$150,000 becomes new BTC price goal
After an unusual weekend all-time high, Bitcoin is consolidating near the top of its historical trading range to start the week.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that BTC/USD is trading around $124,000.
The start of futures trading produced a “gap” that barely lasted before being filled — something popular trader Daan Crypto Trades described as a “classic weekend squeeze and retrace.”
“Bitcoin did end up making a relatively small gap on the CME futures chart but nothing noteworthy,” he wrote in part of an X post on the topic.
“There's still the larger gap at $110K from last weekend but I wouldn't value that until price gets within a few % from it. Especially if this trend keeps going into price discovery, you often see big gaps left behind on both the CME chart & Liquidity levels.”
For fellow trader Crypto Tony, BTC price upside targets hinge on its treatment of $123,000.
$BTC / $USD - Update
— Crypto Tony (@CryptoTony__) October 6, 2025
Weekly closed above $123,000. Now the bulls must hold this level for that sustained bullishness. pic.twitter.com/Kn0vJ2dxfL
“$BTC has now reached a crucial resistance level,” crypto analyst and entrepreneur Ted Pillows continued.
“Yesterday, Bitcoin pushed above this level, but the move was entirely perps driven. If institutions bid again like last week, a reclaim is possible.”
Zooming out, appetites for higher levels are strong, with Cointelegraph reporting on expectations of $150,000 or more next.
Good morning!#Bitcoin's new leg higher is underway, starting with a new ATH, and a new highest weekly close.
— Jelle (@CryptoJelleNL) October 6, 2025
Next target: $150,000. pic.twitter.com/p5EJqusjDR
Crypto trader, analyst and entrepreneur Michaël van de Poppe argued that the $150,000 mark should come after a consolidation phase.
“I don't think #Bitcoin will blast through the ATH in one-go. It needs a little bit of patience, before it should continue moving,” he told X followers on the day.
“In that aspect, I expect to see a correction and anything beneath $121.5K is a good area to enter before we'll head to $150K.”
Bitcoin traders eye up to 4% dip
As Cointelegraph reported, market participants still expect some form of BTC price retracement to occur from record levels.
No bull run goes up in a straight line, and key targets for a support retest are now materializing.
Among them is the 50-period exponential moving average (EMA) on four-hour time frames at the time of writing, which was at $119,250 and rising quickly.
“For the week ahead, I think we could see a 4h50EMA retest - it's overextended and you can see the retests in previous similar Price Action,” popular trader CrypNuevo wrote in part of an X thread on Sunday.
“After that, we should see a new move up higher. Therefore, I'm still favoring longs over shorts from the 4h50EMA.”
An accompanying chart highlighted the results of interaction with the EMA since the start of May.
Popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital, meanwhile, argues that it is unreasonable to expect the price to launch into unknown territory without first establishing support at the top of its range.
“There's should be no surprise that Bitcoin has rejected from ~$124k on the first time of asking in this uptrend. After all, the last time Bitcoin rejected from $124k, the rejection preceded a -13% pullback,” he told X followers at the weekend.
“Bitcoin needs to prove this $124k resistance is a weakening point of rejection. And any shallower dip or pullback from here would do just that.”
Rekt Capital suggested that a 4% dip to meet a rising trend line at around $118,000 would mean that Bitcoin would “still be positioned for additional upside later on.”
“I would not want to see price lose that $117K-$118K again. This was roughly the mid range and a very high volume area,” Daan Crypto Trades, meanwhile, continued in his own X update on Monday.
“Overall structure looks good, just needs to maintain higher highs and higher lows from here on out. If this starts ranging again between $112K-$124K that would not be great for the larger view I think.”
AI says no more Bitcoin “Uptober”
Amid increasing excitement over the crypto bull run’s next innings, a new style of prediction tool may disappoint those hoping for swift gains.
In one of its “Quicktake” blog posts on Monday, on‑chain analytics platform CryptoQuant raised questions over how “Uptober” may shape up.
