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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Have the bulls run out of steam

  • Bitcoin is trading just above flat on Friday as the market reaches a decicion point.
  • The buyers seem to have run out of steam leading into key resistance areas.

BTC/USD 1-Hour Chart

Bitcoin has performed well over the last two sessions and now we are in a tricky area.

Just before the price hit 9,200.00 the price met some resistance at the 1.618% extension in blue.

This also confluences with the red resistance line marked on the chart. It was also close to the 50% bigger Fibonacci retracement level.

If the bulls have any chance of moving higher they will need to gather more volume to break the level.

The green level is important on the higher timeframes and needs to be watched closely if we do get an intraday push.

For now, the short term trend is still bullish but there is lots of traffic above current levels.

Bitcoin Price

BTC/USD

Overview
Today last price9086.72
Today Daily Change18.67
Today Daily Change %0.21
Today daily open9068.05
 
Trends
Daily SMA209303.6
Daily SMA509298.23
Daily SMA1008378.37
Daily SMA2008733
 
Levels
Previous Daily High9169.73
Previous Daily Low8757.82
Previous Weekly High10027.5
Previous Weekly Low8431.17
Previous Monthly High10511.86
Previous Monthly Low8431.17
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%9012.38
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%8915.17
Daily Pivot Point S18827.34
Daily Pivot Point S28586.62
Daily Pivot Point S38415.43
Daily Pivot Point R19239.25
Daily Pivot Point R29410.45
Daily Pivot Point R39651.16

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Rajan Dhall, MSTA

Rajan Dhall is an experienced market analyst, who has been trading professionally since 2007 managing various funds producing exceptional returns.

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