Analysts Hold Firm on $40K Bitcoin Price Target as Positive Indicators Emerge

Bitcoin offers ‘good signs’ as analysts retain $40K BTC price target

Bitcoin saw five-day highs on May 15 as a rebound continued after the Wall Street open.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $27,666 on Bitstamp.

Bitcoin (BTC) tickers down $27,196 on Bitstamp held strength on hourly timeframes after a weekly close just below the $27,000 mark.

With United States equities in a tight range on the day, crypto analysts looked for cues over where markets might go next.

Positive Outlook

For Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, the outlook was good.

“Bitcoin breaks upwards and tests $27,600. Good signs,” he summarized.

“Weekly timeframe; Holding 200 MA and EMA. I think we’re continuing towards $38,000-42,000 from here.”

Van de Poppe referenced the 200-week moving average and exponential moving average, these seeing a retest late last week after functioning as support for two months.

“I’m a fan of this breakdown / reclaim,” popular trader Kaleo continued alongside a four-hour chart of Bybit’s BTC/USD perpetual swaps.

“See this a pretty solid r/r long setup for a potential move back to range highs. And yes, $40K is still a magnet.”

Market Analysis

Examining the state of the BTC/USD Binance order book, meanwhile, monitoring resource Material Indicators concluded that volatility was thus far absent.

Trader Skew added that markets were being “largely” controlled by Binance spot buyers.

“Coinbase spot led this move with strong positive spot delta (market buying),” part of Twitter commentary noted about the day’s uptick.

Dollar Retracement

Elsewhere, attention continued to focus on U.S. dollar strength after a week of solid gains.

Whereas these culminated with BTC/USD hitting two-month lows under $26,000, the new week began with the opposite setup — crypto market strength versus a comedown in the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY).

“It’s amazing how inversely correlated crypto has become to the Dollar. Dollar taking a breather today as we see crypto assets recover,” popular trader Wick reacted.

Fellow trader Crypto Tony noted a “very strong” close for DXY could continue to pressure crypto.