Bitcoin Price Remains Within A Narrow Range, What’s Next For The Bears?

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Bitcoin price has been moving within a restricted range for over a week now. The coin had attempted to move north over the past few days. However, it has not...

Bitcoin price has been moving within a restricted range for over a week now. The coin had attempted to move north over the past few days. However, it has not managed to trade near the $20,000 mark.
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The movement of the Bitcoin price has mainly remained sandwiched between $18,000 and $20,000, respectively.
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Over the last 24 hours, BTC slipped by 0.4%, confirming that there has not been significant price movement.
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In the past week, BTC depreciated by 1.1%. Overall market strength has been choppy, which is why market movers have remained dull on their respective price charts.
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The technical outlook of Bitcoin continued to side with the bears. Buying strength has remained low as a result of a slowdown in demand for Bitcoin.
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According to its one-day chart, over the next trading sessions, Bitcoin is set to retrace further and trade close to the $18,900 price mark.
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This support level marks a crucial price level for the coin as it will determine the next move of Bitcoin depending on the demand for the coin.
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: One-Day Chart

Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin was priced at $19,100 on the one-day chart | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView

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BTC was trading at $19,100 at the time of writing. The cryptocurrency has moved up and down within the range of $19,400 and $19,000.
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Continual movement in a similar pattern will strengthen the bears even further. Overhead resistance for the coin was at $19,600, moving past which BTC will again have a tough time crossing past $20,000.

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The bulls will only take over from the $20,000 price mark. On the other hand, the nearest support would be $18,900. This is a crucial support line for the coin.
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A fall from there will cause BTC to move to $18,300 and then to $17,400. The amount of Bitcoin traded in the last session turned green, which could indicate a small rise in buyers.
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Technical Analysis

Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin registered a small uptick in buying strength on the one-day chart | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView

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Demand for the coin has seen a slight increase over the last 24 hours. For most of this month, Bitcoin’s demand has remained low, and sellers have taken over the market.
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The Relative Strength Index was below the half-line, and that meant a lower number of buyers as compared to sellers on the one-day chart.
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Bitcoin price was below the 20-SMA line, which also was in accordance with fewer buyers as sellers were driving the price momentum in the market.

Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin depicted buy signal on the one-day chart | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView

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However, BTC still continued to display buy signal on the chart. However, those were declining and would soon be replaced by sell signal.
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The Moving Average Convergence Divergence shows the price momentum and direction of the asset. MACD still displayed green signal bars, which were buy signal for the coin.
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The Parabolic SAR also indicates the price direction of the asset. The Parabolic SAR was above the candlesticks, which meant that the price was bearish for the asset.
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The indicator indicated that the price of Bitcoin was in a downward trend, which could be reversed if demand returned to the chart.

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