Falling off from the list of the top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies, Avalanche (AVAX), has lost more than 90% of its value in 2022. Over the last 24 hours, it has lost more than 7.56% in terms of the market cap due to a prolonged bearish trend. Since last week it has been witnessing strong bearish momentum losing over 8% in the last 7 days. With a current trading price of $11.95 moving below the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) since November 18, with a drop of 6.82% in the last 24 hours, the AVAX markets display a strong selling spree among the traders.
Source: Tradingview
In the previous analysis, the AVAX witnessed a sharp bearish breakout, losing more than 8.35% to reach $16.73. However, the prices could not reverse the market sentiments and broke below the psychological mark of $15. The price channel which is below the 200-day SMA since last weekend supports the prolonged bearish in the market. For a swing entry, sideline traders still need to wait for the next bullish breakout rally if prices surge above $15. On the other hand, if AVAX fails to reverse the price actions, it may fall below the crucial $10 support level, which may further the selling spree in the market. The fall of prices from 78.60% fib retracement level to below 23.60% also supports the strong downtrend in the market.
Struggling to slow down the selling pressure, RSI remains below the mark of 45 confirming the lack of uptrend in the market despite making a bullish divergence near the oversold boundary. Moving above the signal line, the already bottomed-out MACD shows an upswing with a bullish histogram
According to technical indicators, AVAX price actions display prolonged bearish momentum with RSI unable to surge above the mark of 40 indicating a high selling pressure as traders need to wait for a bullish reversal for buying opportunity.