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Bitcoin price chart analysis: Stabilization above $10,000 required

By Nathan Batchelor

12:31, 18 May 2020

Bitcoin price chart analysis

Bitcoin bounced sharply from the $8,100 level last week, as dip-buyers remained in control of the number one cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin price chart analysis shows that bulls need to anchor the price above the $10,000 level to encourage the next strong rally.

Bitcoin medium-term price trend

Bitcoin staged a strong rally after the much-anticipated halving event finished last week, with dip-buyers showing crypto traders that they remain in control of the short and medium-term.

The recent rally towards the $10,000 level also closed a notable price gap on the CME futures chart that was created during the May 9 flash crash.

Bitcoin price chart analysis

Bitcoin price technical analysis shows that bulls need to anchor the price above the $10,000 level to encourage the next major rally towards the $11,000 level.

The daily time shows that if the BTC/USD pair can break above the current monthly high then bulls may start to attack towards the $10,500 and $11,000 resistance zones.

If bulls can move price above the $10,500 level then the upside momentum could increase significantly, and force a breakout rally towards the $11,000 level, and possibly the $11,600 level.

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BTC/USD

62,004.90 Price
-2.370% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 106.00

ETH/USD

3,000.11 Price
-2.310% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 6.00

XRP/USD

0.49 Price
-3.290% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0753%
Short position overnight fee 0.0069%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.01168

Gold

2,384.07 Price
+0.140% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0190%
Short position overnight fee 0.0108%
Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.40

Bitcoin short-term price trend

Bitcoin price technical analysis shows that bulls remain in control while price trades above the $8,100 level.

Lower time frame analysis shows that a large head and shoulders pattern remains valid while the price trades below the $10,070 level.

Bitcoin price chart analysis

Bears need to move price below the $8,500 level to trigger the bearish pattern, which holds $1,500 of downside potential.

If the pattern is invalidated then technicals indicate that price could rally towards the $11,500 level.

It is also noteworthy that bearish stochastic divergence is still in place on the four-hour time frame, and is currently located around the $6,900 level.

Bitcoin technical summary

Bitcoin price chart technical analysis indicates that the cryptocurrency needs to stabilize above the psychological $10,000 level to encourage the next round of strong technical buying.

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