Thursday tumble sends the digital currency back down toward 2018 lows
The price of Bitcoin moved lower this week and in the process moved away from the 100 day MA and toward the lows of 2018.
Looking at the daily chart, the digital currency has had trouble on tests of the 100 day MA (blue line in the chart above) since breaking below on September 6th. Then the two or so weeks prior to the tumble on Thursday, saw the price consolidate in a very narrow trading range. Something had to give, and it was the sellers who were the victors and took control.
The price fall moved to a low of $6033 and in the vicinity of the swing lows from 2018 which come in the $5777 to $6075 range. A move below those lows, would open the downside for more probing.
Drilling to the hourly chart below, the pair gave sellers a clue on Thursday, when the corrective move off a low, stalled in between the converged 200 and 100 hour MAs (green and blue lines). Sellers pushed lower with lots of momentum. The consolidation/no trending phase was over.
What next?
The price fall moved below the September 19 low at $6106 on the way to a low of $6033. That break did fail however, and subsequent lows stalled at the $6106 low again (see red circled numbers). A bearish clue going forward would be a fall below the $6106 level and then a break of $6033.
On the topside, the correction off the low has not been able to get above the 38.2% of the move down from the high this week. That level comes in at $6280. A move above would give buyers a little more control (and may give sellers more cause for pause).
