Bitcoin (BTC) has been falling at an accelerated rate since June 7, creating seven bearish daily candlesticks in the process.
BTC has been falling since reaching an all-time high price of $68,995 last Nov. In May, it broke down from a long-term ascending parallel channel, confirming that the trend is bearish.
Initially, the price bounced at the 0.618 Fib retracement support level, but was rejected by the $30,000 horizontal area (red icon), validating it as resistance.
If the downward movement continues, the next support area is at $22,000. This is the 0.382 Fib retracement level when using a logarithmic Fib tool and the resistance line of a previous ascending parallel channel (red circle).
As a result of these confluences, it is likely to provide support.
Short-term breakdown
The daily chart shows that BTC had been increasing inside an ascending parallel channel since May 12. While trading in it, it proceeded to reach a high of $31,589 on June 7.
Once there, it was rejected by a confluence of resistance levels, more specifically the $31,500 horizontal area, the middle of the aforementioned channel and a descending resistance line in place since April.
Additionally, the daily RSI had been generating bullish divergence (green line) since the May 12 low. The channel breakdown coincided with a break of this trendline, another sign that the trend is bearish.
BTC wave count analysis
The wave count suggests that BTC is in the C wave of an A-B-C corrective structure (red). The sub-wave count is given in black, suggesting that the price is in the fifth and final sub-wave.
The short-term count provides a target close to $22,000, found by using the length of sub-wave one (white) and an external retracement on sub-wave four (black). This is also in alignment with the readings from the weekly time frame.
As for the long-term count, it is likely that the price is nearing the bottom of wave four (white) of a long-term upward movement that began in Dec 2018.
So, after the current decrease is complete, another movement towards a new all-time high could still occur.
A decrease below the wave one high (red line) at $13,880 would invalidate this potential wave count.
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