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Ripple (XRP) Price Returns to Pivotal Support – Will It Sink or Swim?

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Valdrin Tahiri

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Ryan Boltman

03 January 2024 16:30 UTC
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  • Ripple's (XRP) price broke down from short-term symmetrical triangle. The pattern had been in place for 60 days.
  • The weekly time frame Relative Strength Index (RSI) gives a neutral reading, but the daily time frame one is bearish.
  • The future XRP price prediction can depend on the reaction to the $0.054 support area, above which XRP trades.
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Despite a breakout over three months ago, the Ripple XRP price had been consolidating above a horizontal support area.

The XRP price fell below this support area today but is now in the process of reclaiming it again. Will it be successful?

Ripple Falls Below Horizontal Support

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Examining XRP’s weekly technical analysis reveals that since May 2022, the altcoin has increased alongside an ascending support line. During this period, XRP broke through a crucial horizontal zone and achieved a new 2023 high in July.

However, the rapid ascent proved unsustainable, leading to a subsequent decline that established a higher low in August (green icon). This resulted in forming a steeper ascending support trend line that is still intact.

While XRP fell today, it validated this support trend line again.

XRP Price Movement
XRP/USDT Weekly Chart. Source: TradingView

When evaluating market conditions, traders use the RSI as a momentum indicator to determine whether a market is overbought or oversold and whether to accumulate or sell an asset.

If the RSI reading is above 50 and the trend is upward, bulls still have an advantage, but if the reading is below 50, the opposite is true. The RSI is right at 50, a sign of a neutral trend.

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What Do Analysts Say?

Cryptocurrency traders and analysts on X positively view the future XRP price trend.

RealXRPWhale noted a breakout from a descending resistance trend line, stating that XRP will pump hard.

XRP Price Movement
XRP/USDT Daily Chart. Source: X
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FLASH noted a symmetrical triangle pattern, stating that the breakout from it can accelerate the rate of increase toward $0.85.

Finally, Cryptoes is bullish because the price closed above horizontal support.

XRP Price Prediction: What to Make of Today’s Drop?

Similarly to the weekly time frame, the daily time frame technical analysis gives a neutral outlook. This is because of the price action and RSI readings.

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The price action shows that XRP broke out from a horizontal resistance area at $0.54, creating a symmetrical triangle. However, today’s price broke down from the triangle, validating the support area again (green icon).

The RSI is below 50, a sign of a bearish trend. Therefore, the future trend can determine whether the XRP price bounces or breaks down from the area.

XRP Price Prediction
XRP/USD Daily Chart. Source: TradingView

A breakdown below $0.54 can cause a 25% XRP price decrease to the next closest support at $0.42. On the other hand, a successful bounce can lead to a 20% increase and a retest of the $0.67 resistance.

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