{"id":7406,"date":"2022-02-09T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=7406"},"modified":"2022-02-09T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:00:45","slug":"bitcoin-needs-to-reclaim-these-two-levels-to-avoid-another-dip-to-28k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=7406","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin needs to reclaim these two levels to avoid another dip to $28K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-128018ef=\"\">\n<p>Bitcoin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"noopener\">BTC<\/a>) may have rebounded strongly in recent days, but its journey to new highs is only just beginning \u2014 and far from guaranteed, a new analysis suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Updating a Twitter debate on Feb. 9, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rektcapital\/status\/1491336751671291904\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">identified<\/a> two key targets BTC\/USD must reclaim as support for bulls.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin key macro resistance levels now in place<\/h2>\n<p>Despite being up 13% in a week on Wednesday, Bitcoin is still far from November\u2019s peak of $69,000.<\/p>\n<p>For Rekt Capital, a longer-timeframe perspective puts BTC\/USD in a corridor from $28,000 to $69,000 \u2014 corresponding to the 2021 open and all-time high, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Right in the middle of those two price points are two moving averages, and so far, Bitcoin has not won them back as support levels. In order to have another shot at beating the highs, he argues, this must become reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two BTC Bull Market EMAs are now going to figure as a resistance,\u201d he summarized alongside a chart. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey constitute the mid-point of the macro range Both need to be reclaimed as support for BTC to enter the upper half of its macro range.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two moving averages involved are the 21-week and 50-week exponential moving averages.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-02\/842812d2-5a2b-4c33-a42c-4d4b27e08fb0.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>BTC\/USD annotated chart showing moving averages. Source: Rekt Capital\/Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>No \u201cgolden cross\u201d on the horizon for now<\/h2>\n<p>Turning to shorter timeframes and an unwinding of Bitcoin\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/will-this-time-be-different-bitcoin-eyes-drop-to-35k-as-btc-price-paints-death-cross\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/will-this-time-be-different-bitcoin-eyes-drop-to-35k-as-btc-price-paints-death-cross\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">recent \u201cdeath cross<\/a>,\u201d construction on the daily chart has yet to show signs of entering.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-begins-correction-after-45k-rejection-where-can-btc-price-bounce-next\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-begins-correction-after-45k-rejection-where-can-btc-price-bounce-next\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin begins correction after $45K rejection \u2014 Where can BTC price bounce next?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caused by the downward-sloping 50-day moving average crossing under the 200-day moving average, death cross events often signal the start of a longer downtrend.<\/p>\n<p>Their validity\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/here-s-how-bitcoin-s-impending-death-cross-could-be-a-contrarian-buy-signal\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/here-s-how-bitcoin-s-impending-death-cross-could-be-a-contrarian-buy-signal\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">remains hotly contested<\/a>, but the opposite \u2014 the \u201cgolden cross\u201d construction \u2014 is traditionally heralded as a sign of market strength.<\/p>\n<p>A look at the daily chart this week, however, shows that the 50-day moving average is yet to begin sloping up to meet its 200-day counterpart, as per data from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pro.cointelegraph.com\/?via=markets&amp;_ga=2.142027444.742658523.1640948929-762064149.1640948929\" rel=\"noopener\">Cointelegraph Markets Pro<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/?exchange=BINANCE\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BTC\/USD has nonetheless broken above the 50-day trendline this week \u2014 for the first time since November\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-02\/b27d4fac-9813-4faa-b606-8d9808f03e55.png\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>BTC\/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp) with 50-day and 200-day moving average. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-needs-to-reclaim-these-two-levels-to-avoid-another-a-28k-dip\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (BTC) may have rebounded strongly in recent days, but its journey to new highs is only just beginning \u2014 and far from guaranteed, a new analysis suggests. Updating a Twitter debate on Feb. 9, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital identified two key targets BTC\/USD must reclaim as support for bulls. 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