Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Strategist Tom Lee Creates the Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Misery Index and it says you should buy Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)s right now

Cryptocurrency trading is an emerging market that has been growing and capitalizing at a breakneck pace, but it has atypical behavior when compared to traditional markets. It is not uncommon for currency traders to use adopted ForEx market indicators such as MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, Stochastic Indicators or Fibonacci’s Retracements, but the truth is that many of these mETHodologies were created for traditional markets and may not be entirely right for crypto-trading. This has led many economists and “old-school” investors to see investments in cryptocurrencies more as a gamble rather than a real capital investment.

However, this seems to be changing, with the emergence of specialized studies, which have led to improved trading strategies. One that has emerged recently in blogs and news sites is the one created by the well-known Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Strategist and sTron (available on Binance)g bullish investor Thomas Lee: the Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Misery Index (BMI)

Although the mETHodology applied or the mathematical formula for its determination has not been disclosed, the indicator seeks to explain the market’s feeling regarding Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)s ownership and how motivated a person would be to sell what he has. According to MarketWatch:

“The Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Misery Index is a measure of consistency in the price of the No. 1 digital asset, Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) BTCUSD, +7.07% over the past 90 days, using the end of day performance (up-day or down-day) and volatility. In other words, it is a measure of momentum in the asset, equivalent to an oversold-overbought indicator. Market technicians often gauge “overbought” or “oversold” conditions based on measures of price momentum.”

The results are given on a scale of 0 – 100, where 0 is “absolutely miserable” (Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) holders are “absolutely” willing to give away all their Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)) and 100 is “absolutely happy” (where no price in the world would be enough to motivate Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) holders to sell their coins). Of course in economics, the “absolute” signs indicators do not exist, but it’s easy to conclude that in general terms, Tom Lee developed an indicator, which analyzes the behavior and characteristics of the Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) to produce a more accurate result than other similar indexes.

The indicator created by FondStrat’s owner shows a negative result. That is to say, the lower the number, the bigger the misery /, The bigger the number, the lower the misery)

In the world of trading there are already other similar indicators such as the RSI (Relative Strength Index) which, as stated by Investopedia “compares the magnitude of recent gains and losses over a specified time period to measure speed and change of price movements of a security” , and the MACD which is “a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of prices”.

Investors often use these indicators in an attempt to find areas where trend shifts allow them to raise money, either by buying cheaply and then selling expensive in front of a bullish trend or by selling at the start of a bearish trend to buy more goods with the same amount of money.

A good time to buy

“When the Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) misery index is at’ misery’ (below 27), Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) sees the best 12-month performance,” Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Thomas Lee said in an interview with CNBC “A signal is generated about every year.”

Right now the indicator has a result of 18.8, its lowest since Sept. 6, 2011. And according to an interview with Thomas Lee,“The last four times this was below 27… there was not a single instance with Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) not up 12 months later.”

When comparing the results with the traditional indicators, you can see that right now is an excellent time to invest in Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)s. All signs point to the same results. After the price manipulation resulting from an atypical selling of 400 Million Dollars by Mt. Gox Bankruptcy Trustee, Mr. Nobuaki Kobayashi, prices should return to their natural behavior.

According to a report published by Forbes

“Lee’s Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Misery Index may be more useful than the traditional RSI and MACD indicators for Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) since he has compiled some additional information to go along with his analysis. Also, Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)’s price was relatively low until 2017, so RSI and MACD may not have enough historical data to be as accurate vs. when they are applied to securities having a longer track record. That being said both the RSI, the top portion of the graph below, and the MACD, the bottom portion, indicate that Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) is in a bit of an oversold condition.”