It's a bullish start to the day for the majors. Steering clear of the day's pivot levels should support a Bitcoin run at $15,700 levels.
Bitcoin, BTC to USD, fell by 0.17% on Tuesday. Following on from a 1.07% decline on Monday, Bitcoin ended the day at $15,311.5.
It was a range-bound start to the day. Bitcoin rose to a late morning intraday high $15,474.0 before hitting reverse.
Falling well short of the first major resistance level at $15,839, Bitcoin slid to a mid-afternoon intraday low $15,077.0.
Steering clear of the first major support level at $14,836, Bitcoin revisited $15,400 levels before easing back into the red.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact, supported by the latest move through to $15,000 levels. 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 a mixed day on Tuesday.
Bitcoin Cash ABC (-2.49%), Bitcoin Cash SV (-1.94%), Crypto.com Coin (-0.86%), and Litecoin (-2.23%) saw red to buck the trend on the day.
It was a bullish day for the rest of the majors, however.
Chainlink rallied by 4.24% to lead the way.
Ethereum (+1.36%), Polkadot (+1.83%), and Ripple’s XRP (+1.41%) also found relatively strong support.
Binance Coin (+0.51%) and Cardano’s ADA (+0.31%) saw modest gains on the day.
For the current week, the crypto total market cap rose to a Monday high $454.30bn before falling to a Monday low $421.37bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $443.16bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Monday high 65.22% before falling to a Tuesday low 64.25%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 64.53%.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.83% to $15,438.4. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $15,292.0 before rising to a high $15,439.0.
Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.
Elsewhere, it was a bullish start to the day for the majors.
At the time of writing, Litecoin was up by 3.11% to lead the pack.
Bitcoin would need to avoid a fall through the pivot level at $15,288 to bring the first major resistance level at $15,498 into play.
Support from the broader market would be needed for Bitcoin to break back through to $15,500 levels.
Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Tuesday’s high $15,474.0 would likely cap any upside.
In the event of a crypto breakout, Bitcoin could test the second major resistance level at $15,685 and resistance at $15,700.
Failure to avoid a fall through the $15,288 pivot would bring the first major support level at $15,101 into play.
Barring an extended crypto sell-off, Bitcoin should steer well clear of sub-$15,000 levels. The second major support level sits at $14,891.
With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.