It's a bearish start to the day. A Bitcoin move through to $9,500 would signal a bullish move.
Bitcoin rose by 0.14% on Saturday. Following a 2.05% gain on Friday, Bitcoin ended the day at $9,480.9.
A bearish start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning intraday low $9,363.6 before making a move.
Steering clear of the first major support level at $9,294.87, Bitcoin rallied to an early evening intraday high $9,498.6.
Falling short of the first major resistance level at $9,592.87, Bitcoin fell back to the intraday low $9,363.6 before finding support.
A late move back through to $9,480 levels delivered the upside, while resistance at $9,500 continued to pin Bitcoin back.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact in spite of last Thursday’s sell-off, with Bitcoin holding well above the 23.6% FIB of $8,900.
For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.
Across the rest of the majors, it was also a mixed day on Saturday.
Bitcoin Cash SV, (-0.26%), Cardano’s ADA (-0.52%), and Ripple’s XRP (-0.30%) ended the day in the red.
It was a relatively bullish day for the rest of the pack, however.
Binance Coin (+1.02%), Monero’s XMR (+1.25%), Stellar’s Lumen (+2.10%), Tezos (+1.14%), and Tron’s TRX (+1.62%) led the way.
Bitcoin Cash ABC (+0.69%), EOS (+0.36%), Ethereum (+0.25%), Litecoin (+0.85%) also joined Bitcoin in the green.
Through the current week, the crypto total market cap had recovered from a Tuesday low $265.84bn, rising to a Wednesday high $278.33bn before Thursday’s sell-off. The sell-off saw the total market cap slide to a current week low $252.82bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $263.63bn.
In the week, Bitcoin’s dominance slid to a current week low 65.7% before hitting a current week high 66.39% in Thursday’s sell-off. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 65.99%.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was down by 0.27% to $9,455.5. A bearish start to the day saw Bitcoin fall from an early morning high $9,486.0 to a low $9,452.3.
Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.
Elsewhere, it was a mixed start to the day.
Bitcoin Cash SV and Monero’s XMR bucked the trend early on, with gains of 0.08% and 0.33% respectively.
It was a bearish start for the rest of the pack, however. Cardano’s ADA led the way down, with a 0.70% loss at the time of writing.
Bitcoin would need to avoid sub-$9,448 levels to bring the first major resistance level at $9,531.8 into play.
Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Bitcoin to break out from Saturday’s high $9,498.6.
Barring a broad-based crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Saturday’s high $9,498.6 would likely cap any upside.
In the event of a crypto rebound, Bitcoin could eye the second major resistance level at $9,582.7 before any pullback.
Failure to avoid a fall through the $9,448 pivot level could see Bitcoin hit reverse.
A fall back through the morning low $9,452.3 to sub-$9,448 levels would bring the first major support level at $9,396.8 into play.
Barring another extended crypto sell-off, however, Bitcoin should steer clear of the second major support level at $9,312.7.
With over 28 years of experience in the financial industry, Bob has worked with various global rating agencies and multinational banks. Currently he is covering currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes and global equities, focusing mostly on European and Asian markets.