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ETH

SELL
Generated 18 days ago (January 13, 2026 at 09:20 PM)

Confidence Score

78.0%
High Confidence

Signal Analysis

Type: 🔴 Bearish
Action: SELL
Asset: ETH

🎯 Take Profit Target

Recommended Take Profit Price
$3,155
▼ 1.69% 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
$3,138
▼ 2.22% from current
30 Day
$3,050
▼ 4.97% from current
90 Day
$2,950
▼ 8.08% from current

Detailed Reasoning

ETH is extended and showing classic late-move risk. RSI(14) at 83.94 is deeply overbought, increasing probability of a pullback or sideways mean reversion. Price ($3209.35) is pressing the upper Bollinger Band ($3221.49) with relatively tight bandwidth (4.34%), often preceding a volatility expansion; given the overbought RSI, the expansion risk skews downward. Trend and momentum remain bullish (MACD line 23.55 > signal 15.17 with positive histogram 8.37; price above EMA12/26/50/200), but the move is losing participation: the latest hourly volume is 0.37x the 20-period average, suggesting weakening demand into resistance. Recent candles show a push to ~3218–3219 followed by inability to hold above 3215, hinting at near-term exhaustion. With ATR ~$23.5, a normal retrace could easily revisit the EMA cluster (3155–3139). Ideal stop loss for a short/exit is above the recent swing/BB top to avoid getting squeezed.

Key Factors

1 RSI(14) 83.94 + price riding the upper Bollinger Band signals overextension and mean-reversion risk
2 Volume ratio 0.37x indicates weak confirmation on the latest push into resistance
3 Momentum is still positive (bullish MACD, price above EMAs) but favors profit-taking rather than new longs

Risk Assessment

Moderate risk: trend is bullish so shorts/exits can be whipsawed; key risk is a breakout above 3221–3230 on renewed volume. Downside risk increases if price loses 3155–3139 (EMA26/EMA50 area), which could accelerate to 3085 (lower band).

Market Context

Bullish market structure with price above all major EMAs, but currently in an overbought, late-stage impulse near upper-band resistance with declining volume—conditions favor a pullback/consolidation.

Technical Data

Current Price $3,209.35
24h Change 3.72%
Trend Bullish
RSI 83.94 Overbought
Exponential Moving Averages
EMA 12
3,178.86
ABOVE
EMA 26
3,155.31
ABOVE
EMA 50
3,138.98
ABOVE
EMA 200
3,122.14
ABOVE
Bollinger Bands
Upper: 3,221.49
Middle: 3,153.07
Lower: 3,084.64