XRP on the 4H timeframe is currently trading around 1.4588 after a clean bounce off the rising trendline from the April lows that sparked a strong rally breaking above the key horizontal resistance zone near 1.4600–1.4700 that had capped price multiple times throughout April.
The trendline was tested near 1.3500 in late April and held, producing an immediate and aggressive recovery. Price has since broken through every prior resistance level and is now trading at the highest point on this chart.
Key Levels To Watch 1.5000 → Spike high, key resistance above 1.4600–1.4700 → Broken resistance, now key support to hold 1.4400–1.4450 → Current pullback zone, prior reaction area 1.4000–1.4100 → Mid-range support below 1.3800–1.3900 → Rising trendline support (dynamic, climbing) Below 1.2810 → Full structure breakdown
The breakout above 1.4600–1.4700 was the key development. Price spiked to 1.5000 before pulling back to retest the breakout zone, which is now the level to watch for support.
A hold above 1.4600 on this pullback would confirm the breakout as legitimate and set up a continuation toward 1.5000 and beyond. A break back below 1.4400 and loss of the breakout zone shifts focus back to the rising trendline near 1.3800–1.3900 as the next major support.
This is a breakout retest setup.
Hold 1.4600 → breakout confirmed, eyes on 1.5000+. Lose 1.4400 → retest fails, back toward trendline at 1.3800–1.3900.
Structure bullish above rising trendline. Bias shifts only on loss of breakout zone and trendline breakdown.
Doge is in falling wedge on the day timeframe and the cmf isnt showing anything yet divergence wise it’s a bit flat. RSI is overbought and needs time to cool off before making its next leg up but it’s possible to stay overbought for long periods it may just keep going. When resistance is broken it should be targeting .48 and I’m sure will go much higher after that. Keep an eye on the resistance level and confirmation of breaking it for entry. Side note it’s also going to be forming a nice double bottom as well but I’d go with the falling wedge for target price.
1INCH Macro Reversal Signal and the New Growth Roadmap🔥💫🎯
1INCH is outlining a highly impressive technical scenario within the 2026 market dynamics. As I emphasized in last week's analysis, the price compression at the decisive boundary was a clear precursor to an upcoming surge. Currently, the asset has officially escaped the grip of the long-term descending triangle pattern while recording a decisive climb above the 100-period moving average (MA100) — a vital gauge for determining medium-term trend strength.
Looking at the chart, holding firm above the MA100 "ceiling" is not just a typical technical bounce; it is a firm confirmation of the bulls' resurgence. With an 8% gain over the last seven days, growth momentum is in its most expansive phase. For investors who established Long positions following the previous recommendation, iron discipline now means holding firm to optimize profits. If you are still on the sidelines, the current price zone is still considered a potential entry area as the old technical barrier has transformed into a solid foundation. The expected profit target is directed straight toward the apex of the triangle structure, offering an incredibly attractive Risk-to-Reward (RR) ratio. Be patient, stick to the roadmap, and practice decisive capital management as macro hurdles begin to vanish completely.
AVAX: The Art of Patience at the Triangle Boundary🚀🚀🚀
#AVAX is approaching a technical "boiling point" that could completely redefine its mid-term trend in 2026. Although the current triangle pattern formed after a decisive macro downtrend—where sellers typically maintain dominance—internal signals are telling a different story. Demand is quietly being reinforced through a higher-low structure, tightly compressing the price right against the decisive boundary.
This potential breakout is backed by three pivotal factors. The decisive price close above the $10 psychological threshold has completely neutralized selling pressure at the round number. Furthermore, the solid presence above the 100-period moving average (MA100) for the past three weeks indicates that this technical barrier has transformed into a "steel foundation." Instead of risking a trend-following short, the most disciplined scenario is to patiently wait for a breakout above the 10.7 USD resistance. This will act as the "trigger" for a powerful reversal, allowing for a Long position with an extremely tight stop-loss just below the broken boundary. Patience at technical pivot points remains the ultimate key to decisively protecting capital as bullish momentum finally explodes.
Beware the Liquidity Trap! ⚠️ Bitcoin’s weekly timeframe is playing out exactly as we anticipated, hitting the $85,000 resistance zone. However, this rally is showing significant signs of exhaustion. 📍 Why the Bearish Outlook? The current price action is carving out a classic Bear Flag / Rising Wedge pattern. Historically, the market creates "fake-out" rallies to trap retail traders before the real distributive move begins. We’ve seen this play before: excitement builds, FOMO kicks in, and liquidity is grabbed right at the top. 📉 The Roadmap: 1. Bullish Confirmation: We need a clean breakout and a weekly close above $85k to invalidate the bear case. 2. The Correction Path: If $85k holds as resistance, the road leads down to fill liquidity gaps in the $44k–$50k zone. 3. The Extreme Scenario: In a high-fear environment, a sweep of the $30k–$32k level (the potential bear market bottom) remains a technical possibility. Bottom Line: Don't let green candles blind you. Until we get a confirmed trend shift on the weekly close, "Cash is King." The market always offers a second chance, but it rarely refunds lost capital. 🛡️
Worldcoin (WLD) trades close to its all-time low —Buy or ignore?🔥💫🎯
Worldcoin (WLD) is still crashing. The lowest close happened on the last week of April, the week before last.
