BTC/USD Encountering Short-Term Technical Resistance: Sally Ho’s Technical Analysis 13 March 2022 BTC

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) attempted to reclaim some lost ground early in the Asian session as the pair attempted to remain bid above the 38282 level, an area that represents the 23.6% retracement of the depreciating range from 41909.42 to 37161.88.  Traders have encountered recent technical resistance around the 40302 area, a level that represents the 38.2% retracement of the recent depreciating range from 45426.45 to 37161.88.  Selling pressure recently drove BTC/USD back below the 39000 figure and a quick move higher encountered technical resistance around the 50-hour and 200-hour simple moving averages

Traders recently drove BTC/USD low enough to absorb two downside price objectives around the 40670 and 39211 levels that are related to selling pressure around the 45426 and 44046 areas.  Following the recent move higher, areas of potential technical support and buying pressure include the 37043, 36942, 36789, 36698, 36662, 36444, and 35698 areas.  Areas of potential technical resistance and selling pressure include the 48485, 48710, 49121, 49409, 50966, 52059, and 53150 levels.  Traders are observing that the 50-bar MA (4-hourly) is bearishly indicating below the 100-bar MA (4-hourly) and below the 200-bar MA (4-hourly).  Also, the 50-bar MA (hourly) is bearishly indicating below the 100-bar MA (hourly) and below the 200-bar MA (hourly).

Price activity is nearest the 50-bar MA (4-hourly) at 39521.67 and the 50-bar MA (Hourly) at 39260.03.

Technical Support is expected around 31639.47/ 29514.02/ 27271.02 with Stops expected below.

Technical Resistance is expected around 46600.89/ 47726.76/ 49019.35 with Stops expected above.  

On 4-Hourly chart, SlowK is Bullishly above SlowD while MACD is Bearishly below MACDAverage.

On 60-minute chart, SlowK is Bullishly above SlowD while MACD is Bullishly above MACDAverage.                                                                                                                                               

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