WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR NEW FORMAT FOR BITCOIN VS GOLD, INCLUDING A LINK TO THE NEW CME ETHEREUM INDEXES!
By Bill Taylor, Contributor
We compare the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Gold, using the CME Bitcoin Indexes (BRR & BRTI) and the CME Ethereum Indexes (ETH_RR_USD) & (ETH_RTI_USD) for reference.
7/9/18 Closing Prices:
Bitcoin: $6,717.54 (+$108.78) (from Monday July 2nd close) Ethereum: $480.60 (+$7.89) (from Monday July 2nd close) Gold: $1,259 (+$18) (from Monday July 2nd close) Dow Jones Industrials: 24,776.59 (+$320.11) S&P 500: 2,784.17 (+24.35) Nasdaq Composite: 7,756.20 (+67.83)
CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate & CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index CME ETH_RR_USD Ethereum Reference Rate & CME ETH_RTI_USD Ethereum Real Time IndexTrading Summary Notes for Monday, 7/9/2018
- Last week featured the U.S 4th of July Independence Day holiday (Wed.) BTC, ETH and GOLD all firmed up and crept higher.
- The weekend turned more positive and stronger, led by gold
- So, is the long selloff over? Good trading entry? Lets see
- BOUGHT BITCOIN AT $6,520
- BOUGHT GOLD AT $1,252
- Risk/reward here to good to pass up. BTC......risking $2,000 (down to $4,500) to make $13,000 (back to $19K)
- Risk/reward in gold...........risking $50 (down to $1,200) to make $150 ($14,000 target)
- Strong selling climax down to BTC $4,000 didn't happen; Gold firm up under $1,250. Upside fundamentals to good and risk/reward to positive.
- Long term bullish on BTC, ETH and GOLD
CURRENT TRADING POSITION:
LONG BITCOIN AND GOLD
Bill Taylor is Managing Partner at Fintek Capital & a frequent contributor to FintekNews