Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger Cast

Trend identification in cryptocurrency trading analysis

Episode Summary

In this episode of Ledger Cast, Josh (@carpenoctom) and Brian (@ledgerstatus) discuss the news of the week, as well as how we do trend analysis.

Episode Notes

Welcome to Ledger Cast, hosted by me, Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter), and Josh Olszewicz (@carpenoctom). Ledger Cast is a cryptocurrency trading and blockchain ecosystem podcast.

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The information in this podcast should not be construed as investment advice, it is purely educational material and you should always do your own research before buying.

In this episode of Ledger Cast, Josh and I discuss the news of the week as well as concepts behind trend analysis.

You can also watch via screencast, and see the charts and other information as we look at them.

https://youtu.be/uSxHvpVIKow

News and topics of the week

Bitfinex adds 7 coins to their platform (2:00)
Ethfinex and other decentralized exchanges (6:00)
Ethfinex founder on the ICO Alert podcast
Stripe ending bitcoin support (12:00)
Blockstream Lightning Charge (16:30)
50 Cent is crypto rich (24:00)
Weiss ratings for crypto (25:00)
Conspiracy theory on CME closing and shorting bitcoin (28:00)
Josh's article on fundamentals (30:00)
Primary topic (32:00)

Technical topic and analysis: trend identification and mean reversion

How Josh and I use to identify trends, the tools we use, patterns we look at, and more.
The idea of mean reversion (back to various moving averages)

Ask us a question

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Find Josh and Brian elsewhere

Josh's articles on Brave New Coin (must read material)
Josh's YouTube channel (His Ichimoku series and Indicator series are especially great)
Josh on Twitter @carpenoctom
Brian on Twitter @ledgerstatus

Interested in sponsoring?

We'd love to talk to interested parties about sponsorship opportunities. We are open to suggestions, but are not seeking deals that include promos for ICOs, etc. But if you do something interesting in the space and want to chat, contact us.

Music: "Oh, the chains" by Joel Madison Blount