Bitcoin price recovered well from $5200 against the US Dollar. BTC/USD is now comfortably placed above $5450 and remains buy on dips.
Key Talking Points
- Bitcoin price after a decline towards $5200 (data feed by Kraken) against the US Dollar found support and recovered.
- A key bearish trend line with current resistance near $5680 is acting as an upside hurdle on the hourly chart of BTC/USD.
- The pair might dip from the current levels, but remains supported near $5580 and $5450.
Bitcoin Price Chart Analysis
Earlier this week, we saw a downside reaction in bitcoin price towards the $5200 level against the US Dollar. The price traded as low as $5140 and later recovered well. The recovery was encouraging as the price was able to move back above the $5400 and $5500 levels.
The price traded as high as $5733 where it faced sellers. A key bearish trend line with current resistance near $5680 prevented further upsides on the hourly chart of BTC/USD. The pair is currently correcting lower and heading towards the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the last wave from the $5140 low to $5733 high.
On the downside, there is a major support near $5590-80 since the 100 hourly simple moving average is positioned. Below the $5580 level, the pair may test the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level of the last wave from the $5140 low to $5733 high near $5500.
The mentioned $5500-5450 area is an important barrier for sellers. It acted as a support and resistance on many occasions. Therefore, any major dips from the current levels towards $5580 or even $5500 remain supported on the downside.
On the upside, the pair has to clear the highlighted crucial bearish trend line with current resistance below $5700. Once there is a break and close above $5690-5700, BTC/USD should attempt a test of $5850.
The hourly RSI for BTC/USD is currently heading lower towards the 50 level and remains in the bullish zone. The overall trend is bullish as long as the pair is above $5450.
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