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Bitcoin (BTC) Slides Back to $23,000 Days After Reaching Multi-Month Highs

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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In Brief

  • Bitcoin's daily RSI has broken down from an ascending support line
  • There is support at $21,550
  • BTC has broken down from a short-term ascending support line
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been falling since Aug. 15 and is showing signs that the upward trend that it’s been enjoying since June 18 has come to an end.

Bitcoin has been mostly moving upwards since June 18. On July 18, it broke out above a descending resistance line that had been in place since the end of March.

Despite the breakout, it did not sustain its upward movement and only managed to reach a local high of $25,211 on Aug. 15. The high was considerably below the 0.382 Fib retracement resistance level at $29,370. 

Bitcoin has been falling since then, creating a long upper wick (red icon) on Aug. 15. So far, it has reached a low of $23,180 on Aug. 17. 

The daily RSI has now broken down from its ascending support line (green), which had been in place since the upward move began. Such decreases are often a sign that the preceding upward move has come to an end.

If the downward trend continues, the closest support area would be found near $21,550. 

BTC Breakout
BTC/USDT Chart By TradingView

Short-term pattern

The six-hour chart shows that BTC has been trading inside an ascending parallel channel since making its June 18 low. Such channels usually contain corrective patterns, meaning that an eventual breakdown from the channel would be expected. 

Moreover, Bitcoin has generated a bearish divergence at the resistance line of this channel (green line). It then broke down from an ascending support line (dashed) that had been in place since July 12.  

So, the six-hour chart is in alignment with the daily time frame, suggesting that a downward move is expected.

BTC parallel channel
BTC/USDT Chart By TradingView

BTC wave count analysis

Due to the ongoing decrease, the primary wave count now suggests that Bitcoin has completed wave five of a leading diagonal, thus shaping the ascending wedge. The breakdown from the wedge suggests that this is part of wave A of an A-B-C corrective structure.

A decrease towards the 0.5-0.618 Fib retracement support levels between $20,500 and $21,400 would be expected prior to the continuation of the upward move.

The most likely long-term wave count suggests that a bottom has already been reached.

Wave count
BTC/USD Chart By TradingView

For Be[in]Crypto’s previous Bitcoin (BTC) analysis, click here

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Valdrin discovered cryptocurrencies while he was getting his MSc in Financial Markets from the Barcelona School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, he began writing for several different cryptocurrency related websites as a freelancer before eventually taking on the role of BeInCrypto's Senior Analyst. (I do not have a discord and will not contact you first there. Beware of scammers)
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