Bitcoin traders eye $19K BTC price bottom, warn of 'hot' February CPI

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) failed to react at the March 6 Wall Street open as consensus formed around a potential violation of $20,000.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a limp BTC/USD as it clung to $22,400 at the time of writing.

Motionless throughout the weekend, the pair offered few trading opportunities as concerns built up over the impact of forthcoming macroeconomic data from the United States.

$BTC 4-HourGood luck trading this. pic.twitter.com/nc99kF8HbS

Specifically, the February print of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), due March 14, is expected to be "hot," or above expectations, analyst Venturefounder said.

"New Bitcoin higher low, and the bearish RSI divergence continues," he wrote in a Twitter update on the day.

An accompanying chart laid out the potential path to below $20,000 and also highlighted the bearish divergence in Bitcoin's relative strength index (RSI), formed when the metric's trajectory runs in the opposite direction to price — downward versus upward, respectively.

CPI prints tend to spark short-term volatility across risk assets, this nonetheless often short lived, with the Bitcoin spot price then returning to previous levels.

Continuing, popular trader Crypto Ed likewise voiced belief in $19,000 marking the next local BTC price floor.

"Biggest bulltrap ever, but the bottom is in. Enjoy the coming months and don't get fooled on the lower TF's!" part of Twitter commentary read.

Let's update this:$21k before 25k ✅$25k before 20k ✅and new: $23k before 20k $19k before 30kBiggest bulltrap ever, but the bottom is in. Enjoy the coming months and don't get fooled on the lower TF's! pic.twitter.com/lySuDq5MzH

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