI > 80!!!) at a stiff resistance zone of $300 horizontal resistance and 200 SMA (200-day moving average). That’s where it got rejected as traders take profits.
Source: altfins.com
You can easily find assets that are approaching resistance AND are overbought using this pre-set filter: see live scan results. These are ripe for a pullback. Creat a alert for that scan.
Keep a disciplined risk management (Stop Loss orders and trade size that risks max 2% of your portfolio equity). (see lesson 9)
Have a balanced portfolio with Longs (buys) and Short Sells.
That’s what our Trade Setups section currently offers. A good balance between bullish and bearish near-term setups:
Trade Setups (Technical Analysis section)
Our Hot trade setups are those where we have a higher level of conviction.
You can find trade setups on BTC and 50 major altcoins in the Technical Analysis section.
TIP: Never miss another Hot trade setup and create an alert.
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