Bitcoin ( BTC ) took a rain check on snap upside at the Feb. 9 Wall Street open as 24-hour gains hit 6%.

Bitcoin shorts should brace to 'get squeezed' as BTC price eyes $50K image 0 BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: TradingView

Analysis warns Bitcoin shorters play a risky game

Data from Cointelegraph markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price trajectory retracing after reaching $47,700.

The move, driven by spot markets, barely stopped for breath overnight as successive Asia and United States trading sessions posed little problem for bulls.

At the time of writing, $47,400 formed a focus as volatility remained, Bitcoin still sizing up its highest levels since late 2021. The week’s performance additionally marked Bitcoin’s strongest since last October.

$BTC Spot Delta

As you can see it is mostly spot driven.

Every strong push up hasn't retraced, but rather kept on going higher. pic.twitter.com/js8VUQbm0i

— exitpump (@exitpumpBTC) February 9, 2024

“Strong bounce from the midrange, attacking $48,000 again, as expected,” popular trader Jelle wrote in part of his latest analysis on X (formerly Twitter).

“Last hurdle for Bitcoin to overcome, not much standing in the way of new all-time highs once it breaks.”

Jelle additionally described the current price range as a “moment of truth.”

Bitcoin shorts should brace to 'get squeezed' as BTC price eyes $50K image 1 BTC/USDT 1-week chart. Source: Jelle/X

Fellow trader Skew meanwhile warned that the entire day would likely stay “pretty volatile.”

$BTC
Market still driven by taker flow primarily, looking for absorption of sellers here for actual drive higher

likely pretty volatile today pic.twitter.com/uTAxbEiXrE

— Skew Δ (@52kskew) February 9, 2024

More sober on the immediate outlook was Keith Alan, CEO and co-founder of trading resource Material Indicators, who observed significant sell-side liquidity immediately below the two-year range highs and $50,000.

“Something to consider before you FOMO into BTC at this level. There is ~$175M in BTC ask liquidity (aka resistance) stacked between here and $50k, and only ~$50M in bid support down to $43k,” part of his own X post read.

Alan nonetheless suggested that a weekly close above $45,000 would be beneficial to bulls, with whales easily able to take the market higher should $50,000 appear — to the detriment of short positions.

“If you are considering a short, be prepared to get squeezed. IF whales manage to push above $50k there is currently very little friction up to $55k,” he concluded.

An accompanying chart laid out buy and sell liquidity and cumulative volume delta, or CVD on the BTC/USDT order book of the largest global exchange, Binance.

Bitcoin shorts should brace to 'get squeezed' as BTC price eyes $50K image 2 BTC/USDT order book data for Binance. Source: Keith Alan/X

Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows impress

The day’s flows among the newly-launched U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) meanwhile continued an encouraging narrative for bulls.

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The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) saw outflows in line with expectations, while the previous day’s cumulative netflows among the remaining nine ETFs were the third-largest since their Jan. 11 launch, per data uploaded to X by Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst, James Seyffart.

This is the 3rd biggest inflow day for the group since their launch. First day was +$655 mln and 1/17 was +$453. Still a big day. pic.twitter.com/peUszfnrfZ

— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) February 9, 2024

As Cointelegraph reported , the ETFs from BlackRock and Fidelity Investments recorded the most successful first month's trading of any ETF product in the past thirty years.

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