The daily candle
Bitcoin closed the October 20 daily candle at $82,984, up 1.31% on the day, after trading between $81,166 and $83,437.
Moving averages
The close of $82,984 is 0.3% below the 20-day average ($83,239).
The close of $82,984 is 1.7% above the 50-day average ($81,572).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 52.7, 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 57.96 against a signal line of 338.5, 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 1.16 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 $80,205 to $86,272, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $86,589 and the lowest $81,144.
What it costs to hold a position
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