Content Bitcoin BTC/USD.
Market summary: Bullish corrective pattern unfolding lower to 27K for Wae 4 Or 25K for Wave ii)
Elliott Wave 4 Or Wave (a) of ii)
Strategy: Nil
Author
Peter Mathers
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Peter Mathers started actively trading in 1982. He began his career at Hoei and Shoin, a Japanese futures trading company.
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