Following a court decision in July, Ripple‘s XRP experienced a significant surge in price, only to later undergo a retracement. Since August, the cryptocurrency has not seen major price fluctuations and has traded within a narrow range. While the broader crypto market has shown incredible gains, XRP’s price movement has become more neutral. Questions arise as to whether volatility will return to XRP or if the upcoming year will mirror the second half of this year.
Technical analysis on a weekly timeframe reveals that XRP has been following an ascending support trend line since May 2022, with the line being tested multiple times, most recently in March 2023. In addition, XRP has maintained an increase along a steeper ascending support trend line. Despite reaching its highest level in July, the price has not approached that region since. Currently, XRP is trading above a significant horizontal support area.
Examining the Altcoin’s RSI, a recent price drop has led to a negative value of 40.69, reflecting the pessimistic sentiment in the market. Daily technical analysis does not provide a clear direction for future trends, which could be due to both the neutral price movement and the RSI. This neutrality could trigger a sharp breakout with an unpredictable direction.
Crypto trader Dom speculated that XRP’s price will break out from a symmetrical formation, expressing an inability to envision any scenario other than an explosive breakout. Dom highlighted XRP’s consistent presence in the top 8 cryptocurrencies for 9 years, even without making a new peak recently.
Additionally, XRP whales have been noticed moving millions of XRP over a two-month period, with one whale accumulating 360 million XRP tokens. Whether XRP’s price will break out of the triangle formation as the analyst suggests, or move downwards past the $0.58 horizontal support level, remains to be seen and could indicate the future price direction for investors.