{"id":6764,"date":"2022-08-29T20:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2022-08-29T20:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:22:49","slug":"bitcoin-reaches-short-squeeze-trigger-zone-as-btc-price-nears-20-4k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=6764","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin reaches \u2018short squeeze\u2019 trigger zone as BTC price nears $20.4K"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) regained some lost ground at the Aug. 29 Wall Street open amid talk of an imminent short squeeze.<\/p>\n<p><em>BTC\/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Shorts lose out in modest squeeze higher for BTC<\/h2>\n<p>Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC\/USD climbing to near $20,400 on Bitstamp as United States equities began trading.<\/p>\n<p>The move signaled welcome relief for hodlers, who had looked on as the pair dove increasingly below $20,000 during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the market \u201caggressively short positioned,\u201d conditions appeared to favor a further relief bounce to burn those nursing short trades.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like we&#8217;re doing a little bearbecue. https:\/\/t.co\/smRfCWC2C0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byzantine General (@ByzGeneral) August 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what is next,\u201d popular Twitter account Il Capo of Crypto warned, reinforcing his belief that the bounce would be followed by a deeper retracement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Short squeeze  https:\/\/t.co\/D8rNtSVwsl<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 il Capo Of Crypto (@CryptoCapo_) August 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass meanwhile showed liquidations beginning to mount at the time of writing, with combined cross-crypto liquidations at $166 million in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks themselves opened slightly in the red, while the U.S. dollar index (DXY), having earlier put in a new 20-year high, began retargeting its peak after a prior retracement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. stock markets are opening red, while the $DXY shows some weakness today.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t expect much further downside on risk-on assets and expect a slight bounce through the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) August 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p>\u201c$DXY could be nearing its macro top similar way Bitcoin has in April 2021,\u201d trader Jackis\u00a0summarized. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany bearish divergences seen on the Daily chart is defo something to keep an eye on. The moment DXY tops is the moment major assets print the macro bottom.\u201d<em>U.S. dollar index (DXY) 1-hour candle chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>\u201cHard to get too excited&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Zooming out, the mood among analysts remained lackluster in the face of ongoing macro turmoil.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0US dollar hits new 20-year high \u2014 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After last week\u2019s U.S. Federal Reserve comments removed any hope of a policy pivot, stocks had little impetus for optimism as quantitative tightening looked set to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get too excited about $BTC and major pump pumps when the SPX looks like this,\u201d trader and analyst Josh Rager concluded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are going to be outlier assets that outperform and still pump in this bearish environment. But overall, outside of those tokens it\u2019s hard to want to go heavy with equities downtrend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altcoins meanwhile offered mixed progress as Bitcoin gained, with Ether (ETH) leading the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap.<\/p>\n<p>ETH\/USD traded up around 6% on the day at the time of writing, passing $1,500.<\/p>\n<p><em>ETH\/USD 1-hour candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.\n<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-reaches-short-squeeze-trigger-zone-as-btc-price-nears-20-4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (BTC) regained some lost ground at the Aug. 29 Wall Street open amid talk of an imminent short squeeze. BTC\/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Shorts lose out in modest squeeze higher for BTC Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC\/USD climbing to near $20,400 on Bitstamp as United States equities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6766,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions\/6766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}