Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded above $81,000 on March 11 as US stocks’ futures sought relief from a brutal sell-off.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewBTC price bounces back amid calls for short squeezeData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed daily BTC price gains approaching 4%.New four-month lows had accompanied the previous day’s Wall Street trading session as recession fears sent risk-asset investors fleeing.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index finished the day down 2.7% and 4%, respectively. At the time of writing, Nasdaq 100 futures had recovered around 0.4% from a trip to their lowest levels since September 2024.Commenting, trading resource The Kobeissi Letter suggested that markets had entered an unsustainable downtrend.“Are we overdue for a massive short squeeze?” it queried in a thread on X, noting risk-asset sentiment in “extreme fear” territory.“Even bears who are calling for a prolonged bear market would need to see some relief rallies. Markets do not move in a straight-line long-term. Eventually, a (tradable) short squeeze is inevitable.”Nasdaq 100 futures 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewKobeissi and others referenced unusually high readings from the VIX volatility index while making the case for a sustained recovery.“$VIX has only been higher 11% of the time, going back to 1990,” network economist Timothy Peterson, creator of several Bitcoin price forecasting tools, continued.“Put another way, there is an 89% chance that today was the bottom.”VIX volatility index. Source: Timothy Peterson/XBitcoin analysis sees “very rough time” aheadBitcoin thus saw some much-needed upside on short timeframes after reaching $76,600 on Bitstamp.Related: Biggest red weekly candle ever: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week“$BTC just had a bullish divergence on the 4H timeframe,” popular trader Cas abbe reacted while analyzing relative strength index (RSI) signals. “I’m not saying this is the reversal but a short-term pump looks imminent now.”BTC/USD 4-hour chart with RSI data. Source: Case Abbe/XPreviously, trader and analyst Rekt Capital told X followers to watch for similar RSI cues from the daily chart to confirm a more sustainable BTC price comeback.Zooming out, other popular crypto market participants remained gloomy. Among them was the pseudonymous X trader HTL-NL, who concluded that BTC/USD was unlikely to match all-time highs.BTC/USDT 1-day chart. Source: HTL-NL/X“Before anyone of you think this is specifically happening in crypto: it’s not,” another of his latest posts stated alongside a chart of S&P 500 futures. “It happens to all risk off assets. It’s called a recession probably. US is in for a very tough time.”S&P 500 futures 1-day chart. Source: HTL-NL/XThis article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.
