The XRP price has recovered significantly from its recent lows, but the broader weekly structure has not yet fully reversed. Traders are now watching whether the price can sustain its advance through the $1.53–$1.60 resistance zone and establish a higher high on the larger timeframe.
XRP Price Tests $1.53–$1.60 Resistance
XRP is once again trading near the resistance band between $1.53 and $1.60. Technical analyst DukesMarketAnalysis identified the area as an important hurdle, with the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement level at $1.532 adding another layer of resistance.
XRP is retesting the $1.53–$1.60 resistance zone, reinforced by the 0.382 Fibonacci level at $1.532. Source: DukesMarketAnalysis on TradingView
The zone has repeatedly attracted sellers during previous attempts to move higher. As a result, a sustained move above $1.60 would carry greater technical significance than a brief intraday move through the level.
The importance of $1.60 has also appeared in other XRP technical analyses. Earlier market analysis identified the $1.50–$1.60 region as a resistance area that the price needed to overcome before a broader trend change could be considered.
Weekly EMAs Turn Bullish
One of the more notable developments in the XRP chart is the bullish crossover between the 21-week and 8-week exponential moving averages.
DukesMarketAnalysis described the crossover as an improvement in XRP’s medium-term technical structure. Moving-average crossovers are commonly used to track changes in momentum, although they do not by themselves confirm that a longer-term trend has reversed.
XRP price chart. Source: Brave New Coin
The distinction remains important because XRP’s weekly chart still shows a pattern of lower highs and lower lows. According to the analyst, bulls would need to break the major previous highs before the primary bearish structure could be considered meaningfully challenged.
The recovery from the $0.986 low has also been accompanied by an increase in buying volume. The relative strength index, or RSI, has moved back above 50, suggesting that momentum has improved from the weaker conditions seen during the earlier decline.
However, momentum indicators are also showing signs of becoming stretched. The StochRSI has entered overbought territory while the price is testing resistance.
An overbought reading does not necessarily mean that a rally must end. It can instead indicate that the market has moved quickly and may require consolidation before attempting another advance. For XRP, that makes the reaction around $1.53–$1.60 particularly important.
XRP Bullish Flag Emerges Below Resistance
Another technical analysis highlighted a bullish flag forming on the daily XRPUSDT chart immediately below resistance.
The setup is notable because the price has repeatedly tested the same resistance area in recent periods, with previous attempts followed by sharp reversals. The developing flag suggests that price has been consolidating rather than immediately rejecting the resistance.
XRP has repeatedly faced choppy reversals at resistance, but a recent bullish flag below the zone could support a breakout and further upside. Source: Altsignals on TradingView
That analysis identified $1.5070 as the support level that needs to hold for the setup to remain intact. Its stated technical targets were $1.7683 and $2.1667.
XRP Sell Wall Near $1.52 Comes Under Pressure
Shorter-term order-book analysis has also shown a change around the $1.52 area.
Analyst CW8900 previously highlighted a sell wall near $1.52. A later update indicated that XRP had moved through that area and reached approximately $1.55. The same analysis showed fewer significant sell walls immediately above the market, while new buy walls were forming underneath.
XRP broke through the $1.52 sell wall on the 1H chart, advancing toward $1.55. Source: CW via X
Order-book liquidity can change quickly as traders add or cancel orders, so such levels are not permanent barriers. Still, the shift provides additional short-term context as the price approaches the broader $1.60 resistance.
The $1.50–$1.52 region has also been identified by other market analysts as an important resistance area. CW8900 describes the zone as a significant “sell wall,” while noting that $1.60 remained an important level for confirming a larger technical breakout.
XRP Price Prediction: Key Levels to Watch
If XRP clears $1.60 and holds the level as support, attention could shift toward $1.70.
DukesMarketAnalysis considers $1.70 the more important structural level for challenging the existing weekly trend. A move above that area would give the recovery a higher high on a larger timeframe and potentially strengthen the improving technical structure.
The separate bullish-flag analysis places its first projected target at $1.7683, which sits close to the $1.70–$1.80 region.
However, XRP would still need to demonstrate sustained buying interest rather than simply producing a short-lived breakout. The reaction after any move above $1.60 could therefore provide more information than the initial move itself.
The improving technical picture has a clear downside reference as well.
DukesMarketAnalysis identified the recent $1.246 swing low as an important level for maintaining the recovery structure. A break below that area would weaken the sequence of higher lows that has developed during the rebound and could return attention to lower support zones.
For shorter-term traders, the $1.5070 level identified in the bullish-flag setup provides another reference point. A sustained move below that level would weaken the specific flag formation, while $1.246 represents a much deeper structural threshold.
As of September 29, XRP was trading around the upper-$1.40s to mid-$1.50s, keeping the market close to the resistance zone discussed by the technical analysts. Recent daily data also shows the price reaching above $1.60 during September before retreating, illustrating the difficulty of sustaining moves through that area.
XRP Technical Outlook
XRP’s current chart presents a mix of improving medium-term signals and unresolved longer-term resistance.
The 8-week and 21-week EMA crossover, stronger buying volume, and RSI recovery above 50 point to improving momentum. The bullish flag identified on the daily chart provides another technical structure that traders are monitoring.
At the same time, XRP remains below the level required to clearly invalidate its broader sequence of lower highs and lower lows. The $1.53–$1.60 region therefore remains the immediate test, followed by $1.70 if buyers establish a sustained breakout.
On the downside, $1.5070 and $1.246 provide separate technical reference points. The reaction around these levels should help determine whether the recent recovery develops into a broader trend change or remains a rebound within the existing structure.
