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ETH

SELL
Generated 18 days ago (January 13, 2026 at 06:20 PM)

Confidence Score

74.0%
High Confidence

Signal Analysis

Type: 🔴 Bearish
Action: SELL
Asset: ETH

🎯 Take Profit Target

Recommended Take Profit Price
$3,136
▼ 1.73% from current price

This is the primary price target for executing your trade. Place your take profit order at this level for optimal risk/reward based on current technical analysis.

Price Forecasts

7 Day
$3,125
▼ 2.07% from current
30 Day
$3,050
▼ 4.42% from current
90 Day
$3,300
▲ 3.41% from current

Detailed Reasoning

ETH is in a bullish trend structurally (price above EMA12/26/50/200 and MACD positive with a rising histogram), but conditions are stretched and favor profit-taking rather than initiating/holding aggressive longs. RSI at 80.83 signals an overbought market with elevated pullback risk. Price ($3191.05) is essentially tagging the Bollinger upper band ($3192.2) while bandwidth is tight (3.58%), a setup that often precedes mean reversion or a volatility expansion that can snap back toward the mid-band ($3135.98). Recent candles show a sharp impulse from ~3145 to ~3185, then choppy consolidation near highs; importantly, the latest hour’s volume is very low (0.36x average), suggesting weakening participation into resistance rather than strong breakout confirmation. With ATR ~$20.83, a normal retrace of 1–2 ATR could quickly test ~3150–3135. Recommendation: SELL/close longs here; ideal stop loss for the short is above the upper-band/nearby swing high at ~$3215 to avoid getting caught in a continuation squeeze.

Key Factors

1 RSI 80.83 and price riding the Bollinger upper band indicate overbought/exhaustion risk
2 Volume is weak (0.36x average) during the push into resistance, reducing breakout reliability
3 Tight Bollinger bandwidth + elevated momentum increases odds of a mean-reversion move toward the mid-band/EMAs

Risk Assessment

Moderate risk: trend is still bullish, so shorting carries squeeze risk if price breaks and holds above ~$3200. Key risks are a momentum continuation on renewed volume and a volatility expansion upward; use a tight stop above ~$3215.

Market Context

Short-term bullish structure (stacked EMAs, positive MACD) but late-stage extension into resistance with overbought momentum and fading volume—more consistent with a pullback/consolidation than fresh upside.

Technical Data

Current Price $3,191.05
24h Change 2.27%
Trend Bullish
RSI 80.83 Overbought
Exponential Moving Averages
EMA 12
3,157.41
ABOVE
EMA 26
3,140.46
ABOVE
EMA 50
3,129.58
ABOVE
EMA 200
3,119.37
ABOVE
Bollinger Bands
Upper: 3,192.20
Middle: 3,135.98
Lower: 3,079.77