UPDATE: Weekly closes on Aug 15 and 22
The bullish happenings continue. First, the August 15 green candle confirms a flip of the bull market resistance zone to a support zone. Next, the August 22 green candle fends off a wick back to the 21w SMA, only to finish a new local high.
Now, at the time of this update (early overnight hours, EST, of Aug 23), BTC has surpassed 50K.
A looming crossover of the 20w EMA and 21w SMA seems all but certain by the end of next week as September begins -- unless the bears come out to play en masse. As long as this crossover happens, we'd be making the next step towards confirmation of a returned bull market run.
The final step of confirmation would be BTC falling back to the bull market support zone, only for the zone to hold as support. That may still need some time, but we can definitely afford it. The Bollinger band seems content tightening up -- and any squeeze there could make for ripe rip to new highs. As it stands now, a 2-3 month time period seems fair for a bullish pressure build-up.
To be honest, EVERYTHING seems to be going according to plan, following this idea and the idea from May. Of course, it's crypto, so you never know...
I'll update next with a new idea when bullish confirmation gets tested. Until then, happy trading!