Bitcoin traded roughly between $74k and $78k over the past week as the bearish scenario from the previous week´s outlook played out very nicely.
At the same time, the broader market environment remains surprisingly divided.
📉 Many traders already seem convinced that the recent rally was merely a “bull trap” within a larger bear market, and that "the top is in".
📈 Yet structurally, Bitcoin still shows several possible continuation scenarios and downside momentum continues to look more corrective than aggressively impulsive so far.
That creates a very interesting setup for the coming days:
- sentiment cooled off (Fear & Greed Index dropped back into fear territory)
- short exposure increased rapidly after the recent flush
- but higher timeframe macro markets still refuse to fully break down
Meanwhile, US100 futures pushed into fresh highs directly after open despite Memorial Day, while oil pulled back sharply and bond yields cooled off slightly but remains elevated.
The market clearly remains trapped between:
⚠️ growing bearish conviction
📈 ongoing risk-on behavior
🌀 and headline-driven volatility.
Bullish Scenario
From a structural perspective, Bitcoin still has room for a larger relief rally or even another bullish continuation attempt.
The current bounce from the recent lows appears constructive so far, especially considering how quickly the liquidation landscape shifted after the recent sell-off. On the 30-day liquidation map, short-side liquidity strongly outweighs long-side liquidity creating potential conditions for additional squeezes.
For bulls, one detail becomes especially important this week:
📈 reclaiming the $80k resistance region impulsively, ideally in a clear 5-wave structure.
If buyers manage to achieve that, the market could quickly transition into a stronger recovery phase with further upside continuation possibilities.
Additionally, BTC Dominance already reached the first important 0.236 retracement level during the presumed wave 4 correction and bounced from there. However, there is still room towards the 0.382 (ideal target) or even 0.5 levels, which could temporarily allow stronger relative performance from selected altcoins.
Projects such as ONDO and HYPE are already showing relative strength recently despite the broader market weakness.
Bearish Scenario
Despite the recent bounce, traders should remain careful about assuming that the correction is fully over already.
Volume has generally been declining since the February lows and several important higher timeframe resistance regions and technical targets were already reached during the recent rally.
From a bearish perspective, the current bounce could still develop into:
- a larger corrective retracement
- followed by another rotation towards the broader range support around the low $73k region
Importantly:
If the current bullish scenario fails to reclaim resistance decisively, probabilities shift towards a larger retracement targeting the next Support level ~$70k
Structurally, Bitcoin remains at a point where:
- impulsive strength would strongly favor bulls
- while continued overlap and rejection beneath resistance would favor a deeper corrective phase
The market is currently balancing very close to that decision point.
Bitunix Trader Takeaway
Most traders don’t fail because of analysis.
They fail because they can’t survive long enough for good trades to matter.
Especially in volatile, headline-driven environments like the current one, risk management and trade execution become far more important than trying to predict every single move perfectly. Being "wrong" simply is part of the game.
Strong traders instead focus on:
- survival first
- controlled risk exposure
- systematic execution
- and staying emotionally stable during uncertainty
Because in the end:
📈 one outstanding trade can make up for weeks of mediocre performance
⚠️ but only if both your account and your mindset are in good enough condition to catch it.
The market rewards consistency far more often than conviction.
Panthi´s Watchlist
Macro & Events
- US-Iran agreement discussions / ceasefire negotiations
- Memorial Day (Monday, TradFi closed)
- PCE Inflation Data (Thursday)
- US Q1 GDP Data (Thursday)
Additional Factors
- BTC Dominance still leaves room for temporary altcoin outperformance
- BTC: Declining higher timeframe volume since February lows
- short-side liquidity increased rapidly during last week´s sell-off
- US Indices continue showing relative strength despite broader market fear
- bond yields still at extreme levels
For now, the market remains caught between:
📉 “Bull trap” certainty
📈 unresolved bullish continuation structures
⚠️ and increasing macro/headline volatility
Sharp swings create lots of opportunity!
Stay prepared, not biased.
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