The last week has seen one of the most serious drops for Bitcoin ever since the flagship cryptocurrency entered the mainstream. Several support levels were broken withing days of each other and right now it’s trading at 7703 after bouncing up from yesterday’s low at 5970. A lot of news has been accompanying this selloff – the largest U.S. banks banned cryptocurrency purchases with their credit cards, the UK imposed the same barrier at almost the same time. More regulation does seem to be on its way in the western economies but at the same time governments in Singapore and Australia have shown no signs of any unease with the […]
0 It’s been another week of ups and downs for Bitcoin but overall the larger bearish trend has continued. No new highs have been registered and there is a support level that has had a couple of tests and could be seen again if the downward momentum continues. That support lies at 9150, which was touched on the 17th of January. If selling continues and it’s broken, then a further down move to 8400 could also materialise. Trading expert David Jones also discusses the latest news from South Korea where authorities have clarified their requirements for trading bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. They won’t be banning it altogether but rather […]
0 The difference between the buy and sell price (also known as bid and ask) is one of those things that mystifies newbies. We’re not used to having two prices for the same thing when we go to a store or shop online. This video explains in detail what they mean and why it’s there in the first place. As there are many connected things stemming from the bid/ask price David covers them as well, to provide a more holistic description of the term. The exact terminology, its place on a chart, how to interpret it is discussed in a simple and easy to grasp way before continuing to a […]
Selling with the goal of profiting, also known as shorting, is one of those things that many new traders are baffled by. How can I sell something that I don’t own? How can I win if something appears to be losing? This video answers those questions and more. From the definition of the term, to what it looks like in the Trading 212 platform, we look into this term in a simple way that will make it as simple as possible to understand. David goes through the theory and demonstrates it in the real market with a step by step guide on how to find situations when a short could […]
