XRP Price Prediction: Has the recent rebound shifted the bearish narrative?

XRP price witnessed an extremely volatile market behavior amidst the US Consumer Price Index release. Key levels have been defined to determine the next trending direction.

XRP price dumps and pumps

XRP price is rebounding rather impressively on Thursday, October 13. The digital remittance token, which plunged 10% in the wake of the US Consumer Price Index announcement, experienced the sharpest decline among the top 3 cryptocurrencies. On shorter time frames, the Relative Strength Index entered historically oversold territory, followed by the stunning countertrend surge.

After dropping to $0.44, the XRP price is currently trading at $0.48. The bears broke both the 21-day simple moving average (SMA) and the 8-day exponential moving average (EMA) during the downturn, and a retracement into the 21-day SMA occurred hours later. 

XRP/USDT 3-Hour Chart

Still, the uptrend rally may be a short squeeze and entering the market post-rally could be very problematic. If the $0.56 level is left unchallenged, traders should expect a decline toward $0.40.

Thus, this thesis remains bearish until the $0.56 swing high is breached. If the bulls manage to hurdle the swing high, a rally toward the $0.61 liquidity levels will be back in the cards, representing a 32% rise from the current XRP price.