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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC/USD just dumped another $300+

  • Over the last four sessions, Bitcoin fell as much as 15% as sentiment turns.
  • The digital gold found support at 8,500 but the losses might not be over just yet.

BTC/USD 10-min chart

The price has been very choppy today as the chart below shows. There has been a pullback, but as soon as the price hit 9182.66, the market turned and fell in two stages.

The 8500.00 level provided the market with some support even though the price dipped through. It seems like some participants are banking some profits as BTC heads toward the halving event on Monday. 

On the higher timeframes, there is no doubt the market is still in an uptrend. The 10K level just seemed like too much of a mountain to climb for now. 

Bitcoin $300 drop

BTC/USD 4-hour chart

On the 4-hour timeframe below it can be seen that the BTC/USD pair stopped exactly at the trendline. This support zone is still vulnerable so let's see how the market closed at the end of the day (Monday) to confirm if there is a technical break to the downside.

Bitcoin Trendline Support

Additional levels

BTC/USD

Overview
Today last price8552.11
Today Daily Change-175.32
Today Daily Change %-2.01
Today daily open8727.43
 
Trends
Daily SMA208454.34
Daily SMA507448.58
Daily SMA1008011.57
Daily SMA2008019.1
 
Levels
Previous Daily High9559.74
Previous Daily Low8105.58
Previous Weekly High10074.48
Previous Weekly Low8535.49
Previous Monthly High9476.83
Previous Monthly Low6156.67
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%8661.07
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%9004.25
Daily Pivot Point S18035.43
Daily Pivot Point S27343.42
Daily Pivot Point S36581.26
Daily Pivot Point R19489.59
Daily Pivot Point R210251.75
Daily Pivot Point R310943.75

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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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