XRP is still trading in a tight range around $1.40 after months of sideways action, but at least one chart analyst thinks that quiet could be the calm before a storm. Market commentator Javon Marks posted on X that XRP is sitting on a “critical retest” zone near $1.40 that, if it holds, could trigger a parabolic move. Marks points to a historical fractal: the price action from 2014–2018, when XRP carved out a long-running descending wedge/triangle, produced repeated surges and drawdowns, then ultimately retested the triangle’s upper trendline near $1.40 before launching into the 2017–18 rally that took XRP to its $3.84 peak. From that retest to the ATH, XRP gained roughly 174%. Marks argues the current cycle is echoing that setup. After breaking above the upper trendline in 2025 and running up to about $3.50, XRP reversed and has since retraced much of those gains. Now, per his chart work, the token is revisiting the broken trendline near $1.40. If it can hold and resume upward momentum, Marks says the technical pattern could precede a dramatic advance — potentially pushing XRP toward $15, a move he frames as a more-than-900% (roughly 10x) rally from the retest level. Important context: this is a technical, pattern-based forecast and not a certainty. Fractal similarities can play out differently depending on macro conditions, on-chain flows, legal or regulatory developments, and broader crypto market sentiment. As always, readers should treat such scenarios as speculative and do their own research before making investment decisions. Read more AI-generated news on: undefined/news