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ADA at the Cliff: Descending Triangle at $0.60 — Fade the Pop, Aim for a Liquidity Sweep

Executive summary

Bias next 24h: Mildly bearish-to-sideways. Expect a pop toward 0.616–0.620 to be faded, with a base-test near 0.603–0.600 and risk of a brief liquidity sweep toward 0.595–0.590 if 0.600 gives way.
Trade idea: Sell (short) a rally into 0.619 (prior day’s intraday supply), target 0.598. If momentum fails to pop, alternative trigger is a stop-sell on breakdown <0.607 with the same target zone.

Higher-timeframe context (Aug→now): ADA ran to ~1.02 on Aug 14, then transitioned into a corrective downtrend with clearly defined lower highs through Sep/Oct. A violent liquidation event on Oct 10 printed an extreme low wick to ~0.333 before recovering; since then price has consolidated below all key moving averages.
Current location: 0.6129, clustering near a well-observed shelf at 0.603–0.600. Overhead supply is layered 0.619 → 0.647 → 0.655–0.684. The pattern since Oct 26/27 is a sequence of lower highs (0.692 → 0.675 → 0.657 → 0.648 → 0.619) against relatively flat lows around 0.600—classic descending triangle behavior.
Implication: In a bear-biased regime, rallies into supply are favored sell points; base breaches often produce stop-runs. Until 0.647–0.655 is reclaimed, the path of least resistance is sideways-to-down.

20D SMA (approx): ~0.654 (avg of last 20 daily closes). Price at 0.613 sits ~6.3% below the 20D, confirming near-term downtrend. 50D/200D MAs (implied from prior levels around 0.82+ and 0.9+ earlier) are well above, reinforcing a bearish structure.
Slope: Short and intermediate MAs are down-sloping; any bounce is, by default, corrective until price sustains above ~0.655.

14D RSI (computed): ~46.5—neutral-to-slightly bearish. This fits with “bearish drift with occasional reflex bounces.” Not oversold, so no strong mean-reversion signal from daily RSI.
Intraday momentum (hourly): Modest grind up from ~0.607 to ~0.613. This supports a near-term pop into 0.616–0.620 before sellers likely reassert.

ATR(14) daily (approx): ~0.0308 (~5% of spot). Recent daily ranges compressed after the crash and the subsequent drift—a coil that can expand on a break of 0.600 or a push into 0.620–0.647.
Bollinger Bands (20,2): Mid-band ~0.654; price is under the mid and nearer the lower band (~0.606–0.610 area), consistent with weak trend. Hugs to the lower band followed by feeble mean-reversion rallies typically fade under the mid-band in bear regimes.

Tenkan (9): ~0.640 (mid of recent 9-day high/low 0.6919/0.5888). Kijun (26): heavily influenced by the Oct 10 wick; estimate clusters near ~0.613. Price ≈ Kijun but below Tenkan and far below the projected cloud—classic bearish configuration. A Tenkan>Kijun but price below both would still be bearish; here Tenkan is above and price below—selling near Tenkan rejections is typical. The Kijun at ~0.613 acting as a magnet suggests oscillation around current price with risk of slips through 0.600.

With 12/26 EMAs declining since mid-Oct, MACD line should be below signal but flattening as price compresses between 0.600–0.620. A weak bullish cross on intraday time frames can propel a test of 0.619–0.620, but the daily MACD remaining sub-zero favors selling rallies rather than chasing longs.

From the post-crash swing high 0.6919 (Oct 27) to the recent close 0.6011 (Oct 30): key retracement bands on bounces cluster at ~0.635 (38.2%), ~0.646 (50%), ~0.656 (61.8%). Price has failed to sustainably reclaim even the 38.2% band. Expect supply to grow into 0.635–0.656. Near-term micro-Fib from 0.5888 (Oct 30 low) to 0.6919 puts 61.8% at ~0.6297 and 50% at ~0.6404—both overhead, reinforcing sell-the-pop.

Immediate support: 0.607–0.603 intraday shelf; 0.600 is a psychological and technical line with likely stop clusters beneath. Deeper supports: 0.596–0.590 (sweep zone), then 0.5888 (recent swing low).
Immediate resistance: 0.615–0.620 (prior intraday highs and supply), then 0.646–0.655 (dense confluence: former range lows/highs and Fib 50–61.8%).
Profile intuition: Multiple days traded 0.64–0.66 in late Oct; that zone is a high-volume node overhead (heavy supply). Conversely, 0.600–0.606 is a high-interest liquidity zone below.

Oct 10: massive liquidation wick—a capitulation signature but within a larger bear structure. Post-event, price carved lower highs and stabilized above 0.600, forming a descending triangle.
Oct 30: range expanded lower to 0.5888 but closed at 0.6011—demand showed up, yet the subsequent 10/31 bounce failed under 0.619.
10/31–11/01 intraday: small-bodied candles, low volatility—typical before range expansion.

VWAP bias: With yesterday’s session clustered 0.607–0.613, session VWAP sits roughly in the mid-0.61s. Current price is marginally above that, inviting a mean-reversion tap toward 0.615–0.620 before supply likely refills.
Break levels: Above 0.620 opens a test of 0.626/0.628 then 0.632–0.635; below 0.607 opens 0.603/0.600 swiftly.

Base case (45–50%): Early lift to 0.616–0.620, rejection, drift down to 0.606–0.603. If 0.600 trips, quick sweep to 0.595–0.590 before reflex bounce.
Alternative bullish (25–30%): Stronger squeeze through 0.620 holds above hourly VWAP and pushes to 0.628–0.632; upside likely capped near 0.635 without a volume expansion.
Bear acceleration (20–25%): No pop; immediate slip under 0.607 leads to 0.598–0.592 tag, potentially probing 0.588–0.590 stops before bounce.

Edge: Structural downtrend, descending triangle near a crowded 0.600 floor, and rallies being sold argue for fading strength. Intraday momentum can be used to achieve a better entry.
Setup A (preferred): Limit short 0.619 with tight invalidation above 0.6235 (over yesterday’s micro-swing). Target 0.598. R:R ~4.5:1 if triggered.
Setup B (momentum): Stop-sell on breakdown <0.607, add on retests, same 0.598 target, stop 0.615. R:R ~1.75–2:1.
Invalidation: Hourly close above 0.6235, or daily reclaim above ~0.635 (38.2% retracement/tenkan proximity) would weaken the short bias and shift focus to 0.646–0.655.

Daily RSI isn’t oversold, price is below 20D/50D/200D and under the BB mid; Ichimoku remains bearish. Longs have poor asymmetry until at least 0.620–0.623 breaks and holds, preferably followed by a reclaim of 0.635.

Conclusion

Expect a small relief pop to 0.616–0.620 that likely fails, followed by a retest of 0.603–0.600. Base breach could print a fast sweep into 0.595–0.590. Best asymmetry is to sell the pop into 0.619 with a 0.598 take-profit within the next 24 hours.