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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Recovery Facing Significant Resistance

Ethereum price analysis: eth recovery facing significant resistance

Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Recovery Facing Significant Resistance

Ethereum price analysis: eth recovery facing significant resistance
  • ETH price traded lower and broke the recent swing low to form near low near $126 against the US Dollar.
  • The price bounced back sharply above the $130 resistance after trading to a new weekly low.
  • There is a significant bearish trend line in place with resistance at $137 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).
  • The pair is still facing many strong hurdles near the $137, $138 and $141 resistance levels.

Ethereum price declined further and later recovered against the US Dollar and bitcoin. However, ETH/USD is facing a strong resistance near the $137 level, followed by the $141 zone.

Ethereum Price Analysis

Yesterday, we discussed above a fresh weekly low below $130 in ETH price against the US Dollar. The ETH/USD pair did trade lower after it failed to move above the $138 and $140 resistance levels. During the decline, there was a break below the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the last leg from the $131 low to $141 high. The decline was strong as the price broke the $131 and $130 support levels. Sellers gained traction and pushed the price to a new weekly low below $130.

A swing low was formed near $126 and later the price bounced back. It recovered nicely above the $128 and $130 resistance levels. Besides, there was a break above the 50% Fib retracement level of the recent drop from the $139 high to $126 low. However, the price is facing a strong resistance near the $136-137 zone. More importantly, there is a significant bearish trend line in place with resistance at $137 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. The trend line coincides with the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the recent drop from the $139 high to $126 low.

Finally, the 100 hourly simple moving average is positioned near the $139 level to act as a strong resistance. Therefore, it seems like there are many resistances formed near $137, $138 and $140 levels. ETH must break the $140 and $141 resistance levels to move into a bullish zone. If it fails to gain pace above $137 and $138, there is a risk of a fresh decline in the near term.

Looking at the chart, ETH price bounced back nicely from the $126 swing low. However, it is facing an uphill task near the $137, $138 and $140 levels. A continuous failure to break to the upside may result in more losses below $130.

ETH Technical Indicators

Hourly MACDThe MACD for ETH/USD is about to move back in the bullish zone.

Hourly RSIThe RSI for ETH/USD recovered nicely and it managed to move back above the 50 level.

Major Support Level – $130

Major Resistance Level – $141

Published at Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:09:33 +0000

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The opinions on the current state of bitcoin are rather divided, to say the least. Some people think it’s doing well, whereas others grow increasingly worried. According to Crunchbase, bitcoin is no longer a means of exchange. Instead, it has become slow, expensive, and anything but convenient. This is anything but a popular opinion, mind you, but there is some truth to this statement as well.

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The first-mover advantage bitcoin has is slowly eroding, to say the least. It is evident this cryptocurrency still has plenty of potential if something changes. Pushing down the fees will be very difficult until SegWit adoption increases or the Lightning Network comes around. Either of those outcomes is still months away, at best. The amount of money one pays for the speed of confirmations imply doesn’t add up. Crunchbase also touches upon the growing transaction backlog. It has been another problem for bitcoin due to the lack of scaling.

Granted, one could easily adorable this to growing pains. It is evident bitcoin is still maturing in front of our eyes. However, the currency has been around for many years. These issues have been known for many years as well. A lot of time was wasted due to political bickering over how scaling should work. The community eventually settled on a solution which has an adoption rate of under 15% months later. An uneasy situation, to say the very least

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