Ethereum (ETH) is currently trading at a significant horizontal area that previously acted as resistance, also intersecting with short-term support levels that could determine future trends. Technical analysis on the daily timeframe indicates ETH has been trading within an ascending parallel channel for the last 95 days, hitting a peak of $2,717 on January 12, confirming the channel’s resistance trend line. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is trending downwards, suggesting a potential bearish signal as it falls below 50, despite some analysts remaining bullish on Ethereum’s price outlook.
The RSI is a momentum indicator used by investors to assess market conditions, whether a token is overbought or oversold, and whether accumulation or selling is warranted. A reading above 50 with an upward trend favors the bulls, but below 50 could indicate a bearish trend, as is currently the case with Ethereum’s RSI.
While the daily timeframe shows a bearish inclination, the four-hour chart suggests a possible bounce due to the price action and RSI readings. The price movement indicates a bounce off the support trend line of an ascending parallel channel, which could also align with the support trend line of a short-term descending wedge, considered a bullish formation.
If ETH’s price breaks out of the wedge, it could rise by 8% to $2,580, the channel’s resistance trend line, which also coincides with the 0.618 Fibonacci retracement resistance level. However, a break from the channel could trigger a 9% drop to the nearest support at $2,170.
Despite the potential for a bullish bounce, the current RSI and price action suggest caution, as Ethereum is at a critical juncture where it could either confirm the previous resistance as support or face a downward correction.