{"id":374486,"date":"2019-03-13T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=374486"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:37:51","slug":"bitcoin-short-positions-rise-as-btc-faces-growing-resistance-at-critical-4000-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-short-positions-rise-as-btc-faces-growing-resistance-at-critical-4000-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Short Positions Rise as BTC Faces Growing Resistance at Critical 4,000 Level"},"content":{"rendered":"

After facing increased levels of selling pressure yesterday, Bitcoin as been able to maintain above $3,900, which is increasingly becoming a level of support for the cryptocurrency. Despite this, $4,000 still remains a key level of resistance for BTC, and the crypto\u2019s short positions are rapidly climbing as it continues to fail to break above this price level.<\/p>\n

Analysts continue to watch Bitcoin\u2019s key support levels<\/a> as the cryptocurrency fails to garner any significant amounts of buying pressure to propel it above $4,000, which may ultimately lead it to drop back towards its strong support levels in the low-$3,000 region.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Finds Continued Support Around $3,900<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

At the time of writing Bitcoin is trading up marginally at its current price of $3,915 and is up slightly from its daily lows of $3,870. Importantly, BTC has found some levels of buying pressure in the upper-$3,800 region, but it has continued to struggle to move towards $4,000.<\/p>\n

Because of this, the crypto\u2019s short positions have been climbing, and are looking to outnumber BTC\u2019s long positions for the first time since early January.<\/p>\n

\u201c$BTC (LONGS V SHORTS) – longs continue to deleverage as shorts continue to rise and look to pass longs in open positions for the first time since early January,\u201d Chonis Trading, a popular cryptocurrency trader on Twitter explained in a recent tweet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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$BTC<\/a> (LONGS V SHORTS) – longs continue to deleverage as shorts continue to rise and look to pass longs in open positions for the first time since early January… #bitcoin<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1DxssSU6BK<\/a><\/p>\n

— BIG Chonis (@BigChonis) March 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n