Ethereum Price Lost 20% Weekly, What’s The Key Support Now?

The Ethereum price is experiencing a difficult time recently, with the altcoin suffering heavy losses in the last week. Broader market weakness could be blamed for the coin’s current price momentum. Bitcoin traded around $21,000 when we wrote this article, after it had fallen on its chart.

Other altcoin also depreciated following BTC’s price action. Ethereum’s price dropped by 4.4% in the past 24 hours. After the cryptocurrency lost $2,000, it has maintained a downward trend. As sellers took over Ethereum at the time this article was written, it also had a bearish technical outlook.

Ethereum could lose support if selling momentum gains control. Ethereum may even fall significantly. The coin also formed a descending line which has intersected  with the tough resistance  mark of ETH.

Ethereum might trade below the $1,300 support threshold if it can maintain its current support levels. Today, the global cryptocurrency market is worth $1.05 Trillion. 2.1%Negative change over the past 24hrs

Ethereum Price Analysis: A Day Chart

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Ethereum traded at $1,567 per day on the TradingView chart. Source: EthereumUSD.com| Source: ETHUSD on TradingView

The price of ETH at the time we wrote this was $1,567. Since the currency fell below the $2,000 mark, ETH has experienced a continuous fall. Ethereum currently faces $1700 as the hard resistance. Any move beyond that level will see Ethereum reach $1900. The future of Ethereum’s support levels is yet to be determined.

At present, the price of the coin was very close at $1,500. This is the immediate support level. Also, the trendline in the downward direction was crossing $1,700 price ceiling, which makes this an important price ceiling. Increased trading volume of ETH indicates that there was more selling momentum.

Technical Analysis

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Ethereum saw increased selling pressure in the one-day chart. Source: TradingView.| Source: ETHUSD on TradingView

ETH’s current price movement depicted an increase in selling pressure on its chart. Relative Strength Index was lower than the half-line because it indicated that sellers were outselling buyers as of press time.

This is due to bearish coin price action. The Ethereum price fell below the 20 SMA. A reading higher than that indicated that the sellers had driven the market’s price momentum.

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Source: EthereumUSD on TradingView| Source: ETHUSD on TradingView

ETH’s downward movement on its chart has made buyers lose confidence in the asset. The price momentum and the chance for a shift in momentum are indicated by Moving Average Convergence divergence. MACD went through bearish crossover, and the histograms were painted red. These are signals that indicate sell.

Bollinger Bands depict price volatility as well as price fluctuations. These bands were sufficiently large and parallel to indicate that Ethereum’s price could hover around the current level during immediate trading sessions.

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