BTC/USD's Blaze Higher to 11420 Opens Up 11510.44: Sally Ho's Technical Analysis 29 July 2020 BTC

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) remained elevated early in today’s Asian session as the pair traded as high as the 11190.40 area after profit-taking pushed the pair as low as the 10575.00 area during yesterday’s European session.   Bulls propelled the pair as high as the 11420.00 area during yesterday’s Asian session, its strongest print since August 2019, after Stops were elected above the 11026.97, 11115.62,  11340.92, 11399.17, and 11407.81 areas.  Traders have lifted the pair above some historical levels of technical significance in recent days, including the 9532.39, 9772.95, 9948.12, 10260.38, and 10354.90 levels.  Stops have recently been elected above the 10268.38, 10276.29, 10354.90, 10615.49, 10647.72, and 10816.43 levels. Upside price objectives include the 11510.44 and 11604.29 areas.  Following BTC/USD’s move higher to the 11420.00 area, updated levels of technical support include the 10850.06, 10826.66, 10459.59, 10212.50, and 10162.92 levels.  Traders are closely monitoring recent depreciating ranges including the move from 9792.00 to 8815.01, the move from 10018.67 to 8815.01, and the depreciation from 10428.00 to 8815.01.  Important technical levels related to these depreciating ranges include the 9416.84, 9418.79, 9561.43, 9558.87, 9582.92, 9621.51, 9734.61, 9761.09, 9811.84, 10047.33, and 10082.82 areas.

 A recent appreciating range that traders are monitoring is the move from 8632.93 to 11420.00, with the 10762.25 and 10355.34 areas representing the 23.6% and 38.2% retracements of this appreciation.   Below current price activity, Stops have been absorbed below the 8877.48 area, a level that represents the 23.6% retracement of the recent appreciation from 3858 to 10428.  Additional downside areas of potential technical support include the 8993.44, 8695.01, 8680.35, 8654.53, and 8603.46 levels. Traders are also paying attention to multiple trading ranges including the recent appreciation from 8106.70 to 9957.25, the appreciation from 6456.00 to 10079.00, the appreciation from 5678.20 to 10079.00, the broader appreciation from 3858.00 to 10079.00, and the appreciation from 8632.93 to 10428.00.   Important technical levels related to these ranges include 9530.47, 9318.65, 9040.41, 9025.32, 8808.52, 8695.01, 8610.84, 8540.29, 8398.89, 8267.50, and others.  Chartists are observing that the 50-bar MA (4-hourly) is bullishly indicating above the 200-bar MA (4-hourly) and above the 100-bar MA (4-hourly).  Also, the 50-bar MA (hourly) is bullishly indicating above the 200-bar MA (hourly) and above the 100-bar MA (hourly).

Price activity is nearest the 50-bar MA (4-hourly) at 9781.60 and the 50-bar MA (Hourly) at 10568.02.

Technical Support is expected around 10481.33/ 10268.38/ 9879.78 with Stops expected below.

Technical Resistance is expected around 11420.00/ 11510.44/ 11604.29 with Stops expected above.  

On 4-Hourly chart, SlowK is Bullishly above SlowD while MACD is Bullishly above MACDAverage.

On 60-minute chart, SlowK is Bearishly below SlowD while MACD is Bearishly below MACDAverage.