
{"id":121003,"date":"2025-12-17T02:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=121003"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:44:50","slug":"bitcoin-price-regroups-after-losses-is-directional-break-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=121003","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Regroups After Losses\u2014Is Directional Break Near?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bitcoin price declined further and traded below the $87,000 support zone. BTC is now consolidating and might struggle to clear the $89,350 zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $87,500 zone.<br \/>\nThe price is trading below $88,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.<br \/>\nThere is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $88,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).<br \/>\nThe pair might continue to move up if it settles above the $89,350 zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Consolidates Losses<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin price struggled to stay above the $89,000 and $88,500 levels. BTC started a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-drops-85k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fresh decline<\/a> and traded below the $88,000 support.<\/p>\n<p>The price even spiked below the $86,500 support. However, the bulls were active near the $85,000 zone. A low was formed at $85,151 and the price recently started an upside correction. There was a move above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $93,560 swing high to the $85,151 low.<\/p>\n<p>The bears are active near $89,000. Bitcoin is now trading below $88,000 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-faces-growing-heat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 hourly Simple moving average<\/a>. If the bulls remain in action, the price could attempt more gains. Immediate resistance is near the $88,000 level. The first key resistance is near the $88,500 level. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $88,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin_88ddef.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next resistance could be $89,350 or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $93,560 swing high to the $85,151 low. A close above the $89,350 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $90,000 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $91,200 level. The next barrier for the bulls could be $92,000 and $92,500.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Drop In BTC?<\/h2>\n<p>If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $88,500 resistance zone, it could start another decline. Immediate support is near the $87,000 level. The first major support is near the $86,500 level.<\/p>\n<p>The next support is now near the $85,500 zone. Any more losses might send the price toward the $85,000 support in the near term. The main support sits at $83,500, below which BTC might accelerate lower in the near term.<\/p>\n<p>Technical indicators:<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD is now losing pace in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for BTC\/USD is now near the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $85,500, followed by $85,500.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $88,500 and $89,350.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price declined further and traded below the $87,000 support zone. BTC is now consolidating and might struggle to clear the $89,350 zone. Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $87,500 zone. The price is trading below $88,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":121004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}