{"id":1760,"date":"2024-12-13T05:11:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-struggles-at-100k-is-the-rally-losing-steam\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T05:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:11:07","slug":"bitcoin-price-struggles-at-100k-is-the-rally-losing-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-struggles-at-100k-is-the-rally-losing-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Struggles at $100K: Is The Rally Losing Steam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bitcoin price struggled to clear the $102,000 resistance zone. BTC is correcting gains and might test the $97,500 support zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin started a downside correction from the $102,000 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is trading above $98,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.<\/li>\n<li>There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support at $101,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $97,500 support zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Dips Again<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin price formed a base and started a fresh increase above the $98,800 zone. There was a move above the $99,200 and $99,500 levels.<\/p>\n<p>The price even cleared the $100,000 level, but the bears were active near the $102,000 zone. A high was formed at $102,500 and the price is now consolidating gains. It is slowly moving lower below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the recent wave from the $94,315 swing low to the $102,500 high.<\/p>\n<p>There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support at $101,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair. Bitcoin price is now trading above $98,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, the price could face resistance near the $100,500 level. The first key resistance is near the $101,500 level. A clear move above the $101,500 resistance might send the price higher. The next key resistance could be $102,000. A close above the $102,000 resistance might send the price further higher.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-662032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bitcoin_ed25cc.png?resize=1024%2C478\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $104,000 resistance level. Any more gains might send the price toward the $105,000 level.<\/p>\n<h2>More Losses In BTC?<\/h2>\n<p>If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $102,000 resistance zone, it could continue to move down. Immediate support on the downside is near the $98,400 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the recent wave from the $94,315 swing low to the $102,500 high.<\/p>\n<p>The first major support is near the $97,500 level. The next support is now near the $96,250 zone. Any more losses might send the price toward the $95,000 support in the near term.<\/p>\n<p>Technical indicators:<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD is now gaining pace in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for BTC\/USD is now below the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $98,400, followed by $97,500.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $102,000, and $104,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price struggled to clear the $102,000 resistance zone. BTC is correcting gains and might test the $97,500 support zone. Bitcoin started a downside correction from the $102,000 zone. The price is trading above $98,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[65,108,73,70,71,146],"class_list":["post-1760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-btc","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-btc","tag-btcusd","tag-btcusdt","tag-xbtusd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}