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BTC/USD Forecast: Bounces from Support

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • Bitcoin has rallied significantly during the course of the trading session on Thursday, as we have seen the $60,000 level offer significant support.
  • By doing what it has done during the day, it suggests that we are ready to go higher, and given enough time I think we in fact do just that.
  • The 50-Day EMA is hanging around in the middle of the last couple of candlesticks, and therefore I think a lot of technical traders are starting to come back into this market.

BTC/USD Forecast Today 19/4: Bounces from Support (graph)

Technical Analysis

The technical analysis for Bitcoin is rather straightforward, as we are in a significant uptrend, with the $60,000 level course offering a lot of psychological support, as well as previous structural support. All things being equal, this is a market that I think does continue to consolidate overall, meaning that we could go as high as the $74,000 level and not much will change. Yes, we have seen a significant pullback in the last week or so, but this is a market that ran 92% to the upside over the course of 6 weeks.

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On the other hand, if we were to break down below the $60,000 level, then it’s likely that we could drop down to the $52,000 level. The $52,000 level is an area that previously has been resistance, and therefore it should have a certain amount of “market memory” attached to it, therefore I think that a lot of value hunters would be more than willing to step into the market and pick up “cheap coins.”

Ultimately, I think Bitcoin has to work off all of this excess fraud, but eventually we will continue to go much higher. If we can break above the $74,000 level, then I think at that point it opens up the possibility of Bitcoin going all the way to the $100,000 level over the longer term. Yes, I recognize that is a huge move, but we have seen an insatiable demand for the ETF, and that of course will continue to push this market to the upside. In general, this is a market that I think given enough time does go higher, but you are going to see a lot of noisy behavior, and of course volatility.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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