The Weekly Close #17: Waiting for action

Dear friends,

A short and quick edition of The Weekly Close this time.

📉 The weekly bitcoin chart

BTCUSD is stuck between the 200-week Simple Moving Average (SMA, in white) and the 21-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA, in yellow). Bitcoin tested the 200 SMA again but failed to hold on and closed in the red. However, the dip is, once again, minor.

The momentum hasn’t changed since last week. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is in the Neutral Zone, above the midpoint (white horizontal), and has much room to move higher.

The Stochastic Oscillator still suggests overbought conditions (a reading above 80), which possibly means more sideways to downward price action soon.

🔮 To bring it all together:

Strong opposing forces are working on the bitcoin price:

• After breaking through the 21 EMA in early January, bitcoin has approached but failed to break the 200 SMA. This Moving Average is acting as clean Resistance. A test of Resistance without breaking it is bearish and will likely push the price lower. So, we have to look at lower targets. The 21 EMA, around $21.3K, is the first area of Support, with Horizontal Support right below it at around $20K and the bullish trend line, around $17.6K, as the ultimate line in the sand for the bulls to hold.
• On the other hand, the weekly 200 SMA is the most critical Resistance level on the chart right now. Bitcoin sustaining itself nearby this level without heavy rejection means there’s not much selling. At any moment, the price could explode upwards to the primary Horizontal Resistance level of around $28.8K.

This makes the current situation a tricky spot. If bitcoin gets ultimately rejected here, we will probably look at weeks to months of down-to-sideways price action. However, if the 200 SMA breaks, bitcoin will move higher fast.

It is either time to gamble or, probably the best approach, wait and see how this plays out in the week ahead.

In case of doubt, HODL on

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