Bitcoin Price Analysis: 26917 Upside Again Tested – 17 September 2023

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) sought to retain some recent gains early in the Asian session as the pair escalated higher to the 26892.65 area, a move that represented another test of an upside price objective around the 26917 area that is related to recent buying pressure around the 24900 and 25763.43 areas.   Related upside price objectives include the 27393, 27982, and 28934 areas while related Stops are cited below the 25852 and 25763 areas.   Additional Stops were recently elected above the 26764.57 area during the appreciation, a previous downside price objective related to selling pressure around the 28184 and 27576 levels.  Bulls are looking to see if BTC/USD can sustain its break above the 200-bar, 4-hour simple moving average.  Traders recently pushed BTC/USD as low as the 24900 area after Stops were elected below a related downside price objective around the 25106.61 area, but bears failed to sustain the downward break. 

A sustained break below the 25462.40 level will elevate bearish pressure as it is another downward price objective corresponding to significant recent selling pressure around the 28184.89 area.  Stops are cited below the 24197.68 level, a downside price objective related to selling pressure around the 30222 area.   Additional price objectives below the market include the 24511, 24339, 23164, 22949, 21496, and 20702 areas.  Technical support and potential buying pressure in appreciating ranges from the 15460 and 19568.52 levels include the 23661, 22793, and 21725 levels.  Some Stops are cited above the 27099 and 27576 areas.   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 bullishly indicating above the 100-bar MA (hourly) and above the 200-bar MA (hourly).

Price activity is nearest the 200-bar MA (4-hourly) at 26693.13 and the 50-bar MA (Hourly) at 26541.67.

Technical Support is expected around 24440.41/ 23270.10/ 22769.39 with Stops expected below.

Technical Resistance is expected around 31986.16/ 32989.19/ 34658.69 with Stops expected above.  

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

On 60-minute chart, SlowK is Bearishly below SlowD while MACD is Bearishly below MACDAverage.                                   

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