As mentioned last week, Litecoin (LTC) has seen exponential growth since the beginning of March, with a small bump in the road during April which quickly dissipated going into May. Overall, Litecoin has been the best performing coin in 2019, growing more than 170% in less than 90 days.
At the time of writing, LTC is trading just above $135 following an enormous rise from around $104 last week. Will Litecoin continue its move upwards or will price drop closer to the $99-$102 support area?
Let’s take a look at the chart for Litecoin.
The price of LTC fell from about $120 to $100 last week as many traders moved their profits from altcoins over to BTC. Price recovered towards the end of the week and over the weekend to trade at around $110-$115. This week, LTC has recovered nicely. It went from $104 to close to $144 in the space of a few days, marking a 40% increase in price.
Last week’s trend now appears to have fully shifted and price action is once again on the rise as LTC looks to return to yearly highs.
Let’s also not forget a quite important point. LTC is one of the few coins that is bullish by the book: the 20-day EMA is above the 50-day EMA, which is above the 200-day EMA. Plus, volumes are quite high around key levels.
In terms of recent news, Litecoin’s third halving is coming in about a month. Those that are overly bullish on Litecoin have to look no further than the previous halving to justify their positions. What usually happens is a massive bull run in the months that follow halving events.
My guess is that Litcoin will break record highs for 2019 in the next couple of months.
About Litecoin
Litecoin was released in October 2011 by Charlie Lee, a former Google employee. It was a fork of Bitcoin with the main difference being a smaller block generation time, increased maximum number of coins, and a different script-based algorithm.
Litecoin is one of the leading cryptocurrencies and is one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.
More Litecoin news and information
If you want to find out more information about Litecoin or cryptocurrencies in general, then use the search box at the top of this page. Here’s an article to get you started:
As with any investment, it pays to do some homework before you part with your money. The prices of cryptocurrencies are volatile and go up and down quickly. This page is not recommending a particular currency or whether you should invest or not.
You may be interested in our range of cryptocurrency guides along with the latest cryptocurrency news.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author should not be considered as financial advice. We do not give advice on financial products.