Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward an “interesting” liquidity area on May 18 as United States stock markets opened with a bearish bang.
BTC price nears “interesting” rematch with lows
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it broke through the $29,000 support after the Wall Street open.
U.S. markets saw a swift reversal of prior gains on the day, with the S&P 500 down 2% and the Nasdaq 100 down 2.3% within the first hour of trading.
The big surprise, however, came from grocery giants Walmart and Target, both of which saw the biggest intraday declines since the weeks prior to the 1987 “Black Monday” market crash.
At the time of writing, WMT was down over 15% in five trading days, while TGT was nearing 25%. Both came after reports of deteriorating earnings amid a squeeze on consumer spending from inflation.
“Bear market rallies can last weeks or just a few days. The combo Walmart/Target bombs indicate the U.S. consumer might not be as healthy as thought. The 3-day rally could be over,” Fred Hickey, editor of The High-Tech Strategist, told Twitter followers on the day.
As standard, BTC declined with the indices to threaten a break below $29,000 toward an area of liquidity that represented the daily closes from last week’s drop, which had seen spikes below $24,000.
“Looks like a clean breakdown to me. Price action has been choppy but we should at least sweep the lows,” popular trader and analyst Nebraskan Gooner tweeted in his latest update.
“Lows break and we probably see $22K. Lows hold and we can break back above $30K.”
Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe agreed, descrbing the area at around $28,400 as “interesting.”
Fellow longstanding social media trading presence Josh Rager hoped for a bounce at the key level to take Bitcoin higher once more.
“Many times these compressions break one way for a fakeout and then reverse,” he tweeted regarding declining volatility now …
