Chainlink price could be ready for a breakout because of this MA crossover
|- Chainlink price is up 50% since mid-June, with signs of a continued uptrend supported by several indicators.
- LINK could rise 15% to breach the $8.816 resistance level if the 50-day MA and 200-day MA execute the pending golden cross.
- The bullish outlook will be invalidated upon a decisive daily candlestick close below the demand zone at $5.999.
Chainlink (LINK) price is one of the biggest gainers over the last three months after a bullish breakout around mid-June. The altcoin remains northbound, with community members hyped around the integration of Chainlink into Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) solution, Base. As reported, the move will see developers ship applications to Base while powering the development on the L2 chain.
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Chainlink price readies for a breakout
Chainlink (LINK) price could be headed north, coiling up for a possible rally to the range high around $8.798. The technical set up is bullish, with a pending golden cross that would be executed once the 50-day Moving Average (MA) crosses above the 200-day MA.
The ensuing demand pressure could see Chainlink price extend north, shattering the $8.135 resistance level before a neck higher to the April 18 high around $8.798. Such a move would constitute a 50% ascension above current levels.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) also just executed a bullish crossover when it moved above the signal line (yellow) band. The last time this momentum indicator delivered such a move (also backed by sufficient momentum to move the indicator above the midline at 50 toward the 70 level) Chainlink price recorded a 15% climb in one day.
LINK/USDT 1-day chart
Notably, Chainlink price action also aligns with the first schematic of the Wyckoff Events, which suggests a possible breakout.
Accumulation: Wyckoff Events
Wyckoff’s method attempts to anticipate the market by analyzing supply and demand and studying price action, volume and time.
On-chain metric
Data from IntoTheBlock’s Global In/Out of the Money (GIOM) supports the bullish outlook, showing Chainlink price had strong support at around the $6.24 to $6.65 range. Any efforts by the bears to push LINK south would be countered by buying pressure, from around 65,210 addresses that bought approximately 558.36 million LINK tokens at an average price of $6.57.
LINK GIOM
The data also shows 828.66 million link holders are currently in profit, against the 94.27 million holders suffering losses.
On the other hand, Chainlink price could drop, possibly, as the sell orders of traders who longed LINK trigger. The ensuing selling pressure could see the altcoin drop toward the demand zone where the possibility of a bounce back to the north would present. If this fails, however, the demand zone, turned bearish breaker, could see Chainlink price extend south, invalidating the bullish outlook at around the $5.999 support level.
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