“After a significant uptrend, the price has entered a consolidation phase between the key support at 108,000 and the resistance at 123,000,” contributor CryptoOnchain summarized.
“This price action on the technical chart shows signs of a ‘re-accumulation’ period, during which large market players may be accumulating their positions for the next major move.”
BTC/USD surprised with a new all-time high over the weekend, but despite this, the rest of the month risks not meeting expectations.
The proof, CryptoQuant says, comes from AI. Its proprietary forecasting tool, NBeats Ensemble, which gathers data from nearly 400 “on‑chain features,” now says that the odds of an October BTC price breakout are “low.”
“The model’s prediction is for continued fluctuations within the current range. However, there is a subtle yet important nuance in this forecast: the model expects these fluctuations to occur primarily in the upper half of the range,” the post continues.
Bitcoin should thus spend multiple weeks preparing a resistance breakout, which will flip $123,000 from resistance to support. Hodlers, meanwhile, need patience.
“By combining technical analysis with the AI model’s forecast, the most probable scenario for October 2025 is the continuation of Bitcoin’s neutral, range‑bound movement,” CryptoQuant concludes.
“Traders should closely monitor the support level at 108,000 and the resistance at 123,000, as a decisive break of either level could define the next mid‑term directional move.”
Fed officials to speak as shutdown halts data
The ongoing US government shutdown adds to the list of delayed macroeconomic data this week.
That makes for an interesting round of appearances by senior Federal Reserve officials, several of whom are due to take to the stage over the coming days.
They include Chair Jerome Powell, who will deliver prerecorded welcoming remarks at the Community Bank Conference in Washington. Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman will make two appearances at the event.
Powell has long been under pressure from US President Donald Trump to quicken interest‑rate cuts — something the Fed only voted to commence last month after holding rates steady throughout 2025.
The absence of data, notably pertaining to the weakening labor market, creates friction — the Fed’s next rate decision is around three weeks away.
“The markets are looking ahead to the October and December Fed meetings amid the shutdown,” trading resource The Kobeissi Letter summarized in an X thread.
For crypto and risk‑asset bulls, tailwinds remain. The shutdown, sources argue, is likely to remain a “non‑event” for the markets, and with six months of straight gains for US stocks, there is increasingly little reason to doubt the uptrend.
“The stock market continues climbing the ‘wall of worry,’ trading resource Mosaic Asset Company wrote in the latest edition of its regular newsletter, “The Market Mosaic.”
“Despite concerns over the health of the labor market and economic impact of the government shutdown, the S&P 500 is hovering near record highs and has spent 108 consecutive days trading above its 50‑day moving average.”
Among the risks to the strength of the risk‑on rally, Mosaic highlighted a possible rebound in US dollar strength, as indicated by the US dollar index (DXY).
The index has struggled with a rebound after hitting 96.22 in mid‑September — its lowest level since February 2022.
Greedy, but not too greedy?
In just 10 days, crypto market sentiment has flipped on its head — but traders have kept their cool at all‑time highs.
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The latest readings from the Crypto Fear & Greed Index show that while “greed” now dominates, excessive emotions have not yet entered the market.
On Sunday, the Index hit local highs of 74/100, stopping short of its “extreme greed” zone to drop back to 71/100 to start the week.
Those levels still represent a threefold increase versus lows of 26/100 seen on Sept. 26.
Bitcoin’s previous all‑time high in mid‑August, for reference, delivered peak Fear & Greed Index readings of 75/100, with the trip to $125,700 thus narrowly forming a divergence with price.
Elsewhere, another sentiment measure, this time from crypto analytics platform Alphractal, closely tracked the late September lows and subsequent rebound.
This is the most accurate sentiment analysis metric in the crypto market that I know.
— Joao Wedson (@joao_wedson) October 3, 2025
The Fear and Greed Index generates some noise, but this one is the pure alpha of the sentiment from analysts who set the tops and bottoms of Bitcoin😆
Chart: @Alphractalhttps://t.co/slClE3mj1Thttps://t.co/oFr9kzv4UM
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