Bitcoin 'Bart Simpson' returns as BTC price dives 7% in hours
Bitcoin (BTC) firmly recommitted to its trading range on June 7 after a fresh move higher was met with a swift sell-off.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rejecting decisively at resistance it last encountered on June 1.
The pair had delivered daily gains in excess of 6%, but the approach to $32,000 changed the mood and Bitcoin gave back almost $2,500 in a matter of hours.
A classic “Bart Simpson” structure thus formed on hourly timeframes as frustrated traders came to terms with the existing paradigm remaining unchallenged.
“Standard price action again on Bitcoin in which all the lows are swept,” Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe wrote in a Twitter update.
In addition to the CME futures gap providing a potential target at levels seen before the gains, on-chain analytics resource Material Indicators noted significant buyinterest already lined up at those levels.
#FireCharts 2.0 (beta) shows $60M in #BTC bid liquidity popping up at $29k. Whether it gets defended, filled or spoofed determines the next trade. #crypto #tradingstrategy https://t.co/iCsO8yQgDB pic.twitter.com/Du6uXRc9U1
Should that not hold, targets focused on the area around $28,000 next.
Not much of a reaction, melted through it, so this level is now likely to act as resistance. At this point I think we are probs headed to the lows with the red "x". May see some relief in between. Again, all this sideways chop/ranging is part of the bottoming process imo. $BTC https://t.co/vx7qpIaUjf pic.twitter.com/x3pwqEjFeN
“I will simply be looking for short opportunities in this range”, fellow trading account Crypto Tony continued, nodding to the overall downtrend continuing.
One market participant not at all surprised by the
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