STEEM Price Analysis – May 30, 2017

It was a volatile weekend for cryptocurrencies and the STEEM price took some relatively heavy damage.

A correction was expected in the markets after the rather large runs that most cryptocurrencies had over the past couple of months. There is a lot of data to consider right now, so let's get right to it.

On the first chart, we can see the declining STEEM-Bitcoin price, volume, and momentum. The negative divergence in momentum was fairly strong and it still points slightly downward. However, it does appear to be flattening out, which could be a good sign for short-term price action.

Despite the recent drop in prices, it should be pointed out that the long-term uptrend that began in mid-March is still fully intact (blue line, chart below). The STEEM-BTC price is well above that uptrend line and it would need to be cut nearly in half from current prices in order to be in jeopardy.

Over the past two weeks, I mentioned the 33K satoshi support line (black line) that would likely catch any strong push under 40K. That is exactly what happened on Saturday, May 27th. The intraday price touched off of 33K very briefly and then quickly returned to 40K satoshis. (For further information on what that might mean for future price action, see this post from @scaredycatguide.)

That being said, we still need to be aware of the donwtrend line coming off of the previous highs on May 8th and 9th (red line). A break through that with a return to higher volumes would be a good indication that the price intends to resume its upward trend and reach new highs.

Looking at the more technical data, we can see that the STEEM-BTC price should have found some solid support and does not intend to trade lower than ~33K satoshis for now and will likely stay above ~40K. Going back to the highs reached in March and looking at the Fibonacci retracements, we can see support lining up at 33K - which also happens to be the 38.2% retracement line for the entire move from the lows in March to the highs in early May. There is also a lot of trading occurring along and around the 50% retracement line.

Looking at the moving averages, the STEEM-BTC price has been trading well above the 50-day (blue line), but it broke below the 20-day last week (red line). Over the last couple of days, that 20-day moving average has been holding the price back.

On the STEEM-U.S. Dollar charts, we can see that the long-term uptrend line is still very clearly intact and pointing at a current price of ~$0.35. The price would need to fall a long way to break that uptrend line and I don't believe that will happen in the near-term. There appears to be some fairly strong support at just above $0.65, so any sharp drops should be caught there for now.

On the top side of the chart, the price made a breakout above previous highs over $1.40, but it was a false breakout. The price immediately dropped to that $0.65 - $0.70 support and quickly recovered to the $1.00 range.

There is a clear downtrend in the STEEM-U.S. Dollar price, but the price is moving sideways to slightly up and is either on the verge of trading out of that downtrend or touching off of it and continuing its decline. The $1.00 line has been a line of both support and resistance over the last couple of weeks and it has served as somewhat of a jump-off point on a few occasions in both directions. Once again, we would need to look for an increase in volume with a strong move over $1.00 to confirm that the long-term uptrend has resumed.

Ideally, a move above $1.30 would be a strong indicator of a resumed uptrend and likely reaching new highs, but that's not likely to occur in the short-term.

What can we expect over the next few days?

The STEEM-BTC price was in a pretty strong downward move, which was expected to happen at some point after such a strong performance from all cryptos over the past couple of months. Currently, the price is attempting to trade out of that short-term downtrend. Over the last 24+ hours, the price has traded in a relatively small range between 41K and 45K satoshis, albeit on relatively low volume.

If the price can continue trading sideways to slightly up, it will be out of that downtrend soon and will likely be either range-bound between 40K and ~53K satoshis, or it could move slightly upward to trade between 43-44K and 57-58K satoshis once again.

If the price cannot break out of that downtrend line, we could see it revisit 37-38K and even fall back down to 33K satoshis.

Volume will be the likely indication of which way the market wants to go. If it spikes upwards on a move in either direction, then that should tell us if we're going to see higher or lower prices in the near-term.

If both the STEEM-BTC and the STEEM-U.S. Dollar charts can confirm a break from the recent downtrend, then we should see some stability in prices and possibly a move upward, even with the relatively low volume.

Prices are a bit dicey here, but they at least appear to have found support at current levels. Any moves below have been short-lived. My advice would be to watch that volume. A lot of traders seem to be sitting out right now. When they decide to get back in, we'll know what their sentiment about STEEM will be.

If you're trading, always remember:

Never invest or trade what you cannot afford to lose and put tight stop-losses in when prices creep lower towards the support lines.

As always, if you have any critiques or comments about my non-professional analysis, please let me know. If you decide to trade this market, good luck to you!

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Disclaimer: I am not a professional adviser and this info should not be used for trading. These are only my interpretations and opinions, and while I would be flattered that you think so highly of my fairly basic analysis, it would not be prudent to use this for transacting/trading with real money.

*Charts are from Poloniex and Coinmarketcap.com. Analysis is current as of approximately 12:45pm EST, May 30, 2017.

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