The daily candle
Bitcoin closed the October 17 daily candle at $81,453, down 0.16% on the day, after trading between $80,755 and $81,741.
Moving averages
The close of $81,453 is 2.4% below the 20-day average ($83,424).
The close of $81,453 is 0.2% above the 50-day average ($81,320).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 46.2, between 30 and 70, neither extreme. RSI compares the size of recent up days with recent down days on a 0 to 100 scale.
MACD (12, 26, 9) is 103 against a signal line of 622.1, so the MACD line is below its signal. MACD measures the gap between a fast and a slow exponential average.
Volume and range
Volume on the day was 0.34 times its 20-day average. Volume counts how much traded; a move on heavy volume involved more of the market than one on light volume.
The Bollinger Bands (20 days, 2 standard deviations) run from $80,510 to $86,338, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $86,589 and the lowest $76,390.
What it costs to hold a position
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