Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC/USD Hovers Above $10,800 to Retest the $11,000 Resistance

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction – September 19, 2020
 BTC/USD price is yet to break the $11,000 resistance as price fluctuates between $10,800 and $11,000. The current range will persist as long as buyers sustain price above the $10,800 support. Buyers have not been able to break the resistance because of strong defense by the bears.

Resistance Levels: $10,000, $11, 000, $12,000
Support Levels: $7,000, $6,000, $5,000

For the past four days, buyers have not been able to break the $11,000 resistance. The clearance of this resistance is crucial to BTC’s upward move. On the upside, if buyers sustain the price above $10,800, a retest at the resistance is possible. When a resistance faces several retests that resistance will be become weakened. Eventually, if price breaks above the $11,000, the first support will be $11,150.

The momentum will extend to the $11,600 where the resistance at $12,000 will be the next target. Conversely, if the bears succeed in breaking below the $10 800 support, the upside momentum will be interrupted. BTC price will fall to $10.625 or $10,500 low. Gradually, the bears will take advantage to retest the $10,000 support. Meanwhile, BTC is attempting to break above the $11,000 resistance. The king coin is at level 53 of the Relative Strength Index period 14. It indicates that BTC is in the uptrend zone.

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Today, buyers hit the $11,000 resistance and are sustaining the uptrend above it. On the 4 –hour chart, BTC reached the high $11,100 on September 16. The retraced candle body tested the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement level. This indicates that the market will rise and reach the 1.272 Fibonacci extension level or $11,300 high. However, the BTC price will reverse to the 78.6% retracement level where it originated. Thereafter, the price action will continue the upside momentum.