Bitcoin is recovering and it recently broke the $11,500 resistance area against the US Dollar. BTC must climb above the 100 SMA (H4) to continue higher in the near term.
- Bitcoin is slowly recovering and it surpassed the key $11,500 and $11,550 resistance levels.
- The price is now facing another hurdle near the 100 simple moving average (4-hours) and $11,800.
- There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $11,450 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
- The pair is likely to accelerate higher above $12,000 once it clears the 100 simple moving average (4-hours).
Bitcoin is Gaining Traction
After forming a double bottom near $11,140, bitcoin started a strong recovery wave against the US Dollar. BTC broke the $11,400 and $11,500 resistance levels to move into a positive zone.
It even surpassed the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $12,479 high to $11,129 low. More importantly, there was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $11,450 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair.Bitcoin is now trading nicely above the $11,500 and $11,550 resistance levels. It also helped Ethereum and ripple in climbing above $400 and $0.2750 respectively.
Bitcoin price breaks $11,500. Source:An immediate resistance for the bulls is now seen near the $11,700 level or the 100 simple moving average (4-hours). The next major resistance is near the $11,800 level (the last key breakdown zone). It is also close to the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $12,479 high to $11,129 low.
