Bitcoin risks 'new lows' into monthly close as BTC price retests $27K
Bitcoin (BTC) tested $27,000 on May 31 as weakness prevailed into the monthly close.
BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingViewAnalyst: Bitcoin reaching "crucial area"
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it continued to lose momentum after local highs near $28,500.
As early-week excitement faded, traders and analysts warned that now was a make or break point for the short-term trend.
“Crucial area approaching here for Bitcoin and dipped into it,” Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, summarized.
“If this zone sustains as support & Bitcoin will be able to reclaim $27,500, everything looks like we'll continue the upwards trend. Drop beneath $26,600 and we'll see new lows.”
BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Michaël van de Poppe/ TwitterTrader Skew added that spot buy liquidity on largest global exchange Binance had been taken, with a reversal now required to avoid a retest of the 200-week moving average (MA).
This had functioned as earlier support, lying at just above $26,000.
$BTC Binance Spot
and walls filled now lol
strength is what you want to see now else straight back to 200W MA https://t.co/u930TJ1E9V pic.twitter.com/D2XsU6mrk8
— Skew Δ (@52kskew) May 31, 2023Skew further noted that BTC/USD was testing several exponential MAs on the day in a "pretty important" performance.
BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Skew/ TwitterContinuing on the Binance order book, monitoring resource Material Indicators had some predictions for how the monthly close could play out.
“For the most part, Bitcoin liquidity changes in the order book have been pretty subtle today, but by zooming out a little wider we can see ask liquid from the $31k - $32k range is dropping in closer to the active trading zone while bid liquidity has been laddered down, then adjusted slightly,” it told Twitter followers.
“Liquidity consolidating into the range should dampen volatility heading into the monthly close. The bigger concern for bulls is that bid liquidity is thinning out.”
BTC/USD order book data for Binance. Source: Material Indicators/TwitterLiquidity ready to fuel Bitcoin fire
Offering some hope in the event of upside returning, meanwhile, popular analyst Philip Swift noted liquidity lying in wait above $30,000.
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Swift, creator of on-chain analytics site LookIntoBitcoin and co-founder of trading suite Decentrader, suggested that any breakout could gain "momentum" and potentially head to $35,000.
"*IF* Bitcoin can get up to $31k (it would have to overcome weekly resistance @$30k) there is a big amount of liquidity between $31k - $35k which could add some momentum to the move," he commented.
An accompanying chart showed Decentrader's Liquidity Map tool.
BTC/USD Liquidity Map. Source: Philip Swift/ TwitterMagazine: AI Eye: 25K traders bet on ChatGPT’s stock picks, AI sucks at dice throws, and more
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