There are 2 options here, at this resistance level. I have a similar feeling that i had when it was trading between the 8K and 9K. Obviously i was wrong than but when it broke out i had no problems turning long because. The same could be happening now, that i am to bearish and stubborn :). But difference now is, we are 3000 points higher, hesitation to break out is much higher. Those few strange big drops at Bitstamp. I watched the orders yesterday for a while at the 11550/11600 range. There just were allot of big sell orders at those levels. Many orders of 100 and 200 BTC with steps of only $10 between them. Each time it would drop below the 11550 again and turn up later on, again you would see big sell orders of 100 and 200 BTC. So i am almost convinced that it's a distribution fase. Probably the same people who did not let it drop below the 11.100 a few days ago (when i was convinced it would go to 10.800).
Only problem is, who are these people. The biggest stakeholders of Bitcoin giving up and cashing out while they still can at high prices? That's a bit far fetched but not impossible because the whole market is only looking up lately and are extremely bullish so it would be the ideal moment to cash out their massive amounts without crashing the price themselves. Or are these just some big traders, those F....ng hedge funds, who raped the stock market for many years and have increased in numbers allot lately in the crypto market. Hedge funds just want to get money from (small) traders, they don't want to destroy this easy market. So if it's them, than it does not mean we will see massive crash to 1000 or whatever. If it's the stakeholders cashing out, than BTC is just f...cked and it will never recover. So we could still get above the 11.700 and around the 12K (forced short covering) but i just cant see it getting above the 13K again, never ever if you ask me.
In the most paranoid version :) it would be almost certain that we brake the 11.700 and 12K because we can all guess of course, those levels there will be a massive amount of short positions that will (be forced to) close (and therefore become buy orders).
You can see my 4 options that can happen, don't take it to seriously, it's just because it's impossible to say if we start the drop from here or a few hundred points higher up till the 12.500/12.800. I don't think we can make it that far, but who knows. I think the people have to accept that we have already passed the high point of the crypto hype were people just buy blindly.
Smart or more experienced traders have cut their losses, locked in profit in time or even profited from the drop of 20K. But the amateurs that jumped in from december/januari have only lost money and probably all of them sold on the lows in panic. Those days that we saw 100% to 1000% gains within a day or a week, have not happened anymore. Because when the market cap gets higher it gets much more difficult to realize that because ALLOT more money is needed to achieve that. Therefore the advertisement engine the crypto market had, the V12 supercharched twin turbo engine has turned into a V6 diesel engine (I just made that up while i am writing this :) LOL).
My followers now i went short around 11.540 (third attempt) and have cut losses or locked in a small profit just to do the same again untill we DO make that drop. That strategy stays the same! New readers/followers, if you find this interesting you would be smart to read up my history, at least a few previous analysis to be up to date about everything and my strategies. You will find them quite unique, informational and maybe even clarifying