Has Ethereum Reached a Local Top at Last?
Dr. Arnout ter Schure | Dec 11, 2023 19:56
Over the last month, we have been anticipating a local top for ETH/USD at around ideally $2150-2330. On our previous update from two weeks ago, see here, we found by using the Elliott Wave Principle :
“… our forecast for a local around $2150+/-25 and the anticipated subsequent decline was correct. [But] we still need a daily close below $1910 to confirm this path (a pullback … to ideally around … $1770-1845).”
Fast forward, and ETH/USD did not close below $1910. Instead, Ethereum’s price exceeded the $2136 high we initially labeled as (grey) Wave-i. It then staged another rally, peaking at $2403 yesterday.
Although we already showed our premium members that as long as $1910 would hold, a breakout above $2136 could target $2400 on December 1, our initial assessment was not entirely correct. But, with today’s >7% drop, the largest in one day since the October low, grey W-i most likely completed only 3.1% above the ideal target zone set forth a month ago: still not a bad forecast. See Figure 1 below.
Figure 1. The daily resolution chart of ETH with several technical indicators
Since ETH/USD reached higher ($2430 vs. $2136), we can also move the grey W-ii ideal target zone to $1900+/-50.
Once attained, Ethereum can launch into its “3rd of a 3rd wave” to new All-Time Highs. In the long term, the cryptocurrency must stay above the June 2022 low ($883), with a severe warning to the Bulls below the October 12 low at $1521, to allow this Bullish path to unfold.
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