Ripple Price Analysis: XRP recovery needs to cross $0.4950 to convince buyers

XRP/USD battles 50-day SMA during a corrective pullback from the lowest in one week.
Momentum indicator, two-month-old support line suggests consolidation of recent losses.
100-day SMA, yearly support line add to the downside filters.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

Ripple picks up bids to $0.4903, up nearly 2.0% intraday, during early Thursday. The altcoin dropped to the lowest since March 16 the previous day but bounced off before testing an ascending support line from February 23.

Given the upward sloping momentum indicators and the quote’s sustained trading beyond a short-term support line, XRP/USD buyers pierce 50-day SMA. However, the pair’s further upside needs to provide a decisive closing beyond the two-month-old horizontal line surrounding $0.4950 to offer confirmation of an extra run-up.

During Ripple’s rally beyond $0.4950, the mid-March top around $0.5200 and the monthly peak close to $0.6000 will be crucial to watch.

Meanwhile, extended failures to regain past-50-day SMA level of $0.4870 can keep fears of breaking the stated support line, at $0.4488 by the press time.

In a case where XRP/USD drops below $0.4488 on a daily closing basis, 100-day SMA and a bit broader support line from December 29, 2020, respectively around 0.4065 and $0.3800, will be in the spotlight.

XRP/USD daily chart

Trend: Further recovery expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	0.4839
Today Daily Change	0.0039
Today Daily Change %	0.81%
Today daily open	0.48

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.4757
Daily SMA50	0.4853
Daily SMA100	0.4064
Daily SMA200	0.3676

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.5628
Previous Daily Low	0.4519
Previous Weekly High	0.5204
Previous Weekly Low	0.4227
Previous Monthly High	0.7565
Previous Monthly Low	0.3406
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.4943
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.5204
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.4337
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.3874
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.3229
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.5446
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6091
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6554

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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