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Bitcoin (BTC) Creates Bullish Hammer Candlestick

source-logo  beincrypto.com 16 June 2022 11:08, UTC
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After eight successive bearish candlesticks since June 7, Bitcoin (BTC) created a bullish candlestick with a long lower wick on June 15.

BTC has been decreasing since reaching an all-time high price of $69,000 in Nov. Until now, the downward movement has led to a low of $20,715 on June 15. 

An important development is the fact that the price has reached its 200-day moving average (MA). The MA was also reached in Dec 2018 and March 2020. Both these levels marked absolute bottoms after which a significant upward movement followed. 

Despite several long lower wicks, the price has never reached a weekly close below this MA, which is currently at $22,300.

BTC/USD Chart By TradingView

Daily hammer candlestick

On June 15, the price created a bullish hammer candlestick, which is characterized by a long lower wick and subsequent bullish close.

Since the candle is coming after such a sharp fall, it bodes well for the possibility of a reversal, especially if the price manages to create several successive bullish candlestick. 

But, while the RSI is oversold at 22, it has not generated any bullish divergence yet.

BTC/USDT Chart By TradingView

The candle holds similarities to that of March 13 2020, when a similar bullish candlestick was created after a sharp fall and a RSI of 15, which albeit did not have any bullish divergences.

BTC/USDT Chart By TradingView

Short-term BTC movement

The short-term count suggests that the price has possibly completed a five wave downward movement. The sub-wave count is shown in yellow, in which waves A:C have had an exact 1:1 ratio.

BTC/USD Chart By TradingView

As for the long-term count, it is still possible that the price is at the bottom of wave four (white) of a five-wave upward movement. It has bounced at the: 

  • 0.382 Fib retracement support level
  • Resistance line of the previous ascending parallel channel. 

However, a continued decrease below the wave one high (red line) at $13,880 would invalidate this particular wave count.

BTC/USD Chart By TradingView

For Be[in]Crypto’s previous bitcoin (BTC) analysisclick here

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