Bitcoin is showing short-term weakness after a recent squeeze, which is mildly bad for traders chasing the move but fine for anyone holding for the next few months.

• A bearish signal on the daily chart points to a few days to a couple of weeks of sideways or slightly lower prices.
• No crash is expected — the pullback is mostly about cooling off after prices ran up too fast.
• The bigger picture is still bullish, with a long-term buy signal that last appeared at the end of the 2022 bear market still in play.
• Bitcoin is losing a bit of market share right now, so altcoins like XRP, Chainlink and Solana may hold up better than Bitcoin.
• Ethereum and Solana are still holding their breakouts, though both look stretched and need time to reset.

Outlook: Expect choppy sideways trading or a small dip over the next few days before another attempt higher.

## Bitcoin Levels

• **Bias:** Neutral to slightly bearish short term, bullish over the coming months.
• **Buy / accumulate:** Dips into support at $79.2K–$79.4K, then $77.4K–$77.5K, $76.7K, with the big liquidity magnet at $76.1K.
• **Sell / take profit:** Into the $80K–$82K resistance band, with liquidity building at $82.3K–$82.4K.
• **Support:** $79.2K–$79.4K, $78.1K–$78.3K, $77.4K–$77.5K, $76.7K, $76.1K.
• **Resistance:** $80.5K, then the $80K–$82K zone.
• **Targets:** $86K–$88K on a confirmed break above $82K; weekly close above $80K flips the long-term trend indicator green.
• **Invalidation:** Failure to hold above $76.1K.