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Ethereum Market Forecast: Research states that there’s only a 7% chance of ETH seeing a parabolic rise in 2020

  • Over the past few days, Ethereum has been struggling to garner any momentum as it trades between $230 and $255.
  • Data suggests that ETH only has a 7% chance of seeing any intense parabolic rally before the end of 2020.
  • ETH/USD has been trending horizontally for the last two days.

Ethereum has been able to gain some upwards momentum recently as buyers attempted to catalyze sufficient buying pressure to invalidate its recent weakness. Nevertheless, this attempt faltered, while massive resistance just above ETH’s current price level may be unbeatable.

According to a Bitcoinist report, ETH’s mid-term outlook may not be very bright as there appears to be only a 7% chance that the cryptocurrency climbs by 100% from its current price levels by the end of the year. This comes despite several positive fundamental developments witnessed in the past few months. Over the last weeks, Ethereum has formed a relatively wide trading range, not able to garner any decisive momentum as it trades between $230 and $255.

A venture capitalist claimed that that the chances of Ethereum dropping lower increases the longer it remains in this trading range, as per an earlier Bitcoinist report. 

The longer BTC & ETH fade here the more likely we take another leg down to test key supports, despite the strong fundamentals of both.

Ethereum does not appear to have a great chance of seeing any type of parabolic 100%+ movement by the end of the year. According to recently released data from the analytics platform Skew, the probability of ETH climbing to $480 by the end of the year sits at 7%.

Probability of ether > $480 (+100%) by End of Year = 7%. Stable coins and DeFi seems like a more sustainable product / market fit for Ethereum compared to ICOs in 2017 but the market doesn’t see it (yet?) necessarily as adding as much $ value for ether.

ETH/USD daily chart 

ETH/USD daily chart

ETH/USD has had a slightly bullish start to Wednesday as the price went up from $243.20 to $243.67. The market is trending horizontally for now and faces resistance at $248.45. On the downside, there are four healthy support levels at 237.49 (SMA 20), $237, $231.50 and 221.39 (SMA 50). The Elliott Oscillator shows three straight green sessions, indicating that the current market sentiment is mostly bullish. The Williams %R is trending along at the edge of the overbought zone, showing that ETH/USD is currently overvalued and may face bearish correction round the corner.

Key levels

ETH/USD

Overview
Today last price243.42
Today Daily Change0.20
Today Daily Change %0.08
Today daily open243.22
 
Trends
Daily SMA20237.49
Daily SMA50221.39
Daily SMA100191.34
Daily SMA200185.93
 
Levels
Previous Daily High244.95
Previous Daily Low240.86
Previous Weekly High238.59
Previous Weekly Low218.14
Previous Monthly High247.15
Previous Monthly Low176.19
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%242.42
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%243.39
Daily Pivot Point S1241.07
Daily Pivot Point S2238.92
Daily Pivot Point S3236.98
Daily Pivot Point R1245.16
Daily Pivot Point R2247.1
Daily Pivot Point R3249.25


 

Author

Rajarshi Mitra

Rajarshi Mitra

Independent Analyst

Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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