Key points:

Bitcoin attempts to push toward the top of its local range, hitting new week-to-date highs.

Liquidity conditions spark warnings of a fresh trip lower.

The 50-day moving average above $73,500 is a point of concern for
BTCUSD
going forward.

Bitcoin follows stocks in new relief bounce

Data from TradingView showed 4.5% daily BTC price gains, with
BTCUSD
passing $71,500 for the first time since the weekly open.

Geopolitical tensions around the Middle East conflict and global oil supply remained, but both Asia and US stocks were confident, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index up by around 0.5%.

“From the looks of it, the market is about to tell us where it wants to go next,” trader Jelle wrote in his latest BTC price analysis on X.

“Reclaim resistance again, and bulls will have a much stronger case in the short-term. Reject here, and the deviation + bear retest locks in, making $60k a likely target next.”

Crypto trader, analyst, and entrepreneur Michaël van de Poppe saw benefits for Bitcoin on the back of a “strong surge” in the Nasdaq.

“Yesterday, deep wick into the lows given the sudden rise on Oil (which was mostly liquidity and derivatives driven). Now, bouncing back and I think we'll start to run towards new highs as the uncertainty in the Middle-East starts to lower,” he told X followers.

“There are not many arguments left for uncertainty, and in that principle, I do think we'll see way more upside into Bitcoin & Altcoins during the coming period.”

Crypto liquidations stayed elevated as markets fluctuated, with monitoring resource CoinGlass putting total 24-hour liquidations at over $350 million.

Commenting on the data, CryptoReviewing, the pseudonymous cofounder of trading community Wealth Capital, nonetheless agreed that Bitcoin could drop to take long liquidity at $68,000 next.

“$68,000 is the level to watch. The single largest liquidation cluster sits at $68k, making a sweep of this level possible,” an X post on the day stated.

Bulls tied down by 50-day BTC price trend line

A separate BTC price resistance hurdle on the radar came in the form of the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) at $73,640.

In his latest YouTube video, independent analyst Filbfilb suggested that Bitcoin’s price would continue to lack the necessary momentum to reclaim the trend line as support.

“I think if we see a close above the 50, taking out the previous high and open interest keep going up, people keep shorting, the likelihood is that we’re going to continue,” he said.

“But I have to say I would expect the bears to come in at the 50-day moving average.”
Trading resource Material Indicators, meanwhile, had a lower ceiling in mind, citing signals from several of its proprietary trading tools.
source: https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:1b7aac03a094b:0-bitcoin-hits-71-5k-local-high-as-analyst-sees-bears-stepping-in-soon/