{"id":44707,"date":"2025-08-29T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=44707"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:31:41","slug":"bitcoin-bull-market-may-end-early-warns-key-indicator-but-flows-continue-to-lean-bullish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=44707","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Bull Market May End Early, Warns Key Indicator, But Flows Continue to Lean Bullish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><em>This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A key technical indicator is warning of an early end to the bitcoin (BTC) bull market, even as traders continue to position for a continued rally into the year-end.<\/p>\n<p>The indicator under consideration is the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum oscillator that ranges from 0 to 100. It helps traders gauge the speed and magnitude of recent price movements, typically calculated over a 14-day, 14-week, or 14-month period.<\/p>\n<p>BTC\u2019s 14-month RSI is now flashing a bearish divergence, a pattern that occurs when the indicator begins to decline while prices continue to rise. The occurrence of this divergence on the monthly chart indicates that BTC&#8217;s bull market may be weakening and could potentially transition into a bearish trend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/b0a3d6f86262d4e3eed58b8bede3cfbbcaac8aaa-2854x1402.png?auto=format\" alt=\"BTC's monthly chart. (TradingView\/CoinDesk)\" title=\"BTC's monthly chart. (TradingView\/CoinDesk)\"><\/p>\n<p>The monthly chart shows that while BTC reached a new high in the July-August period, surpassing the December peak, the RSI moved in the opposite direction, forming a lower high.<\/p>\n<p>The bearish divergence gains added significance as it coincides with BTC encountering resistance at a key trendline drawn from the previous bull market peaks of December 2017 and November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>To cut to the chase, bulls should stay alert for potential bearish trend reversals. That said, the latest market flows suggest that traders are anticipating continued price gains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blocks suggest traders are gearing up for further gains, with notable activity in December BTC call spreads ($125K\/$160K). Ethereum&#8217;s focus was on tighter topside, with $4,800 strikes active for September, and front-end pressure lifting,&#8221; Jake Ostrovskis, OTC Trader at Wintermute, said in an email Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Block flows are large transactions privately negotiated over the counter and outside of the public order book. These transactions typically involve institutions and high-net-worth individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The December call spread mentioned by Ostrovskis essentially bets on prices rallying to $160K and higher by the end of the year. The consensus is for a continued rally into the year-end and beyond, with prices reaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/08\/29\/bitcoin-headed-to-usd190k-on-institutional-wave-research-firm-says\">as high as $190,000<\/a>. As of writing, BTC changed hands near $110,500, representing a 4.6% loss for the month, according to CoinDesk data.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/08\/29\/bitcoin-short-strangle-preferred-as-market-signals-near-term-calm-10x-research\">Bitcoin \u2018Short Strangle\u2019 Preferred as Market Signals Near-Term Calm: 10x Research<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a daily analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. A key technical indicator is warning of an early end to the bitcoin (BTC) bull market, even as traders continue to position for a continued rally into the year-end. The indicator under consideration is the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-44707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}