{"id":397345,"date":"2019-09-27T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=397345"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:25:53","slug":"bye-bye-bull-run-bitcoin-price-daily-closes-under-vital-moving-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bye-bye-bull-run-bitcoin-price-daily-closes-under-vital-moving-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye-Bye Bull Run: Bitcoin Price Daily Closes Under Vital Moving Average"},"content":{"rendered":"
The momentum behind Bitcoin price<\/a> turned from bullish to bearish this week, when the crypto asset fell through the bottom of a triangle it had been trading inside, plummeting over 20% in value.<\/span><\/p>\n The force of the drop took Bitcoin price down far enough where it tested the 200-day moving average as support \u2013 a moving average that supported Bitcoin\u2019s entire bull run during 2016 and 2017. But crypto investors’ worst fears have come true, and Bitcoin has now closed a daily candle below the important indicator. <\/span><\/p>\n Moving averages are simply the average of a price within a particular timeframe. Certain moving averages are more effective than others as a trading signal, and typically the longer the timeframe on the moving average, the more significant it can act as support or resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n Take the 200-week moving average, for example. At Bitcoin\u2019s bear market bottom, the nearly four-year term moving average acted as support and caused Bitcoin to bounce all the way from $3,100 to $14,000<\/a> where this rally came to a screeching halt.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Inverted BTC\/USD Chart Is Bear Market Bottom Flipped Upside Down\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n But despite the nasty rejection at that price level, and a subsequent descending triangle formation<\/a>, bulls kept faith that Bitcoin would break upward and continue along its bull run. Much of this was based on the idea that Bitcoin price was trading above its 200-day moving average<\/a> \u2013 not to be confused with the aforementioned 200-week moving average that supported Bitcoin\u2019s bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the entire 2016-2017 bull run \u2013 the one that helped put crypto on the map \u2013 each correction in Bitcoin price was repeatedly supported by the 200-day moving average, and never closed a daily candle below it.<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptodvir\/status\/00410625?s=12<\/p>\n But this time is different. Bitcoin price<\/a> just closed its first daily candle below the 200-day moving average since the April rally first began, and could be a signal that Bitcoin\u2019s bull run is in jeopardy and a return to the bear market may be possible.<\/span><\/p>\n Bitcoin price has already breached below $8,000<\/a> and the low $7,000 range could be next. Below that, former bear market support in the low $6,000 range would need to hold up and confirm as support for BTC <\/span>to avoid plunging deeper toward what most believe to be the bear market bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Next Week Could Be Most Critical Week for Crypto Yet\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nDaily Candle Closes Below 200-Day MA, What\u2019s That Mean for Bitcoin Price?<\/span><\/h2>\n