Bitcoin (BTC) saw another failure to exit a tight trading range into April 6 as $28,000 again hung in the balance.
Analysis sees traders โcompressingโ BTC price
Data from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading below the the $28,000 mark at the time of writing.
The pair had approached $29,000 the day prior, eating into ask liquidity in what analysis called a โchoreographedโ move by whales.
That appeared to be true, as upward momentum soon faded and spot price remained in an increasingly narrow range.
The cloud of liquidity around $30,000 thus remained untested, much to the frustration of those hoping for an easy continuation of 2023 upside.
In follow-up commentary, monitoring resource Material Indicators noted that traders had moved both bid and ask liquidity toward each other, โcompressingโ the likely zone of movement for spot price.
โLiquidity dampens volatility,โ it summarized.
Liquidity dampens volatility. #FireCharts shows both sides seem to be moving #BTC liquidity closer to the active trading zone, effectively compressing the range. Gaps that donโt get filled in or defended with buy/sell walls are prone to be exploitedโฆand yes, that means bothโฆ pic.twitter.com/3ZDrfJeaVh
โ Material Indicators (@MI_Algos) April 5, 2023
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Considering what the result of current price action might be on short timeframes, analytics resource Skew devised two outcomes.
It described BTC/USD as โcrabbingโ โ moving sideways โ with little room for maneuver.
$BTC 4H
Not much changed, still crabbing in tight 4H rangePrice struggling to sustain above 1D range high; usually implies one of two outcomes:
1. Grind with EMA trend (compression before expansion) / hold 4H range low
2. bleed towards 1D range low & breakdown occurs there. https://t.co/n76XG7Z6io pic.twitter.com/rJ2dEE14O0
โ Skew ฮ (@52kskew) April 6, 2023
โDouble topโ concerns rema
Zooming out, meanwhile, trader and analyst Rekt Capital eyed a trip to $27,000 as a potential signal that a long-term โdouble topโ formation is underway.
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โRecent BTC rejection from Double Top resistance means BTC could still drop from here to complete the second part of the formation,โ he tweeted on the day alongside an explanatory chart.
โGenerally, Double Tops resemble an โMโ shape and so the second part of the pattern would form with a drop to ~$27K (blue).โ
Others remained overall optimistic on Bitcoinโs path for the coming year.
After such a strong start, trader and analyst Credible Crypto doubled down on his prediction that BTC/USD would set a new all-time high in 2023.
โA dip to 23-25k which I have been talking about for weeks doesnโt change any of that. It is nothing to be concerned about,โ part of recent commentary stated.
Earlier, Cryptox reported on calculations calling for another bullish double top for Bitcoin in 2025, this potentially peaking above $200,000.
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