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 Bitcoin might have difficulty breaking through a key resistance zone of its own accord, end-of-week analysis predicts.
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 Bitcoin (BTC) kept up renewed pressure on $28,000 into the Oct. 8 weekly close as geopolitical uncertainty entered <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trader" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trader.html">trader</a>s’ radar.
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView
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 <h2 id="trader-bitcoin-behavior-at-resistance-not-the-best">Trader: Bitcoin behavior at resistance "not the best"</h2>
 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price performance avoiding downside volatility over the weekend.
 The pair recovered from a snap retest of $27,000 on Oct. 6, this coming thanks to surprise United States employment data which diverged from policy tweaks by the Federal Reserve.
 Now, $28,000 resistance formed the main point of interest for market participants going into the new week.
 In low timeframe (LTF) <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Category Analysis" href="https://thebittimes.com/analysis.html">Analysis</a> of exchange order books, popular <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trader" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trader.html">trader</a> Skew said that major bidding power was still required in order to flip $28,000 to support.
 “So on LTF we can see clearly the market is still trading $28K as resistance. Going to require a big spot buyer to crack that area imo,” he told X subscribers.
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 “Perps are shorting every LTF bounce into $28K as well.”
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Bitcoin order book data. Source: Skew/X
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 Skew further described Bitcoin’s reaction to both that level and the 200-day moving average (MA), currently at $28,040, as “not the best kind.”
 Fellow <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="trader" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/trader.html">trader</a> Daan Crypto Trades meanwhile cautioned on going short BTC should a sudden breakout occur, as this might form the start of further upside.
 “I will say that with BTC sitting around this big $28K level which has the Daily/Weekly 200MA sitting there, I am personally not very keen on shorting any deviations above,” part of an X post stated.
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 “In the past, we've often seen a weekend breakout at these kinda spots which tend to not retrace as easily as they otherwise would.”
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 An accompanying chart showed the closing price of last week’s CME Bitcoin futures markets, this apt to form a price “magnet” going into the new week.
 “Trading around the CME price is best practiced during a ranging &amp; choppy environment,” he added.
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 “We are still in such environment but that would likely change upon a strong break above this region. Hence me not being too eager to short immediately in case we'd see a weekend pump.”
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">BTC/USD annotated chart with CME Bitcoin futures data. Source: Daan Crypto Trades/X
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 In the wake of events in Israel, others meanwhile flagged geopolitical instability as a potential BTC price catalyst to come.
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 Among them was Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm MN Trading.
 “Now; market perspective it’s going to be a volatile week,” he&nbsp;wrote in part of X <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Category Analysis" href="https://thebittimes.com/analysis.html">Analysis</a>.
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 “My idea is that Bitcoin continues the upwards grind &amp; potentially reaches $30K as worldwide uncertainty grows.”
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 Van de Poppe had previously forecast a trip beyond the $30,000 mark in October, traditionally Bitcoin’s strongest calendar month.
 At just under $28,000, BTC/USD was up 3.5% month-to-date at the time of writing, per data from monitoring resource CoinGlass.
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 This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.
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Bitcoin bulls encircle $28K as trader says 'big' buyer must step in

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