Ethereum Price Weekly Analysis – ETH/USD To Surge Higher? 2017-12-31

Key Highlights

• ETH price is trading in a range below the $715 resistance area against the US Dollar.
• There is a major contracting triangle forming with current support at $665 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX).
• The pair might soon make the next move and either break $715 or trade below $665.

Ethereum price is consolidating in a range against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETH/USD may soon attempt the next upside break above $715.

Ethereum Price Resistance

After a nasty decline below the $500 level, ETH price started an upside recovery against the US Dollar. The price formed a base above $475 and started correcting higher. It traded above the 50% Fib retracement level of the last major drop from the $865 high to $475 low. It traded with a positive bias and even managed to settle above the $600 level.

However, there was no proper daily close above the $700 level. The price also struggled to move above the 100 simple moving average and $740 on the 4-hours chart. On the positive side, the pair almost tested the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the last major drop from the $865 high to $475 low. Therefore, there are chances of ETH resuming its upside wave sooner or later above the $740 level. At the moment, it seems like there is a major contracting triangle forming with current support at $665 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD.

The pair might make the next move either above the $715 level or below the $665 support. A proper 4-hour close above $715 and 100 SMA could ignite a sharp upside move in ETH/USD. On the flip side, a break below the $665 support may call for declines toward $600 and $560.

4-hours MACD – The MACD is moving to and fro in the bullish zone.

4-hours RSI – The RSI is currently just below the 50 level with minor bearish signs.

Major Support Level – $665

Major Resistance Level – $715

Charts courtesy – SimpleFX