Bitcoin (BTC) fell lower on March 25 as calm conditions and liquidation evaporated.
Bitcoin is in the “slow chop” until it is
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView follows BTC/USD as it focuses on $27,500 at the time of writing.
After losing $28,000 the previous day, weekend trading offered the usual volatility as traders hoped for a break before the TradFi market resumed.
“Looks like a slow chop around the CME near the price so far,” Daan Crypto Trades write in the comments section of Twitter.
“Not expecting much to happen with BTC over the weekend after last week’s volatility.”
Daan Crypto Trades is called the closing price of the CME Group Bitcoin futures market, the level of which can be significant in the event that volatility rises or falls before the start of a new week.
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This will have the effect of generating a “gap” in futures market open and close prices, creating a potential target for spot BTC.
An additional post that represents the liquidity area of the order book, which can also be a level of support and resistance.
This #Bitcoin charts can look messy but can be useful in marking areas of potential liquidity where a stop loss can be positioned.
Breaking the level can lead to a small cascade to the next area.
We’ve seen it on the way down. pic.twitter.com/jM2LGrXnKj
— Daan Crypto Trades (@DaanCrypto) March 25, 2023
Another trader, Crypto Tony, is hoping that the bulls can gather strength to attack $30,000 before pulling back deeper.
“One more push up on the decline volume up to $30,000 please,” he said tweeted together with the projection graph.
“I expect a strong rejection from this region. With all the things going on, an explosion with one test seems unlikely.
Liquidations disappear
Provisional liquidation data shows a reduction in volatility in the short term, with short and long liquidations for March 25 totaling less than $5 million.
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By contrast, March 22 saw Bitcoin liquidate over $120 million of positions, according to statistics from Coinglass.
Analyzing trader sentiment, Decentrader’s trading suite sees what it describes as a “fairly simple” increase in the long/short ratio, with spot prices falling.
Quite simply.#Bitcoin The Long Short ratio continues to rise.
Price continues to fall. https://t.co/scdgLPxo1v pic.twitter.com/OndWvLLgbK
— Decentrader (@decentrader) March 25, 2023
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