Key points:
Bitcoin bulls keep momentum intact at the Wall Street open, with $117,000 and higher on the radar.
Order-book liquidity shows shorts getting liquidated, with fresh liquidity being added higher.
Bitcoin conforms to key Bollinger Bands levels, producing another fake breakdown this month.
Bitcoin (BTC) delivered a textbook rebound move Thursday as BTC price stayed pinned by key resistance levels.
BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
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Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD nearing $117,000 before cooling off.
The Wall Street open preserved bullish momentum, and market participants dug in to see how BTC price action would play out.
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Fellow trader CrypNuevo noted that upside liquidity on exchange order books had been taken with the visit beyond $116,800.
“This is the way the market moves – always around and towards the liquidity. Market structure for context and MM footprints for signs,” he told X followers, suggesting that $119,000 could come “next.”
BTC liquidation heatmap. Source: CoinGlass
Data from monitoring resource CoinGlass showed resistance now thickening between $117,500 and $118,000.
Bids meanwhile extended all the way to below $114,000, surrounding a now-filled gap in CME Group’s Bitcoin futures.
“Bitcoin has successfully found a support within the Daily CME Gap,” Rekt Capital observed.
CME Bitcoin futures one-day chart. Source: Rekt Capital/X
Bollinger Bands track fake BTC price breakdown
Price action nonetheless conformed to prescribed levels highlighted on the Bollinger Bands volatility indicator.
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