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Ethereum Price Analysis: After 20% Weekly Surge, Can ETH Target ATH?

Yaz Sheikh Mar 8, 2021 13:18
Etheruem is up by a solid 3% today as it meets resistance at $1755, provided by a bearish .618 Fib. Against Bitcoin, Ethereum seems to be reversing the downtrend seen in February as it climbs back above the 100-days EMA today.

ETH/USD – Bulls Meet Resistance At Bearish .618 Fib

Key Support Levels: $1680, $1620, $1500.
Key Resistance Levels: $1755, $1800, $1875.

Ethereum is now up by a total of 21.6% over the past week as it hit the resistance at $1755 today (bearish .618 Fib). The coin had started heading lower toward the end of February until it found support at $1425 (previous ATH).

It rebounded from there and it pushed higher into resistance at $1580 (bearish .382 Fib Retracement). It struggled at this level during the entire last week until the end of it when it managed to start climbing and reached $1755 today.

ETH/USD Daily Chart. Source: TradingView

ETH-USD Short Term Price Prediction

Looking ahead, the first level of resistance lies at $1755 (bearish .618 Fib). This is followed by $1800, $1875 (1.414 Fib Extension – yellow), $1960 (1.272 Fib Extension blue), and $2000.

On the other side, the first support lies at $1680. This is followed by $1620 (20-days EMA), $1500, and $1465 (.382 Fib).

The daily RSI is now above the midline as the buyers take control of the market momentum moving forward.

ETH/BTC – Bulls Climb Above 100-days EMA.

Key Support Levels: 0.0337 BTC, 0.032 BTC, 0.031 BTC.
Key Resistance Levels: 0.035 BTC, 0.0361 BTC, 0.038 BTC.

Against Bitcoin, Ethereum seems to be reversing the downtrend that it saw during February 2021. It had dropped from above 0.046 BTC to reach as low as 0.03 BTC by the end of the month.

Over the weekend, ETH managed to break above the December 2020 highs at 0.0318 BTC as it pushed higher into the Nov 2020 highs at 0.0337 BTC. Today, the buyers continued above this as they broke beyond the 100-days EMA to reach 0.0341 BTC.

ETH/BTC Daily Chart. Source: TradingView

ETH-BTC Short Term Price Prediction

Looking ahead, the first resistance lies at 0.035 BTC. This is followed by 0.0361 BTC (March 2019 Highs), 0.038 BTC (bearish .5 Fib Retracement), 0.0396 BTC (Feb 2019 Highs), and 0.0405 BTC (2020 Highs).

On the other side, the first support lies at 0.0337 BTC (100-days EMA & Nov 2020 Highs). This is followed by support at 0.032 BTC (200-days EMA), 0.0318 BTC (December 2020 Highs), 0.031 BTC, and 0.03 BTC.

Likewise, the RSI has pushed above the 50 level, indicating that the bulls are now in charge of the market momentum.

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Yaz Sheikh

Yaz is a cryptocurrency technical analyst with over seven years of technical analysis trading experience. As an Economics graduate, he has taken a keen interest in the future potentials of blockchain in the financial industry. Removing crypto from the equation, Yaz loves to watch his favorite football team and keep up-to-date with the latest fights within the UFC.