BTC could rise to key resistance at $12,061 in the next few hours, as the hourly chart is reporting a symmetrical triangle breakout.
A high-volume break above $12,061 would invalidate the bearish lower-highs pattern and open the doors to the recent high of $13,880.
However, a break with low volumes could turn out to be a bull trap, especially as the weekly chart indicators continue to report overbought conditions.
On the downside, a move below $10,769 (July 5 low) would expose last week’s low of $9,615. Bitcoin leaped into the green in the European trading hours, and is now looking to scale key resistance above $12,000.
The top cryptocurrency by market value jumped from $11,400 to $11,916 in the 15 minutes to 09:10 UTC, according to Bitstamp data.
With the $500 spike, BTC has put an end to directionless trading seen over the weekend, in which the cryptocurrency was restricted to a narrowing price range above $11,000.
Interestingly, the range breakout occurred three days after bitcoin’s hash rate a measure of total miners’ performance rose to 74.5 million tera hashes per second, representing a more than 100% rise year-on-year, according to bitinfocharts.com.
Some observers including former Wall Street trader and journalist Max Keiser consider a rise in hash rate an advance indicator of impending price rise.
If true, BTC could scale the resistance of the bearish lower high at $12,061 and soon revisit recent highs. Conversely, though, many others, including renowned analyst Alex Kruger, are of the opinion that hash rate follows price, and the former outperforming the latter is a sign of “overly exuberant” miners.
As a result, expecting a bullish move to recent highs on the basis of hash rate alone could prove costly.
That said, the short duration technical charts do indicate scope for a break above $12,061.
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