looks like 1000 target. but they probably won't sell.
they will not look good if it tanks after.
And now everything is tanking because bitcoin is doing its move, maybe since eth is mostly traded vs fiat it will go up even if
btc will move towards new athhave fun :-)
https://btctrading.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/long-term-update-2018-outlook-with-entropic-methods/(edit: link fixed)Long Term Update: 2018 Outlook with entropic methods
by Enky
Every beginning of a new year i post an outlook using entropic methods explained in the technical section of this blog. Here you can find the 2015, 2016 and 2017 forecast update, where you can find more information about this approach.
Updated values for bitcoin (in brackets values of last year) using daily data since August 2010 (average of 4 exchanges when possible).
BTC/USD
Growth Factor G 1.0028 (1.0007)
Shannon Probability P 0.5384 (0.519)
Root mean square RMS (see this as volatility) 0.059 (0.045 )
Bitcoin's entropic values versus the Usd strongly improved in 2017 but volatility increased a bit, despite this the Growth Factor (G) increased up to 1.0028% (remember that volatility is detrimental to the Growth Factor) compounded daily or 280% yearly up from 30% of 1y ago. Also the optimal fraction of your capital to invest in bitcoin improved in 2017 with a 7.7% instead of 6.4% of 1y ago.
2018 Price forecast Full volatility Half volatility
Forecast using only G* ~38700$ ~38700$
Upper bound adding volatility ~121000$ ~68000$
Lower bound subtracting volatility ~12300$ ~21800$
*38700 is obtained with today price (around 13800$) times (1.0028^365)=~2.77
13800*2.77=38740, just change 365 with the number of days you prefer for a different forecast.
It's interesting to notice that with reduced volatility the support level is above the actual quote of XBTUSD (13800$ at the moment i'm writing) because the growth factor (G) is very high and is skewing everything to the upside. If volatility stays low the uptrend should push bitcoin above 22k USD during the year without too much effort, it's a scenario i prefer instead of wild price swings.
What went wrong in 2017?
A year ago, I forecasted a top of $2900, reached in July 2017 with an intermediate Top well ahead of the end of the year. I tried to double the volatility factor (rms) to see the next level after a reader asked me about the possibility that bitcoin was in a bubble above 2900$. The next level was around 6000$, again this new level has been broken at the end of October.
The last 2 months have been crazy and the explanation is a huge change in shift in this market happened in March 2017 (with altcoins literally exploding) that basically erased the reliability of the January 2017 forecast. I think that this year forecast should be more accurate compared to last year.
Conclusions
For this year i think that i'll consider the support/resistance levels obtained with a full volatility value with the result to have for the whole 2018 a good probability to stay inside the 12300$-121000$ price zone.
At the same time i think that at the end of a strong buying climax period, if any, it will be wise to reduce your bitcoin investment if the price goes above 60k-70k USD.
I'm at your disposal for any questions; see you at the next update and Happy New Year!
