{"id":414091,"date":"2020-02-10T06:48:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=414091"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:41:44","slug":"bitcoin-plunges-4-percent-bounces-back-10000-bull-trend-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-plunges-4-percent-bounces-back-10000-bull-trend-intact\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Bitcoin Price’s Bull Trend Intact After the 4% Flash Crash?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. After days of extremely low volatility, with Bitcoin<\/a> grinding higher without much downward price action, BTC suddenly dropped 4% in twenty minutes just last hour, plunging from $10,100 to $9,700 in a rapid sell-off. This move filled a CME gap formed this weekend, which is actually a more bullish sign than it is bearish.<\/p>\n

Though, as fast as the price dropped, it recovered. As of the time of writing this, Bitcoin is trading at $9,999.92, having effectively recovered the entire drop, save for a few dollars to the upside.<\/p>\n

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This move caught crypto traders with their pants down, there’s no doubt about that. In fact, data from Skew.com revealed that around $50 million worth of long positions were liquidated in this flash move lower, though few short positions were liquidated on the way back up.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, Bitcoin purportedly remains bullish on a short-term to medium-term basis. Here’s why analysts think so.<\/p>\n

Despite 4% Flash Crash, Bitcoin Remains Bullish<\/h2>\n

Prominent cryptocurrency trader Parabolic Thies remarked that Bitcoin’s recent drop is expected, referencing the idea that assets retrace after strong rallies upward.<\/p>\n

He added, that there’s no reason to start worrying because the trend low of $8,800 remains intact on a daily and weekly basis, suggesting this flash crash was but a small retracement in a larger bull trend for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

Thies added in a later tweet<\/a> that there remain “strong support” on the three-day and one-week charts from $9,400 to $9,600, boding well for the bull argument.<\/p>\n

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$BTC<\/a> dropping from $10.2k – $9.8k as of now. This is expected. No need to start worrying unless support at $8.8k is breached.<\/p>\n

— Crypto Thies (@kingthies) February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n