|

Solana Price Forecast: SOL deepens correction with downside risk toward $67.50

  • Solana price is nearing the lower consolidation range at $76.45 on Monday, a breakdown suggests further correction.
  • Derivatives data supports a bearish outlook with SOL’s short bets rising alongside negative funding rates.
  • The technical outlook suggests SOL could revisit the February 6 low of $67.50.

Solana (SOL) price slips 6%, nearing the lower end of its consolidation range at $76.45 at the time of writing on Monday. A firm close below this level suggests a deeper correction. The derivatives data supports a bearish sentiment with SOL’s short bets rising alongside negative funding rates. On the technical side, if downside momentum continues, SOL may revisit its February 6 low around $67.50.

Solana’s derivatives data shows bearish bias

Solana’s long-to-short ratio reads 0.89 on Monday, nearing the lowest level over a month, according to CoinGlass data. This ratio below 1 indicates bearish sentiment as traders are betting on the asset price to fall.

Solana long-to-short ratio chart. Source: Coinglass

In addition, the funding rates for SOL also support a bearish outlook. CoinGlass data shows SOL’s funding rate flipped negative on Saturday and currently stands at -0.0245% on Monday, nearing the level seen during the February 6 price dip. This negative rate indicates that short positions are paying long positions and hints at bearish sentiment.

Solana’s funding rates chart. Source: Coinglass

Solana Price Forecast: SOL could extend further losses if it closes below the support zone

Solana’s price corrected nearly 4% in the previous week, extending its six consecutive weeks of losses since mid-January. Solana price started the week on a negative note, trading 6% down, nearing the lower consolidation boundary at $76.45. 

If SOL closes below the lower consolidation boundary at $76.45 on a daily basis, it could extend further losses toward the February 6 low at $67.50.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) reads 31, pointing downward toward the oversold conditions, indicating bearish momentum gaining traction. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) lines are converging, indicating indecisiveness among traders.

SOL/USDT daily chart

However, if the lower consolidation boundary at $76.45 holds as support, it could extend the recovery toward the upper consolidation zone at $89.38.

Author

Manish Chhetri

Manish Chhetri is a crypto specialist with over four years of experience in the cryptocurrency industry.

More from Manish Chhetri
Share:

Editor's Picks

Bitcoin Weekly Forecast: Binance security breach and hawkish Fed push BTC lower
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to weaken this week, down more than 3% and heading for its fourth straight weekly loss. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is facing a bearish outlook, fueled by a hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook at the October meeting and a reported $6.3 billion hack at Binance, which is driving risk aversion and triggering heavy liquidations.
Ripple Price Forecast: XRP bulls defend $1.20 as sell-side pressure triggers liquidations
Ripple (XRP) trades around $1.25 on Friday, rising from a short-term support level established at $1.20. This minor upward correction follows a sharp sell-off, triggered amid reports of a hack attack on the Binance exchange that impacted approximately $6.3 billion. The attack drove the broader crypto market on edge, as Binance suspended both deposits and withdrawals to contain the situation.
Bitcoin, Ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets
Crypto traders betting on higher prices had about $1.29 billion in positions forcibly closed over the past 24 hours, as the selloff following Binance’s security breach pushed bitcoin, ether and smaller tokens lower. Total liquidations reached $1.53 billion by Friday morning in Asia, according to CoinGlass. Long positions, bets that prices would rise, accounted for 83.8% of the total.
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP sell-off cools after Binance security breach
Cryptocurrency prices are on edge on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) delicately holding onto a short-term $78,000 support, Ethereum (ETH) edging lower near $2,200 and Ripple (XRP) attempting a recovery above support established at $1.20. The cooldown follows Binance, the largest crypto exchange, after it reported a hack that impacted about $6.3 billion.
Bitcoin: Binance security breach and hawkish Fed push BTC lower
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to weaken this week, down more than 3% and heading for its fourth straight weekly loss. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is facing a bearish outlook, fueled by a hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook at the October meeting and a reported $6.3 billion hack at Binance, which is driving risk aversion and triggering heavy liquidations.