Stellar Price Analysis: XLM/USD Continues to Head for the Stars | Hacked: Hacking Finance
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- XLM/USD bulls resume upward trend, having gained another 8% over the past two sessions.
- Cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain is to host Stellar Lumens (XLM) airdrop worth $125 million.
Stellar’s native token Lumens is notablly outperforming several of its peers. XLM/USD has seen its firm move north has continued, with the price gunning towards the $0.3000 mark. As a recap, the bulls exerted pressure to the upside, which forced a firm breakout from a triangular pattern formation. This resulted XLM/USD moving into an explosive short-term bullish trend.
The price ran higher between 4-6 November, gaining over 16%. For the next three sessions after this, the price cooled, between 7-9 November. This was a move which was very much in line with the rest of the market. It appeared profit-taking kicked in, given the fast and explosive gains. The bulls are back on the move within the past two sessions.
Recent Stellar News Flow
Cryptocurrency wallet provider, Blockchain, will be hosting what they say is the “largest crypto giveaway in history.” They will be dispersing $125 million worth of the Stellar Lumens, to Blockchain wallet holders, that choose to sign up for the airdrop. It is offering $25 of Stellar Lumens (XLM) for free to its 30 million users, a move to encourage new users and ever so slightly assist towards the greater goal of mass adoption.
The Blockchain CEO had reported that the company is working with the Stellar foundation partly because he believes it represents a superior blockchain capable of massive transaction volumes. He added that the airdrop is designed to “put users first” and allow them “to test, try, trade and transact with new, trusted crypto-assets in a safe and easy way.”
Technical Review – XLM/USD
XLM/USD over the past two sessions now is running at consecutive daily gains. Bulls having gained over 8% at the time of writing, between 10-11 November. This demonstrates the strength of the current bullish trend, which had commenced on 31st October. Technically, the market accommodated a small pullback, as mentioned in the prior article before resuming its move north.
Upside Targets
There was some sticky resistance seen around the 50% Fibonacci, but the bulls having made a firm clearance of that now in latest move. The next near-term challenge is seen at the 61.8% Fibonacci, around $0.2830. This was the high area for 21st, 23rd and 24th October, where the price faltered on each of those occasions. A breakdown will likely open the door for the $0.3000 return.
Should XLM/USD bulls manage to firmly conquer the $0.3000 price region, there doesn’t appear to be too much in the way of $0.5000. During the chunky market sell-off seen in April, XLM/USD ran straight through from $0.5000 down to the $0.3000 territory, leaving little in the way of technical observation within the $0.4000 region.
Overbought Dangers
Despite all noted above, it is worth considering the RSI’s behavior. On the daily time frame, the RSI is again approaching the 70 territory. At the back end of July and September XLM/USD saw a steep sell-off. Given the recent surge in price action higher within a short time period, it still leaves XLM/USD vulnerable.
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Ken Chigbo
Ken has over 8 years exposure to the financial markets. During a large part of his career, he worked as an analyst, covering a variety of asset classes; forex, fixed income, commodities, equities and cryptocurrencies. Ken has gone on to become a regular contributor across several large news and analysis outlets.
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