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A Game of Inches (by Xerxes)

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This won’t be as long of a post as I usually do since all I’ve basically been watching is Bitcoin. What I’ve been seeing lately is continuing resistance and large drop potential for a couple reasons. First, the headlines are constantly showing some new analyst saying higher and higher ridiculous targets for Bitcoin (at least ridiculous to me).

Some have been less ridiculous, but all have the same common denominator in that the “next bull run is just around the corner”. Well, when I hear that, I look at the chart and ask, “if it’s just around the corner, why isn’t it starting yet?” I am ever the Bitcoin permabear so this line of thinking should not be a surprise. Anyway, key levels which may determine short-term and medium-term direction are both very very close, hence the name of this post.

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Closeted Logician

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Seriously, try to get your head wrapped around this line of reasoning. Oh my God.

BTC Full Analysis (by Xerxes)

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Note from Tim: As insane as the past 24 hours has been (yeah, a post will be written about that, if I ever get the time) I am even more grateful than ever for our beloved Xerxes for composing this piece! The first portion is free to everyone whereas the vast majority is visible only to Slope's magnificent paying members, for whom I am particularly appreciative this year.

I’ve been watching BTCUSD exclusively in the past few months as it is the only place I see consistent patterns holding. Everything else is just too volatile and choppy and not my cup of tea in the past year. I wanted to give a full view of my entire analysis on BTC charts, long term to short term, to explain my reasoning on existing short MSTR position. Starting with BTC:

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