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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH/USD break above SMA 200, while ETH/BTC trends in upward channel formation

  • ETH/USD has managed to break above the triangle formation as well.
  • ETH/BTC looks to go past the 0.025 psychological level.

ETH/USD daily chart

ETH/USD daily chart

ETH/USD went up from $170.98 to $172.75 in the early hours of Saturday. In the princess, it managed to break above the resistance provided by the SMA 200 curve and the triangle pattern. The bulls will want to continue their upward momentum and aim to conquer the $175 psychological level, before attempting to break past resistance at  $180. The Elliott Oscillator has had three straight green sessions. The SMA 20 is on course to crossing over the SMA 50 to chart a bullish cross pattern.

ETH/BTC daily chart

ETH/BTC daily chart

ETH/BTC went up from 0.02 to 0.02439 in the early hours of Saturday, following a bearish Friday. The asset pair is trending in an upward channel formation as the bulls aim for the 0.025 key psychological level. Similar to ETH/USD, the SMA 20 in ETH/BTC is on course to crossing over the SMA 50 as well. The 20-day Bollinger Band has widened, indicating increasing bullish momentum. The MACD shows increasing bullish momentum, while the RSI is trending horizontally around 67.187, next to the overbought zone.

Key levels

ETH/USD

Overview
Today last price173.17
Today Daily Change2.18
Today Daily Change %1.27
Today daily open170.99
 
Trends
Daily SMA20153.16
Daily SMA50161.86
Daily SMA100183.36
Daily SMA200172.18
 
Levels
Previous Daily High175.11
Previous Daily Low168.56
Previous Weekly High175.11
Previous Weekly Low148.3
Previous Monthly High252.76
Previous Monthly Low89.65
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%171.06
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%172.61
Daily Pivot Point S1168
Daily Pivot Point S2165.01
Daily Pivot Point S3161.45
Daily Pivot Point R1174.54
Daily Pivot Point R2178.1
Daily Pivot Point R3181.09


 

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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