Bitcoin has performed extremely well over the past few days, rallying from last week’s lows at $6,800 to a high of $7,800 on April 23rd. It was a move that liquidated dozens of millions of dollars worth of short positions and convinced analysts to put credence in the BTC bull case.
According to a popular crypto trader, the ongoing rally is eerily reminiscent to price action seen in February 2019, which marked the start of that year’s bull run that took Bitcoin from the $3,000s to $14,000 in under five months’ time.
If History Rhymes, a Bitcoin Bull Run Is Near
Although Bitcoin’s consolidation over the past three days has convinced analysts that the cryptocurrency is establishing a local top, crypto trader “Kaleo” is convinced that it is actually a sign of strength.
Sharing the two charts that can be seen below, the trader remarked that there are eerie similarities between February’s breakout from ~$3,300 to $4,000 and the ongoing move from the low-$7,000s to the high-$7,000s:
“February 2019 marked the bull flag reversal out of the 14-month bear market. April 2020 looks like it could be setting up for a similar breakout. This is your warning. Buy Bitcoin.”
Chart courtesy of Twitter (@CryptoKaleo)
The price action depicted above by Kaleo is important because as he wrote, the February 2019 breakout is what ended the bear market that began at the start of 2018 at the peak of the previous bubble.
History repeating will see Bitcoin gain upwards of 8% in an explosive move higher in the coming days, then start a full-blown bull run within the coming two months, which would line up with many analysts’ optimistic view on the block reward reduction or “halving.”
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Unfortunately, It’s Not That Simple
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