The bitcoin price (BTC) has dropped below a key support level in $ 8, 000 and entered the $ 7, 000 region for the first time since June amid afiercesell-off in the cryptocurrency market.
Over the past five days, the bitcoin price has fallen from $ 10, 100 to $ 7, 850 in a 22 percentpullbackagainst the US dollar in arguably the steepest correction it has seen so far into 2019.
Many traders like Josh Rager and DonAlt said that a test of the mid- $ 7, 000 region is likely upon the breach of an important support level at $ 9, 650.
Where is the bitcoin price headed after the pullback?
Throughout the past several days, many technical analysts have emphasized that bitcoin is to see demand from buyers in the mid- $ 6, 000 range.
Some have speculated that when the bitcoin price was hovering over $ 10, 000, the price range was not appealing to investors in both the cryptocurrency market and the broader market.
As the bitcoin price fu rther corrects, BTC will become more appealing towards traders, especially new investors, having fallen by more than two-fold since the yearly high but increased by two-fold since the December 2018 lows at $ 3, 150.
Hsaka, a cryptocurrency trader and technical analyst, said that bitcoin seems to be in an extended correction and in such a strong downtrend, the short term trend is likely to continue towards the same direction.
The tradersaid.
“Whenever price breaks a multi-month support or resistance, it usually sees a continuation in the direction of the break. Fail to understand the knee-jerk reaction of fighting the first sign of momentum we’ve seen in ages. Buying every ‘dip’ is an expensive lesson. ”
The downward movement from around $ 8, 400 to $ 7, 850 on the day has once again been triggered by a cascade of long contract liquidations on BitMEX and other major margin trading platforms.
According to Datamish, $ 77 million worth of long contracts have been liquidated on BitMEX in the past several hours following the liquidation of more than $ (million on September 25, asreportedby CCN.
The lack of volume in the global bitcoin market despite growing sell pressure and large sell-offs create an easier environment for bears to take control, intensifying the downward movement.
The expiration of CME bitcoin futures contracts on Septe mber 27 could also have fueled the abrupt slip in the bitcoin price as more than 40, 000 contracts on CME are set to expire in the next (hours.)
Is $ 6k inevitable?
Based on the intensity of the drop in the bitcoin price in the past five days and the lack of clear support levels between mid- $ 6, 000 and mid- $ 7, 000, unless there is a serious reaction to the mid- $ 7, 000 support, technical analysts anticipate BTC to drop to the $ 6, 000 s in the short term.
“If Bitcoin fails to break above the current level, we’ll get another retest of the support below – which has bounced once and could hold But if this isn’t a bear trap I do see price heading down to low $ 7ks Lots of buyer are waiting between $ 6, 180 & $ 6, 500, ”Rager said prior to the drop.
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