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Bitcoin Price Analysis: This sell-off looks like the real deal

  • Bitcoin trades over 6% lower on Thursday as another round of selling kicks in.
  • There has been an uptick in volume during this sell-off too.

BTC/USD 4-hour chart

The trendline that begins from the low of 3858.00 back on 13th March is now being tested once again. The 4-hour chart below shows the price has tested the uptrend at least three times and now we could possibly see a break.

This move lower over the last couple of sessions has been backed by some decent volume giving us clues that it could be the real deal. In the way of the potential down move is the 200 simple moving average (SMA). The SMA often provides some support when tested as you can see in mid-April.

The Relative Strength Index indicator is also looking slightly oversold so there could be a small pullback before the underlying trend continues. But the main thing is the fact that the chart has made a lower high pattern and a move down looks more likely. 

In terms of potential targets, the area just above 8K looks strong and below that the purple 7.5K level could be the next target if the aforementioned 8K level breaks.

Bitcoin Sell off

Additional levels

BTC/USD

Overview
Today last price8991.42
Today Daily Change-520.70
Today Daily Change %-5.47
Today daily open9512.12
 
Trends
Daily SMA209288.47
Daily SMA508049.22
Daily SMA1007988.15
Daily SMA2008056.43
 
Levels
Previous Daily High9839.44
Previous Daily Low9296.03
Previous Weekly High9944.79
Previous Weekly Low8105.58
Previous Monthly High9476.83
Previous Monthly Low6156.67
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%9503.61
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%9631.86
Daily Pivot Point S19258.95
Daily Pivot Point S29005.78
Daily Pivot Point S38715.54
Daily Pivot Point R19802.36
Daily Pivot Point R210092.61
Daily Pivot Point R310345.77

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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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