Bitcoin (BTC) Price May Re-Test Recent Multi-Month Low

Bitcoin (BTC) Price, Chart and Analysis

• Quiet trading conditions normally lead to a break-out.
• Market conditions remain negative.

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Bitcoin (BTC) May Re-Test Multi-Month Low

Bitcoin’s recent price action is looking ominously similar to moves seen between August and late-November 2018 with prices drifting lower in tight trading ranges beofre they broke sharply lower. The chart below shows a very similar chart set-up from mid-December to now with lower highs continuing to be made. Bitcoin is also trading below all three moving averages as sentiment remains negative and a break and close below the mid-December multi-month low around $3,130 would leave minor support at just under $3,000 vulnerable. If this goes – and with it the psychological $3,000 handle - then the next real level of support/interest is all the way down at $1,780, the July 17, 2017 swing-low.

While charts can only tell you what has actually happened, trading patterns have a habit of repeating themselves and prove important in shaping trading decisions. In addition there is currently a lack of any high-level positive news or sentiment in the cryptocurrency market and if retail finally throw in towel – and this remains a big if - another move lower cannot be discounted.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Daily Price Chart (May 2018 – February 1, 2019)

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--- Written by Nick Cawley, Analyst.