AVAX: Bulls struggle to drive gains
Avalanche bulls struggled to push past the $13.7 area over the past eight days, but now the bears seem to have begun taking control.
![Avalanche [AVAX] forms a short-term range as bulls struggle to drive gains](https://ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PP-1-cover-2-e1688452617186.jpg)
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- AVAX’s market structure was bullish, but the range formation remained intact.
- Buying pressure has been weak in recent days, showing bulls aren’t yet ready for a rally.
Avalanche [AVAX] registered decent gains in the middle of June. After a sharp move down, the bulls did well to drive a bounce toward $14. In doing so, they shifted the lower timeframe structure in favor of the bulls.
Read Avalanche’s [AVAX] Price Prediction 2023-24
Yet, over the past week, the upward momentum of AVAX has stalled. Bitcoin [BTC] climbed past $30.8k again on 3 July but does not possess a clear trend yet. It was an uncertain time for AVAX swing traders.
AVAX bulls find the going tough after reaching the $13.68 mark
![Avalanche [AVAX] forms a short-term range as bulls struggle to drive gains](https://ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PP-1-AVAX-price.png)
Thereafter, the bulls faltered. The short-term trend lost strength and has become a range over the past week. The $12.15 and $13.68 levels of support and resistance, respectively, were the ones that need to be breached before the next move.
On the 4-hour chart, the DMI showed no strong trend in progress. The RSI was at 56, which showed weak bullish momentum, while the CMF stood at +0.19. This indicated heavy capital flow into the market- but AVAX struggled to break out of the aforementioned range.
Further north, there was a bearish order block from the 1-day chart at the $14 area. This zone also had confluence with the $13.88 level that represented March’s low. It was also a place where AVAX found support in late May before succumbing to the bears.
Spot CVD declines as bears assert themselves
![Avalanche [AVAX] forms a short-term range as bulls struggle to drive gains](https://ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PP-1-AVAX-coinalyze.png)
How much are 1,10,100 AVAXs worth today?
The Open Interest crept upward in the past two days as Avalanche prices rose from $12.76 to $13.4. The OI rise measured close to $7 million worth of contracts, but the spot CVD had already slid.
This suggested that short-term speculators were bullish when AVAX prices bounced, but the selling pressure was intensifying at press time. If Bitcoin cannot hold on to the $30.6k-$30.8k area, it could spell trouble for the altcoin market.
