Bitcoin (BTC) hit six-week highs on April 22 as US trade war tensions emboldened crypto bulls.
Bitcoin lines up resistance flips around $90,000
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD above $91,000 after the Wall Street open โ its highest since March 7.
Bitcoin and gold benefited from increasing market nerves over how China, Japan and others would respond to US trade tariffs.
XAU/USD set fresh all-time highs on the day, while BTC/USD faced a key bull market support trend line that has been acting as resistance since early March.
For traders, the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at $88,370 thus became the level to flip back to support on daily timeframes.
โClosing in on the big $90K-$91K horizontal area which acted as the previous range low,โ popular trader Daan Crypto Trades wrote in part of ongoing analysis on X.ย
An accompanying chart showed the need to crack the area around $93,000 โ Bitcoinโs yearly open โย to confirm the moving average reclaim.ย
Continuing, Keith Alan, co-founder of trading resource Material Indicators, had similar views.
โIf history has taught us anything, it’s important to watch for fake outs and confirmations,โ he noted.ย
โIMO, confirmation of the trend reversal will come when BTC reclaims the Yearly Open. That move will put price on a trajectory to unwind the key moving averages and deliver a series of Golden Crosses in the days and weeks ahead.โ
BTC price rebound skepticism remains
Fellow trader Roman, meanwhile, was among those staying cautious on the validity of a short-term BTC price swing.
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โPrice now retesting prior support as resistance for now. A breakout above 93k would be great for bulls, however, Iโm unsure if we get it,โ he told X followers about the weekly chart.ย
โWait for weekly close before you make assumptions or get excited. Weโve seen so many fakeouts before. 5 days left!โ
Also unsure that the move would last was popular analytics resource Ecoinometrics, which acknowledged that Bitcoin ultimately lost out when the Nasdaq 100 index was below its own 200-day SMA.
โBitcoin is climbing. The NASDAQ is sliding. That kind of divergence doesnโt usually last,โ it summarized on the day.ย
โHistorically, when the NASDAQโs 200-day moving average trend is down, Bitcoin runs into macro headwinds.โ
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