I'm not super adept at trading or technical analysis. But one thing I have been able to pick up from studying and watching lots of videos is that it is more stable to look at a usd pair when viewing a crypto. I watch the crypto news stream on YouTube, and they were just talking about this earlier. When you analyze x/btw, you are looking at x AND btc, so you are tracking two things in relation with lots of volatility. A usd pair will have the volatility of x with the stability of the dollar. I think that makes technical analysis easier?
I honestly am not sure. Explaining it made the waters a tad more muddy and murky for me, so I hope I didn't do the same for you.
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