Will BTC Break Its Consolidation Range This Week?Over the past few weeks, BTC has consolidated around the $19,246 level, which is the Fibonacci level of interest discussed in a number of recent posts in the past couple of weeks. See the links embedded in the Primary Chart above.
BTC has chopped above and below this $19,246 level quite a few times, forming a tight consolidation range between and $18,232 and $20,225 approximately. Each breakout move has resulted in a bear or bull trap that fails to follow through with a sharp reversal back to the opposite side of this level. See the intraday Supplementary Chart below for an overview of the past two weeks of price action with some of the prominent failed breakouts highlighted with circles.
Supplementary Chart: Key Fibonacci Level at $19,246 with Multiple False Breakouts in Both Directions
The failed breakouts in both directions have likely been a source of frustration for bulls and bears alike. Each move has been essentially a trap move that failed to follow through, with a sharp reversal to the opposite side of the $19,246. As pressure mounts on major equity indices like the S&P 500 ( SP:SPX ) and NDX 100 ( NASDAQ:NDX / NASDAQ:QQQ ), with many of them undercutting June 2022 lows, BTC is like to follow suit in short order. This does not negate the possibility of BTC yielding a sharp OS bounce in the coming week or two after a trend move lower.
One argument for the bulls is that BTC's sideways chop action has resulted in its relative strength becoming quite impressive. Equity indices have been plummeting sharply since mid-August 2022 with little reprieve. But BTC during this time has largely chopped sideways after losing a few key levels in late August and early September 2022.
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