{"id":415694,"date":"2020-02-23T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=415694"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:54:19","slug":"analyst-explains-bitcoin-vertical-to-17000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/analyst-explains-bitcoin-vertical-to-17000\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Explains Why Bitcoin Is About to Go Near-Vertical to $17,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the past few days, Bitcoin has been flagging. Ever since it peaked at $10,300 on Wednesday, it has been mostly downhill, with the leading cryptocurrency falling off a cliff on that very same day to $9,250 in an extremely short period of time.<\/p>\n
Despite this bearish price action, which has been somewhat negated by a recent recovery to $9,900, analysts are extremely optimistic about the medium-term outlook for the crypto.<\/p>\n
In fact, one prominent analyst suggested that the coming months could see BTC<\/a> surge towards $17,000, around 70% higher than the current price of the asset. This has been attributed to a convergence of positive technical signals on Bitcoin’s one-month chart, suggesting a bull trend is once again forming.<\/p>\n A trader going by Goomba, who sports a following of over 11,000, recently posted the below chart.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n For those unaware, it depicts Bitcoin’s one-month performance as per data from Brave New Coin’s Liquid Index for BTC (BLX), which gives a broader look at the market than data from a single exchange.<\/p>\n It shows that with its February candle, Bitcoin has begun to print an array of good signs: the one-month On-Balance Volume (OBV) reading is trending higher, the Stochastic Relative Strength Index (RSI) has flipped bullish and is trending positive after five months of a downtrend, and BTC recently exited a multi-month bull flag.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This confluence, Goomba suggested, gives the cryptocurrency a price target of $17,200 \u2014 73.7% higher than the current market price of $9,900. The chart indicates the cryptocurrency could trade at this price sometime in the coming three or four months.<\/p>\n Goomba isn’t the first analyst to have suggested that Bitcoin will rise to near its previous all-time high extremely quickly.<\/p>\nBitcoin Could Soon Go Near-Vertical Towards $17,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n