Bitcoin daily chart alert - Bulls keep foot on the gas, prices power to 7-mo. high - Oct. 15

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(Kitco News) - Bitcoin-U.S. dollarare solidlyhigher and hit a seven-month high Friday. The Bitcoin bulls have the solidoverall near-term technical advantage and gained more power today, to suggestat least sideways-to-higher price action in the near term. There are no strong,early chart clues to suggest a market top is close at hand. Staytuned!

By Jim Wyckoff

For Kitco News

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