{"id":49421,"date":"2021-09-14T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49421"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:34:53","slug":"futures-analysis-bulls-defend-a-key-support-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/futures-analysis-bulls-defend-a-key-support-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Futures analysis: Bulls defend a key support level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a 20% correction last week, Bitcoin and Ethereum were unable to recover meaningfully. At the time of publication, they were trading at around $45,000 and $3,300 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Can we talk about the onset of a bear trend in the current environment? We analyse the price levels of Bitcoin and Ethereum on the cryptocurrency exchange <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bybit.com\/ru-RU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bybit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BTCUSD<\/h2>\n<p>Last week Bitcoin tested the 21-week moving average (MA) and the $42,600 level.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-446-1024x496.png\" alt=\"\u0410\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437 \u0444\u044c\u044e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u0432: \u0431\u044b\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0438\" class=\"wp-image-149251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-446-1024x496.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-446-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-446-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-446.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The 21-week moving average on the weekly chart BTCUSD Perpetual Contract (Bybit). Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/S2tNggc9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since April 2020, the 21-week MA has acted as solid support during the rise of <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bybit.com\/trade\/inverse\/BTCUSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BTCUSD<\/a> from $8,000 to the all-time high of $64,990. A break below the moving average in May 2021 reinforced the downtrend, sending the price down to levels below $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining the price above the 21-week MA would indicate a possible continuation of the bullish market with prospects for new all-time highs.<\/p>\n<p>A breach of $42,000 and a hold below this level could trigger a downward move toward the $37,500 mark.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ETHUSD<\/h2>\n<p>After testing support at $2,950, the price of <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bybit.com\/trade\/inverse\/ETHUSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETHUSD<\/a> is in a sideways range. If this support is breached, one could expect further downside for the asset toward the psychological $2,500 level.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-282-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\u0410\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437 \u0444\u044c\u044e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u0432: \u0431\u044b\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0438\" class=\"wp-image-149252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-282-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-282-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-282-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-282.png 1489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Support levels on the daily chart ETHUSD Perpetual Contract (Bybit). Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/HoNNPAkx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusions<\/h2>\n<p>Following the September 7 correction, Bitcoin and Ethereum have been in a sideways trading range. If the bulls can keep Bitcoin above $42,000, the prospects for moving toward new all-time highs remain.<\/p>\n<p>If it settles below the 21-week MA, the probability of Bitcoin returning to the $40,000-$30,000 trading range increases, with the potential for fresh lows below $28,700.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We analyse the price levels of Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Bybit exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"2","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1151,1168,1253],"class_list":["post-49421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bybit","tag-crypto-derivatives","tag-technical-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"2","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49423,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49421\/revisions\/49423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}