BTC price prediction: BTC retests $49,000 support, prepares to break above $51,500?
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TL;DR Breakdown
- BTC found support around $49,100 earlier today.
- Closest resistance at $51,500.
- Next resistance target at $54,000.
Today’s BTC price prediction is bullish as the market has retested support at $49,100 and has since moved higher towards the previous swing high at $51,500. Therefore, if the current bullish momentum continues, we expect BTC/USD to move above $51,500 and establish a higher local high.
The overall cryptocurrency market is in the green today as the markets have rallied over the past hours after retracement overnight. The market leader, BTC, has returned above the $50,000 mark and trades with a 24 hour gain of 1.38 percent. Meanwhile, ETH has posted a solid gain of 5.75 percent. The rest of the top altcoin follow this bullish price action momentum with various results.
BTC price prediction: BTC retests $49,000 support, prepares to break above $51,500?
BTC/USD opened at $50,101 today after strong bearish momentum took BTC from 51,500 resistance to $49,000 local support. Over the past hours, the market has established another higher local high, indicating that we should see a reversal to the upside over the next 24 hours.
BTC price movement in the last 24 hours
The BTC/USD price moved in a range of $49,014 – $51,010, indicating moderate volatility. 24-hour trading volume has dropped by 25.48 percent and totals $41.8 billion. Meanwhile, the total market cap stands at $934.8 billion with a market dominance of 50.2 percent.
BTC/USD 4-hour chart – BTC prepares for another attempt to break the $51,500 resistance
On the 4-hour chart, we can see BTC/USD trading in an increasingly tighter range over the past days after a new several-week low was established around $47,500.
Overall, BTC continues to trade with very bearish momentum. After setting a new all-time high just below $65,000 on the 14th of April, BTC started to trade lower over the following days until a strong push lower resulted in a spike towards the $51,500 mark.
From there, BTC price regained some of the loss and started to consolidate in an increasingly tighter range. The $54,000 mark served as a support, and the $57,000 mark served as resistance. A couple of days later, another spike lower was seen on the 22nd of April, which established another major lower low around $47,500. The $51,500 previous support was retested as resistance, and another consolidation range was formed.
As mentioned in our yesterday’s BTC price prediction, further rally is stalled as the market trades around the $50,000 mark for the past 24 hours. Therefore, until the current resistance at the $51,500 mark is not broken, we expect further sideways momentum. However, the current increasingly tighter consolidation seems to end as the trading range starts to decrease even more. This indicates that we should see a push higher over the next 24 hours.
After the $51,500 is broken, we expect BTC to retest the $54,000 mark again as a resistance. From there, BTC could push lower later next week. Alternatively, if the BTC price action establishes a higher low later next week, a much serious, medium-term reversal could be seen early next month.
BTC Price Prediction: Conclusion
BTC price prediction is bullish as the market should break above the current resistance at $51,500 after spending the past day consolidating in a tighter range. After the $51,500 resistance breaks, we should see BTC move towards the next resistance at $54,000.
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