Bitcoin liquidations vanish as trader hopes $30K will hit before dip

bitcoin (BTC) fell on March 25 as eerily calm conditions saw sell-offs evaporate.

BTC/USD 1 hour candlestick chart (Binance). Source: TradingView

Bitcoin in "slow cut" until Monday

Data of Cointelegraph Pro Markets and TradingView It followed BTC/USD as it centered around $27,500 at the time of writing.

After losing $28,000 the day before, weekend trading offered little volatility as traders waited for a break before the TradFi markets resumed.

โ€œLooks like a slow CME closing price turnaround so far,โ€ Daan Crypto Trades wrote in part of the Twitter comment.

"I didn't expect too much to happen with BTC over the weekend after the volatility last week."

Daan Crypto Trades was referring to the closing price of the CME Group Bitcoin futures markets, a level that could become significant should volatility show up or down before the start of the new week.

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This would have the effect of producing a "gap" in the opening and closing prices of the futures market, creating a potential target for spot BTC.

CME Bitcoin Futures 1-day candlestick chart. Source: TradingView

An additional post outlined areas of order book liquidity, which could also act as reversal levels of support and resistance.

Fellow Crypto trader Tony, by contrast, was hoping that the bulls could muster the strength for a push to $30,000 before a deeper pullback.

โ€œOne more push on declining volume to $30,000 please,โ€ he said. tweeted next to a projection chart.

โ€œI expect a solid rejection of this area. With everything that is going on, it seems highly unlikely that it will be completed with a single test.โ€

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Crypto Tony/Twitter

Clearances disappear

Meanwhile, sell-off data showed the extent of reduced volatility in the short term, with short and long sell-offs for March 25 totaling less than $5 million.

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By contrast, on March 22, Bitcoin liquidated more than $120 million worth of positions, according to statistics from purse.

Bitcoin liquidations chart. Source: Coinglass

Analyzing trader sentiment, the Decentrader trading suite noted what it describes as a โ€œfairly simpleโ€ long/short ratio increase, with the spot price trending lower.

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