Bitcoin price has been fluctuating highly in the last week. Amidst news of bitcoin whales stocking up on bitcoin, the price jumped up past $34,000. Briefly breaking $35,000 yesterday afternoon before coming down to continue trading n the $34,000 range again.
But the past 24 hours have seen the Coin » Read more » Read more
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Price Correction
Most times when prices move too high in a short time, this usually comes with a price correction in order to get the asset to a price point where it is not fluctuating too wildly. Price corrections are incredibly notorious for happening during bull runs.
This is due to the fact that in a bull market, prices are moving by large margins on a daily basis. Sometimes in only a matter of hours.
Bulls struggle to keep price of bitcoin up as price dip continues | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com
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This dip could be indicative then of a price correction occurring from the price spike that happened this past week. Usually, when coins go up in price in such a short amount of time, people take out profits if they expect the price might correct downwards instead of upwards.
Bitcoin has now started recovering a little bit which could mean that this dip was indeed a price correction.
Bitcoin Bull Rally In The Works?
Looking at the chart shows this might be a bullish indicator for bitcoin. The price of bitcoin has continuously spiked and then corrected downwards for a bit before spiking again.
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Bitcoin which is down over 50% of its all-time high could very well be on the verge of another breakout. Engulfing bull patterns show that there is always a reversal at the end of a downtrend.
With the price currently holding at $32,000, a loss of momentum at this point shows a potential end for the downtrend. Going forward, an end to the downtrend means a reversal signal for bitcoin.
Conservatively, the price looks poised to take over the $35,000 range again. But given that point was just broken, the next position point would be $5,000 higher. So $40,000 might be the most likely point for bitcoin to land after the rebound.
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