Bitcoin teases breakout as 'FOMO liquidity grab' keeps $69K in place

Bitcoin ( BTC ) circled a key breakout level on Oct. 19 after a “FOMO liquidity grab” ended in rejection at $69,000.

BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView

BTC price seals best daily close in 4 months

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action constricting after the week’s final Wall Street trading session.

BTC/USD saw new three-month highs the day prior, coming within inches of $69,000 on Bitstamp before giving up its spontaneous gains.

“Low volume + bear divs on this breakout,” popular trader Roman told followers on X at the time. 

“Still think we come back down and consolidate before moving higher. This seems like a fomo liquidity grab before the real breakout.”

BTC liquidation heatmap (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass

Data from monitoring resource CoinGlass showed thick liquidity walls building either side of spot price, with asks keeping a lid on BTC price upside.

Roman also referred to a crunch area of interest for market participants, $68,400, this corresponding to a breakout zone of significant importance since March’s all-time high.

“Everyone is watching 68.4k to break the macro range,” he concluded.

BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Rekt Capital/X

Continuing on the topic, fellow trader and analyst Rekt Capital acknowledged that bulls still had work to do in order to cement the zone immediately above $68,000 as solid support.

“Bitcoin is once again pressing beyond the very top of the resistance area (red),” he explained on X alongside an illustrative chart.

“Bitcoin just needs one Daily Close beyond the red resistance to position itself for a confirmed breakout from here. Daily Close is essential to confirm lack of upside wicks beyond resistance.”

The Oct. 18 daily close ultimately came in marginally above $68,400, making it Bitcoin’s highest since June 10.

Bitcoin macro bull factors line up

Turning to macroeconomic trends, trading firm QCP Capital had good news for Bitcoin bulls going forward.

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Strong institutional inflows , as well as three-and-a-half-year highs in Bitcoin’s crypto market cap dominance, meant that so-called “L1 coins” should all benefit, it argued in its latest bulletin to Telegram channel subscribers.

Bitcoin dominance stood at 58.88% at the time of writing, having briefly tagged 59% on Oct. 17.

Bitcoin crypto market cap dominance 1-week chart. Source: TradingView

“With US equities close to all-time highs and the Japanese yen on a fresh weakening trend, risk-on sentiment will only grow stronger as we approach the US election,” QCP added. 

“This will propel risk assets higher and support our Uptober narrat ive.”

BTC/USD monthly returns (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass

BTC/USD was up 7.7% month-to-date on the day, performance approximately equal to September.

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