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Bitcoin Holding Support; Resistance at $43K

Bitcoin (BTC) is in a range that appears to be similar to what occurred in 2018 and 2019, which was a long period of relatively low returns. Support is at $37,500 and initial resistance is at $43K-$46K.Read MoreFeedzy

Bitcoin (BTC) remains in a tight trading range with support at $37,500 and initial resistance at $43,000.

The cryptocurrency was trading around $39,000 at press time and is down 2% over the past week. BTC appears to be stabilizing on intraday charts, although upside could be limited into the Asia trading day.

Momentum signals have weakened over the past week, which typically precedes a period of flat to negative price action. For now, buyers have kept prices anchored around the $40,000 price level, albeit unwilling to decisively break above the $46,710 resistance level over the past three months.

A negative reading on weekly momentum indicators is on watch, which could increase the chance of a price breakdown.

Still, BTC is a few days away from registering a bullish countertrend signal, per the DeMARK indicators, which could delay the formation of an intermediate-term downtrend.

The current price action is similar to what occurred in 2018 and 2019, which was a long period of choppy trading and relatively low returns, similar to equities. At that point, the bitcoin price range was roughly $6,000 to $9,000.

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