Trend identification in cryptocurrency trading analysis

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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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)

Other links

• Josh's trading tips and tricks (this is ridiculously good)
• Brian is working on creating learning materials for traders: fill this out if interested.

Ask us a question Every episode, we'll try to answer one or two audience questions. If you ever have one, just tweet at us or fill out the contact form. 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