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Analyst: Ethereum Likely to Plunge Towards $320 After Tapping This Key Level
Cole Petersen | Aug 29, 2020 | 19:00
- Ethereum has been closely tracking Bitcoin’s price action throughout the past few weeks, although it has been able to outperform the crypto in recent days
- The cryptocurrency is currently trading up significantly from recent lows of $379 that were set during its recent selloff
- While BTC remains below its pre-selloff highs, Ethereum has been able to surge past them
- Despite this strength, analysts are still noting that the crypto may plunge into the lower-to-mid $300 region in the near-term
- The movement to this liquidity region may come about after its price rallies up towards $425.
Ethereum’s recent decline to the sub-$380 region kicked off a strong uptrend, which has since allowed it to firmly surmount the resistance it was previously facing around $400.
The cryptocurrency is now attempting to secure a strong foothold within this price region, as a flip of $400 into a support level could be enough to send BTC surging higher.
Analysts are now setting their sights on a movement up towards $425 in the near-term, which is a major resistance level that may spark a far-reaching selloff.
While one trader is targeting a decline to ETH’s liquidity region at $360, another trader recently put forth a more aggressive downside target of $320.
Ethereum Shows Signs of Short-Term Strength; Here’s How Far It May Rally
At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading up just under 2% at its current price of $402. This marks a notable surge from multi-day lows of $379 that were set just a few days ago.
Analysts believe that a flip of $400 to support could help lead Ethereum even higher, with one trader setting his sights on a rally up towards $425 in the near-term. He thinks that the visit to this level will be followed by a sharp decline.
“425 -> 360. Too much consolidation up here at resistance, thinking it breaks through soon… If we flip 390.5 back to resistance, may hop back in my hedge,” he explained.
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Why One Trader is Expecting ETH to Decline Towards $320
Another analyst is offering a more aggressive downside target for the cryptocurrency.
He explained in a recent tweet that the resistance at $405 is significant and that he expects a rejection at this level to lead Ethereum as low as $320.
“One way traffic for ETH today. Looking to short $405 down to $320.”
Image Courtesy of Cold Blooded Shiller. Chart via TradingView.
Because Ethereum is generally correlated with Bitcoin, where the benchmark crypto trends in the near-term may have some influence over ETH.
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