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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSince the $126,000 all-time high, Bitcoin has traced a textbook descending channel\u2014lower highs, lower lows, and a string of failed breakout attempts, each capped harder than the last. The yellow trendlines on the chart above show that, for months, Bitcoin registered a compression structure where each bounce got shallower, and each support got tested deeper.<\/p>\n
If the trend had continued uninterrupted, the math was pointing toward $50,000\u2013$55,000 as the logical next support zone. That scenario is now delayed, if not cancelled.<\/p>\n
Indicators are also looking promising for bulls. The Exponential Moving Averages, which give traders a sense of the underlying trend based on smoothed price history, are still bearish with the 50-day EMA sitting below the 200-day EMA\u2014a pattern that traders refer to as a death cross.<\/p>\n
This matters because traders read the death cross as a bearish structural signal: The short-term trend is still weaker than the long-term average, meaning the recovery hasn’t been deep or sustained enough to flip the larger trend. The death cross doesn’t mean Bitcoin falls from here. It means bulls still have a mountain to climb before this is officially a new uptrend.<\/p>\n
But it is the first time since January that the gap between both averages starts to compress.<\/p>\n
The Average Directional Index, or ADX, reads 18.1, which means the current bearish trend is weak. ADX measures trend strength, not direction. A reading below 25 typically tells traders that the market lacks conviction and prices can move, but there’s no real engine behind them yet. Considering the markets have been bearish for almost half the year, a weak ADX means this trend may either be fading away or traders are accumulating as much as possible in this zone.<\/p>\n
The Relative Strength Index, or RSI, is at 67.7, which means Bitcoin is overbought but still in a manageable zone. RSI measures the speed and magnitude of price changes on a scale of 0\u2013100. Above 70 is traditionally considered overbought\u2014territory where traders begin locking in profits. At 67.7, Bitcoin is close to that line but hasn’t crossed it yet, leaving some room for continuation before the technical pressure to sell intensifies.<\/p>\n
The vertical lines in the background in the Bitcoin chart above show the squeeze momentum indicator (which tells when prices compress before a major spike in either direction) has been released, with positive momentum.<\/p>\n
Predictions on Myriad<\/h2>\n