Bitcoin Price Finally Snaps Multi-Year Downtrend, but Is $20K Now Possible?

Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied within $50 of the $11,000 mark after managing a strong breakout above the $10,500 level. For the past 6 months analysts have kept a laser sharp focus on the key level and many forecast that Bitcoin price would soar once the multi-year resistance was obliterated. 

Crypto market weekly price chart. Source: Coin360

Cointelegraph contributor Keith Wareing suggested that Bitcoin price could rapidly move higher as traders’ sentiment will have grown increasingly bullish after the long-term resistance level becomes a new support. 

BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView

As the 1-hour chart shows, Bitcoin’s recent surge above the long-term descending trendline from the 2017 all-time high, and today’s move above $10,500 were fueled by high volume spikes. 

At the time of writing, the moving average convergence divergence and the relative strength index are both in overbought territory, showing bulls are currently in full control. 

Typically and overbought RSI and MACD serve as sell signals but Bitcoin’s price history over the years demonstrates that both oscillators can remain deeply oversold as the price surges to new highs. 

As mentioned in yesterday’s Cointelegraph market update, Bitcoin has rallied nearly 20% since July 21 and this strong move has occurred without a significant retest of the former S/R flips. 

Traders should keep a close eye on trading volume on the smaller time frames as a steep drop off in buy volume could possibly lead to a retest of the $9,500 level.  

Bitcoin daily price chart. Source: Coin360

According to CoinMarketCap, the overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $316.4 billion. Bitcoin’s dominance index currently at 62.8%. 

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