Bitcoin price may bottom at $15.5K if it retests this lifetime historical support level

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) could be in for a return to levels not seen since before its 2020 bull market if history repeats itself.

That was according to new analysis released on May 24, which studied Bitcoin's interaction with its 200-week moving average (WMA).

In a Twitter thread, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital explained how BTC/USD could behave should it fall to retest the 200WMA.

A lifeline throughout Bitcoin's history, the 200WMA is a constantly rising line of last support which has never been definitively broken. 

Currently sitting at around $22,000, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows, the level continues to act as a line in the sand when it comes to bear markets.

In times past, Rekt Capital notes, Bitcoin has "wicked" below the 200WMA — briefly capitulating before rising back above, allowing it to remain as support and not instead flip to resistance.

Those wicks, however, have involved up to 28% of spot price, meaning that should a similar wick occur now, Bitcoin would end up at $15,500.

"BTC tends to wick -14% to -28% below the 200-MA. And since the $BTC 200-MA now represents the price point of ~$22000... A -14% downside wick below the 200-MA would result in a ~$19000 Bitcoin," Rekt Capital wrote.

As Cointelegraph reported, much has been made of Bitcoin price action today compared to March 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 cross-market crash.

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Rekt Capital additionally examined historical drawdowns from all-time highs and Bitcoin's "death crosses" this month, producing a BTC price target of $22,700 — almost exactly at the current 200WM.

"BTC is slowly approaching the 200-MA Historically, the 200-MA tends to offer