$SHIB is ~$0.00000501 at 18:57 ICT Oct 28 on Binance spot (+3.5% 24h). After four days stuck on a $0.00000476–0.00000480 floor, it pushed back above $0.00000490 today. It's still −20% from the Sep 22 high ($0.00000627) and ~94% under its 2021 ATH. My plan: bid the retest of $0.00000490, not the green candle.
🔥 What's moving it
• Oct 27: a crypto travel booking platform added SHIB as payment for car rentals at 50,000+ locations worldwide. Community members also launched a payment widget that takes SHIB on 14 networks, with an optional burn on each sale.
• Oct 23: an amended S-1 for a 24-token spot index ETF (pre-effective, no launch date) lists SHIB in its meme/community tier. That's a filing, not an approval.
• Oct 5: SHIB went live natively on Solana via Wormhole NTT, its first big step outside Ethereum/Shibarium.
• Memes have a bid today (PEPE +16% on CoinGecko). SHIB: ~$61M 24h volume across venues, mcap ~$2.95B.
• Reality check: burns are tiny. ~673M SHIB burned in 30 days (≈$3.8K), ~0.0001% of supply. Burns don't move this price.
📊 Daily (1D)
SHIB topped at $0.00000627 on Sep 22 and has made lower highs since: $0.00000603 (Oct 4), $0.00000556 (Oct 12), $0.00000527 (Oct 21).
The floor formed Oct 24–27: lows $0.00000476, $0.00000480, $0.00000479, $0.00000479. Today's candle is the first shot at a daily close above $0.00000500 since Oct 21.
Price is still under the 1D EMA20 (~$0.00000510) and EMA50 (~$0.00000523), so the daily trend is down until those are reclaimed. Wilder RSI(14) ~43, rising from ~38.
⏱️ 4H
The Oct 28 07:00 ICT candle broke out of the $0.00000479–0.00000492 box. Since then, three 4H closes held $0.00000496–0.00000500.
Price is back above the 4H EMA20 (~$0.00000491) and EMA50 (~$0.00000496). Wilder RSI(14) ~62. Strong, but it's into the Oct 22–23 supply at $0.00000505–0.00000518.
A clean retest should hold $0.00000488–0.00000492 (old range top + 4H EMA20). A 4H close back under $0.00000480 means the breakout failed.
🎯 Bull / bear levels
• Bid: $0.00000488–0.00000492
• TP1: $0.00000514–0.00000516 (Oct 23 high + 1D EMA20, ~2.0–2.2R from $0.00000490)
• TP2: $0.00000526–0.00000530 (Oct 21 high + 1D EMA50, ~3.0–3.3R)
• Out: 4H close below $0.00000480 (stop $0.00000478, risk ~2.5%)
• Bull trigger: daily close above $0.00000514
• Bear case: losing $0.00000476 opens $0.00000458–0.00000465 (Jul 30 / Aug 8 lows)
💭 My take
This is a range trade, not a trend call. The base is clean, the stop is tight, and memes have a bid today. What I don't like: Binance spot volume is thin (~$2.2M/24h), the daily trend is still lower highs, and FOMC lands at 01:00 ICT tonight, which can wick either way. Chasing at $0.00000501 gives only ~0.6R to TP1. I'd leave a small bid at $0.00000488–0.00000492 and accept a miss.
Retest bid at $0.0000049, or wait for a daily close above $0.00000514? 👇
NFA. DYOR.