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BCH at a Rejection Pivot: Sell the $602 Supply Zone Before a Likely Mean-Reversion Drop

Market snapshot (BCH)

Current price: $596.63
Timeframe provided: Daily candles (2025-10-25 → 2026-01-22) + last ~24h hourly candles (2026-01-21 22:00 → 2026-01-22 21:58)

1) Multi-timeframe trend analysis

Daily structure (swing context)

Primary trend (Nov → early Jan): Uptrend into a blow-off high around $654.77 (2026-01-03 close).
Correction / distribution phase (Jan 3 → Jan 20): Clear lower-high / lower-low sequence:
- From ~$654–660 area down to $572.52 close (2026-01-20).
- This is a classic post-impulse retracement, likely profit-taking + mean reversion after a sharp rally.
Recent stabilization (Jan 20 → Jan 22): Bounce from the $568–575 zone and recovery back toward $596–603.
- This looks like a dead-cat bounce / bear market rally unless price can reclaim and hold above prior breakdown pivots.

Implication: Daily trend is still corrective/bearish from the Jan 3 top, but short-term momentum has turned up from Jan 20 low.

Hourly structure (execution context)

Over the last day, price progressed from the $584–591 region into $602.9 high (20:00-ish) and then faded back to ~$596.6.
That is a push → rejection at/near $603 followed by a pullback.

Implication: Intraday buyers have strength, but supply is active near $602–603.

2) Support/Resistance mapping (price-action levels)

Key resistances

$602.9–$605 (intraday rejection zone)
- Hourly high printed near 602.92 and failed to hold.
$610–$615 (daily pivot + prior congestion)
- Area around Jan 2–Jan 6 trading and pre-selloff region.
$630–$635
- Breakdown area from early January consolidation.

Key supports

$592–$594 (hourly pullback floor)
- Multiple hourly opens/closes clustered around 592–595.
$584–$588 (intraday base)
- Prior consolidation and earlier lows in the last 24h.
$568–$575 (major daily support)
- Jan 19–20 lows and a key demand zone. A break below would likely restart the larger correction.

3) Momentum & mean-reversion read (indicator-style reasoning)

(Exact indicator values aren’t computed here, but the behavior is inferred from candle sequence and swings.)

RSI-style behavior (momentum)

Daily: After the drop from 650s to low 570s, daily momentum likely moved from overbought to neutral/weak.
Hourly: The run-up into $603 likely pushed short-term momentum into overbought/near-overbought, followed by a cooling pullback.

Takeaway: Short-term momentum is topping locally, favoring a near-term pullback/sideways before another attempt higher.

MACD-style behavior (trend/momentum crossover logic)

Daily: Post-peak (Jan 3) suggests bearish momentum regime with rallies being countertrend unless reclaimed.
Hourly: Recent rally likely created a positive swing, but the rejection at 603 suggests momentum divergence risk (price made a local high, but follow-through failed).

Takeaway: Intraday momentum is losing steam at resistance.

4) Volatility, range, and “where price is likely to go next”

Observed ranges

Last daily candle (Jan 22): roughly 584.38 → 602.89 (range ~$18.5, ~3.1%).
Hourly shows a fairly smooth climb, then rejection—typical of a range day forming.

Probable next-24h behavior (distribution of outcomes)

Base case (most likely): Range / mild pullback
- Price likely retests $592–$594, possibly wicks toward $588–$590, then attempts another bounce.
Bullish continuation case: Break/hold above $603–$605
- Would open room toward $610–$615 quickly.
Bearish continuation case: Lose $588, then daily sellers reassert
- Increased probability of revisiting $575 and potentially $568.

Given the clear rejection at $603 and the larger daily corrective structure, the near-term edge favors selling rallies into resistance rather than chasing breakouts.

5) Pattern/structure techniques

(A) Failed breakout / rejection at resistance

Hourly push to 602.9 followed by retreat to 596.6 indicates supply absorption.
This often leads to a mean reversion toward the mid/lower part of the range (592 → 588).

(B) Descending swing from Jan 3 (daily lower highs)

Until BCH prints a convincing daily higher-high structure (e.g., regains 630+), rallies can be treated as countertrend.

(C) Support retest logic

The rally originated from the 584–588 base; markets often revisit the origin zone.

6) 24-hour directional call

Prediction (next 24h): Slightly bearish / range-down bias.

Expected path: $596 → $592 retest, possible dip to $588–$590, then stabilize.
Upside is capped near $602–$605 unless a clean breakout occurs.

7) Trade plan (decision + optimal open/close)

Because price is currently sitting below a well-defined intraday resistance band and the daily trend is still corrective, the higher-probability play is:

Decision: Sell (Short)
Optimal open (entry): $602.0 (sell into the prior rejection zone, slightly below 602.9 high to improve fill probability)
Close (take profit): $590.0 (targets the lower intraday support band / mean-reversion area)

*(Risk note: If price reclaims and holds above ~$605, the short thesis weakens rapidly because it would signal absorption of supply at the rejection zone.)