Bitcoin price in line for 'impulsive bounce' as Solana (SOL) leads altcoin surge
Bitcoin (BTC) volatility is again overdue and one analyst is favoring an "impulsive" move towards $50,000.
BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTrader: "Chill and wait" for Bitcoin breakout
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD continuing to circle $46,000 on Sep. 9 as an eerie calm lingered over the market.
Tuesday saw mass upheaval as a cascade of unwound positions sparked a huge $9,000 daily loss for Bitcoin, something analysts have since pinned on overleveraged traders.
While the event's lows of $42,800 have not been retested, a breakdown is not off the cards, popular trader Crypto Ed says.
"Looks like a bullish pennant to me...Impulsive bounce followed by consolidation," he summarized alongside an updated chart Wednesday.
"Chill and wait for the break out. Wrong when it breaks down."
BTC/USD scenario. Source: Crypto Ed/ TwitterWith expectations thus skewed to the upside, fellow trader and analyst Rekt Capital eyed an ongoing retest of Bitcoin's 50-day exponential moving average (EMA) as a potential game-changer.
"This is the first time that BTC is retesting the blue 50-day EMA as support, after having reclaimed it as support in late July," he noted.
"The 50-day EMA is useful for understanding bullish momentum as it tends to support established uptrends.
BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp) with 50-day EMA. Source: TradingViewAltcoins recover as Solana passes $200
Improved performance across major altcoins meanwhile is giving hope to the bullish short-term case for Bitcoin.
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While BTC/USD has stayed broadly flat overnight, all of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap have posted solid gains of at least 4%.
Ether (ETH), added 4.5% to circle $3,470 at the time of writing, while Cardano (ADA) recovered above $2.50.
Still outshining the pack, however, is Solana (SOL), now trading above $200 on 32% gains in just 24 hours.
SOL/USD 1-hour candle chart (FTX). Source: TradingView