Internet Computer price poised for a rally after breaking above descending trendline

Internet Computer’s (ICP) price broke above a descending trendline on Tuesday, gaining over 14% daily and signaling a positive move ahead. ICP’s on-chain metrics further support this bullish development, as rising open interest, increasing trading volume, and long-to-short ratio above one hint at an upcoming rally. 

ICP price shows potential for a rally

Internet Computer's price broke above a descending trendline (drawn by joining multiple daily close with a trendline from mid-April) on Tuesday. It also broke and closed above its daily resistance level at $7.86 and its 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $7.97. At the time of writing, ICP retraces by 4% to trade at $8.57 during the early European session on Wednesday. 

If ICP continues to retrace, it could find support around the descending trendline breakout level of around $7.86.If ICP bounces off that level, it could rally over 28% to retest its July 27 high of $10.11.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Awesome Oscillator (AO) on the daily chart trades above their respective neutral levels of 50 and zero. These momentum indicators strongly indicate bullish dominance.

ICP/USDT daily chart

Coinglass’s data shows that the futures’ Open Interest (OI) in ICP at exchanges is also increasing. The OI indicates the total number of outstanding derivative contracts that have not been settled and whether money flows into the contract are increasing or decreasing.

Increasing OI represents new or additional money entering the market and new buying, which generally tends to support prices. When OI decreases, it is usually a sign that the market is liquidating, more investors are leaving, and the selling pressure increases.

The graph below shows that ICP’s OI increased from $35.87 million on Monday to $47.21 million on Wednesday, its highest level since the end of July. 

ICP Open Interest chart

Moreover, Coinglass’s Binance ICP’s long-to-short ratio is 1.29, and it has been trading above one since August 27, meaning more traders are betting on the asset’s price to rise.

Binance ICP long-to-short ratio chart

Crypto-aggregator DefiLlama data shows that ICP’s daily trading volume increased from $1.37 million on Saturday to $2.38 million on Wednesday, the highest since June 18. This 73% rise in daily trading volume indicates a surge in traders’ interest and liquidity in the ICP chain. 

ICP daily trading volume chart

Despite positive on-chain metrics and bullish price action, if ICP’s daily candlestick closes below the Tuesday’s low of $7.67, the bullish thesis will be invalidated as a lower low will be formed in the daily time frame. This development would give rise to bearish sentiment, leading to a decline of 10.5% to restest its next daily support at $6.85.