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Bitcoin traders anticipating a healthy pullback anytime soon

The Bitcoin price is wavering above $17,700 after a majestic overnight rally. Albeit the market emotion is at its peak, some traders forecast a healthy BTC price pullback might happen.


Michael van de Poppe, a full-time trader at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, stated an average 30% correction would mark a good pullback for BTC. If BTC fades by 30%, it would see a decline to about $13,000.

But other traders who understand that Bitcoin would differently have seen a correction at around $16,000 say market dynamics might have evolved. A full-time derivatives trader is known as “John Wick” wrote:

“This $BTC move is showing spectacular continuation of strength. When an asset doesn’t fail at a logical place it means the dynamics have changed.”

The daily price chart of Bitcoin. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com

Could a Decent-Size Bitcoin Correction Occur?

The BTC price is holding well above $17,000, and historically, Bitcoin has not spent more than two weeks above the current level.

As such, Poppe noted that a potential pullback to the previous macro top, which would be the $12,500 to $13,000 range, would be healthy.

He twitted that:

“An average 30% correction on $BTC would put #Bitcoin at $12,500-13,000 area. This is the previous high and a very healthy pullback.”

The trader also noted that a very likely case for BTC price would be a 20% correction followed by weeks of consolidation. Such a trend would strengthen the fundamentals of the ongoing Bitcoin rally, allowing a broader rally to materialize.

Poppe elaborated that,

“Seems a very likely case; $BTC correcting 15-20% in a little bit, which puts altcoins down. A few weeks of sideways of #Bitcoin, which makes altcoins rally by a significant portion as ‘relief’. Another final drop on $BTC. Altseason January – March 2021.”

However, whether a 15% to 20% correction might occur in the near term remains uncertain.

When the BTC price quickly surpassed $17,000, it marked a crucial breakout that reduces the resistance until the $20,000 all-time high.

The rally also occurred without significant media coverage and the entry of mainstream investors into the Bitcoin market.

There are two potential arguments on the lack of involvement of mainstream investors in the current rally.

Some say that individual investors are unlikely to engage in the rally because they were hurt in the 2017 uptrend.

Others believe that when mainstream investors eventually re-enter, Bitcoin would surge even higher with large capital inflows.

What Happens Next?

For now, industry executives and long-time Bitcoin investors foresee a broader rally.

Tyler Winklevoss, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Gemini, said the media missed the recent Bitcoin bull run. He said:

“The media has completely missed the recent #Bitcoin bull run. This is the problem with a centralized media complex, it chooses the narrative it wants, not the one that’s actually happening. Time to decentralize.”

When the frenzy around Bitcoin returns, BTC price would likely see room for a more significant rally in terms of both media coverage and mainstream involvement.

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