Bitcoin Price Falls Below $7K But Bears Yet to Break Key Support Level

Today, Bitcoin (BTC) price abruptly dropped below the $7,100 support, declining 3.35% to rest near $6,900. 

For the past few days, Bitcoin price traded between $7,300 and $7,100, testing the $7,100 and $7,050 support multiple times. Therefore, for many traders, it was no surprise when the price fell below $7,100 as frequent retests of support weaken it.

BTC USD 6-hour chart. Source: TradingView

It’s likely that traders anticipate a bounce at $6,800 and many will watch to see if the $7,100 support flips to a point of resistance. On the 6-hour chart, the relative strength index (RSI) has dropped into oversold territory at 30 and the Stochastic RSI has already begun to cross above 0 so it seems an oversold bounce is already in the making.

If the price is able to reverse course, traders will look for the price to pare today’s losses, possibly extending to the Bollinger Band moving average at 7,200. This $7,200 zone is also aligned with the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level so, volume…