Breakout or retracement? Where does Bitcoin [BTC] head next
With so many factors at play, from macroeconomic conditions to global regulatory changes, Bitcoin [BTC ] has opted to stick with consolidation in the last few days. Within this period, the king coin managed to fall below $28,000.
At some point, it maintained its value above the region like it was at press time. But will it continue its recent breakout and surge to new heights, or is a retracement on the horizon?
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Well, traders seem divided in their foresight of the price action. According to crypto market data provider, Material Indicators, there asked liquidity flowing into the $29,000 to $30,000.
This means that a number of traders expected the lowest price sellers would accept for BTC was around the aforementioned region.
Conversely, Material Indicators also showed that there were bids falling toward $27,600. This implied that those in this position projected the highest buying price to be within the zone.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>#FireCharts shows #BTC ask liquidity from the $29k-$30k range laddering down into the active #trading range. Meanwhile new bids appear to be trying to maintain support around $27.6k and hold the range for another attempt at $30k.We still don't have a confirmed breakout or… pic.twitter.com/b4enLIocKc
— Material Indicators (@MI_Algos) April 3, 2023
Interestingly, the spread between the longs and shorts was extremely close according to data acquired from Coinglass. Although shorts had the most open positions, the BTC long/short ratio was 1.01.
This signified that market participants were slightly bullish about the price. Still, the closeness reflected that investors were skeptical about long and short sales.
Michaël van de
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