- Bitcoin extended its bearish correction at the start of this week, falling briefly below $9,000 for the first time in three weeks.
- While cryptocurrency reclaimed the said support level, fears of new sell-off rounds are looming over its market.
- Meanwhile, a separate fractal is also suggesting that Bitcoin would retest $6,000 in the medium-term.
The chart pattern hints recurrence as Bitcoin extends its bearish correction from a local high above $10,000. Meanwhile, technical indicators, including two weekly moving averages and a momentum gauger indicator, the Relative Strength Indicator, also validate the fractal.
The Bitcoin Fractal Explained
So it seems, Bitcoin is extending its bearish correction after testing a long-term Descending Trendline resistance. The downside move so far has crashed the cryptocurrency by as low as 14.70 percent in the last three weeks.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s weekly RSI confirms a breakdown. The horizontal green line in the chart above represents a makeshift support level. When the RSI moves below it, it typically leads to more substantial downside move in the price – and vice versa.
After the Breakout
Bitcoin is testing the RSI support, all around the same time it eyes 50-WMA. Breaking below them in conjugation leaves the cryptocurrency in a stretched-out bearish territory, with the next price floor lingering near the 200-week moving average.The orange wave in the chart has behaved as a bottom on two of Bitcoin’s long-term downtrends. In 2018, the cryptocurrency rebounded by close to 330 percent after testing 200-WMA. Also, in 2020, bouncing back from the said level led the price 95 percent higher.
If the fractal plays out as it intends to, then bitcoin risks crashing towards the 200-WMA. As of now, the orange wave is right near $6,000. At the same time, if RSI holds above the green support line, then bitcoin could attempt another breakout above the Descending Trendline support.