Bitcoin Price Busts Its Bollinger Band
Bitcoin price Bollinger Bands gave way today as price rolled over and dropped through a second support level to below $450. Additional decline is now a certainty and we look at some of the technical factors at work. Bitcoin price is currently below the 4-hour 200-period moving average (red) that was identified as critical local support in analysis during this week. The breach now opens decline to a long-term Fib line support that originates at the January 2015 low, annotated in grey. The 4-hour chart’s indicators are tending to oversold territory and imply an upward correction before....
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The Bollinger Band shows the Bitcoin price might see a spike in volatility, similar to 2016’s post-having cycle. For the first time since 2016, the Bollinger Band width of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below 0.95. The Bollinger Band is a widely utilized technical indicator that evaluates the volatility trend of an asset. It might signify that a huge volatility spike is imminent.The price of Bitcoin has been relatively stable from 2019 to 2020. BTC mostly ranged in between $6,000 and $12,000, apart from March when it plummeted below $3,600.The monthly Bitcoin price chart with Bollinger Band.....
Bollinger Bands are a powerful indicator that traders use to gain clarity when the markets are rallying, consolidating and correcting. Trading is neither an exact science nor art. It is a mixture of both. There are scores of publicly available indicators and each claims to be the best. However, none of them are perfect or designed to be used in isolation.One of the more popular indicators widely used by several traders is Bollinger Bands, an indicator that can be used to spot price peaks, lows, and opportunities for shorting during exhausted rallies and buying during sharp pullbacks. Let’s....
John Bollinger, the inventor of Bollinger Bands and a figure whose occasional crypto market calls carry outsized weight, says Ethereum and Solana are tracing potential “W” bottoms—while Bitcoin is not. In a post on X on October 18, Bollinger wrote: “Potential ‘W’ bottoms in Bollinger Band terms in ETHUSD and SOLUSD, but not in BTCUSD. Gonna be time to pay attention soon I think.” Potential ‘W’ bottoms in Bollinger Band terms in $ETHUSD and $SOLUSD, but not in $BTCUSD. Gonna be time to pay attention soon I think. — John Bollinger (@bbands) October 18, 2025 Ethereum....
Since the Bitcoin price reached a new yearly high of $31,840 last week, only to invalidate the bullish breakout within a few hours and fall towards $30,000, there has been a strange tranquility in the market. Already since June 23, BTC has been in the trading range between $29,800 and $31,300, with every breakout attempt to the upside and downside having failed within a very short period of time. However, one of the most prominent technical indicators, the Bollinger Bands, predict that this calm may soon be over. Created by the esteemed trader John Bollinger, these bands provide invaluable....
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