Key Takeaways
After a recent surge to $11.20, bearish signals have emerged, suggesting a potential shift in trend.
The next support levels will determine whether APT’s trajectory remains bullish or turns lower.
APT price began its last bulls phase in October 2023, establishing a low of $4.70 and climbing to $10 by December. However, momentum waned, causing a drop to $8 in January.
Following this, APT initiated a strong rally, reaching nearly $20 in a five-wave pattern, hinting at a larger bull cycle.
Yet, a sharp decline ensued, with APT falling from $20 to $8 within 18 days between March 26 and April 13. After consolidating in a horizontal range, APT resumed its downtrend, returning to pre-rally levels and hitting $5 support on Aug. 5.
As APT entered oversold territory, signaled by the daily Relative Strength Index (RSI), a recovery began.
This resulted in a 142% rise to $11.20 on Oct. 22, which interacted with ascending resistance. Bearish divergence, with the price rising as the RSI declined, suggests the rally may be over.
We saw a downturn, leading to a breakout below the ascending channel’s support. The price of APT is currently trading around $8 again. Was this a correction before the further increase, or was the ascending channel a corrective structure leading to a more sustained downside?
Analyzing the wave structure on the hourly chart shows that APT has completed a five-wave impulse since Aug.5.
Since its ending point of $11.20 on Oct. 22, the price took a downturn, developing a three-wave move.
Some of our previous analyses anticipated this correction as the ABC pattern, the first correction in a new bull phase. Our initial target at the 0.5 Fibonacci level at $7.80 was met, leading to the question of whether or not it is completed.
A bounce was seen from the 0.5 Fib level, but there are no major signs of a new starting uptrend. Should the rise continue and bring the APT price back above $10, that would strengthen our assumption.
But if there is still a chance that the price might continue lower to the 0.618 Fib at $7 before the pattern fully develops.
On a macro scale, the completion of this ABC correction would be a second sub-wave, meaning that its next uptrend could be wave three of the five-wave pattern, leading to values above $16 next.