The daily candle
Bitcoin closed the October 23 daily candle at $81,150, down 0.28% on the day, after trading between $80,457 and $82,048. What stands out on the daily chart: 30-day closing low.
Moving averages
The close of $81,150 is 2.1% below the 20-day average ($82,866).
The close of $81,150 is 0.8% below the 50-day average ($81,785).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 45.3, 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 -51.71 against a signal line of 196.3, 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 0.85 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 $79,852 to $85,880, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $86,485 and the lowest $81,381.
What it costs to hold a position
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