Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to reclaim a crucial level as support after bouncing from the recent drop below $115,000. Nonetheless, some analysts warned that the cryptocurrency is entering a corrective phase with a potential 15%-25% drop.
On Monday, Bitcoin fell below the $115,000 level for the first time in nearly two weeks, retesting the $114,500 support before bouncing. The flagship crypto has been hovering between its local price range since August 7, hitting its latest all-time high (ATH) of $124,200 before ultimately being rejected from the range highs.
According to the analyst, Bitcoin has been trading within the $112,000-$122,000 price range, suggesting that the local bottom is the next key support level to watch as momentum leans bearish.
Notably, the cryptocurrency immediately bounced from today’s drop, reclaiming the recently lost $116,500 breakout level, and nearing the $117,000 area again. To the analyst, a confirmed rebound could reset bullish momentum, sending the price to the range highs.
Additionally, the Accumulation Trend Score, which dropped to 0.20, signals that holders are “redistributing their Bitcoin rather than accumulating at these levels.”
Amid its recent performance, he asserted that Bitcoin has entered its second Price Discovery Correction, which has historically followed the second Price Discovery Uptrend peak, between weeks 5-7.
“Interestingly, the upside wick that formed last week developed right at the finish line in Week 6 before pulling back. This upside wick was crucial because it came to save the historical cyclicality that we tend to see in price action across cycles,” the analyst explained, as the previous ATH formed in Week 2 of the second uptrend.
“In both cases, these pullbacks were shorter and shallower by the standards of the previous corrections in the respective cycles,” he detailed, concluding that BTC must “ideally resolve this pullback over the next handful of weeks and perform a relatively shallow pullback of -15% to -25%.”