WLDUSDT Weekly. Here we have a very strong downtrend that started March 2024, more than two years long.
Not many encouraging signals. The weekly STOCH has bullish potential and a long-term bullish divergence with the MACD supports a trend reversal; other than that, not much. This is a perfect chart setup.
It is true that there are not many supporting signals but we are a looking at a bottomed out project.
Remember the linear scale. This chart looks much more different with the linear scale vs the logarithmic one that I am using here to be able to see the highs and lows and the candles.
Marketwide action
We never consider a project in isolation. It can be done, but the accuracy and effectiveness of the analysis can suffer.
Consider Bitcoin already trading above $80,000, which is above its April and November 2025 lows, we know something is up. Many altcoins are now looking great some even showing very strong bullish momentum.
If WLDUSDT were to move above its April 2025 low, it would be worth thrice as much compared to its current price. So we anticipate a reversal before it happens.
Risk becomes very low, it can be limited to 10%, 20% or whatever you want. Growth potential is huge, the upside has no limit.
After a more than two years long downtrend, we can expect a prolonged period of growth when the market turns.
With this analysis in mind, it can be very easy to accumulate this project on this type of chart focusing on the long-term. I am talking spot trading of course.
Sell when prices are high; buy when prices are low. Worldcoin is trading very close to its all-time low, the lowest since its creation. A great buy opportunity if (when) the market turns. And it will turn...
, I have been silent waiting for this to grind up and set the board, and the mechanical stress on the grid is reaching critical mass. We are looking at a market where emotion is actively being engineered to trap the unwary. Let us strip away the retail noise and examine the structural reality of the current tape.
We are currently pinned near $81,613, operating directly underneath the Daily 200 EMA, which is projecting a fortified dynamic resistance at exactly $82,000. Any push into that boundary is not a breakout—it is a kill box. The floor remains highly fragile, with the true macro trapdoor waiting at the 0.618 Fibonacci Golden Pocket, anchored deep in the $74,800 to $75,500 zone.
Looking at the engine room, the Coinbase Premium is confirming our worst suspicions. The 4-hour heartbeat has violently plunged to -18.45, dragging the macro 24-period SMA into the abyss at -8.34. The institutional firewall is officially gone. The dark pools are aggressively distributing their inventory. Because the premium is this deeply negative, any upward price action toward $82,000 is an engineered fake pump designed to draw in exit liquidity.
And retail is actively providing the fuel. Total Open Interest remains stubbornly elevated, and the Bitfinex Whale Longs are dangerously stacked with nearly 79,600 BTC in open interest. We have a textbook bearish divergence: the price is struggling to break macro resistance, the institutional premium is collapsing, yet the herd remains over-leveraged to the upside. The explosive material is fully loaded for a downward cascade. Those aged longs will act as a concentrated pool of sell-side liquidity when the algorithms decide to trigger their trailing stops.
Psychologically, the system is primed for an execution. The Deribit DVOL is sitting at a heavily complacent 38.8. The herd is completely asleep, mistaking localized altcoin rotations for a macro expansion. However, our God Mode indicator is flashing the truth—Tether Dominance (USDT.D) remains elevated above the macro threshold at 7.04%. The smart money is quietly preserving capital and hiding in cash. Risk is fundamentally off.
THE PHANTOM VERDICT
The mandate is to extract yield mechanically. We sell when they hope, and we buy when they bleed.
The tactical protocol is to stalk the $81,800 to $82,000 Daily EMA kill box with sniper limit short orders to catch the synthetic bounce. Protect those entries with strict trailing stops just above the $82,100 structure.
Do not provide exit liquidity for institutional distribution. We wait for the algorithms to run the stops, flush those stubborn whale longs, and spike the DVOL out of this complacency. Hold your cash reserves with absolute discipline until capitulation prints. We will step in to execute macro long positions only when the herd bleeds out into our 0.618 Fibonacci trapdoor.
Entry point: yellow Stop loss: red Take profit: green
👉Leverage x 5-10-20 for crypto 👉Leverage x 20-50-100 for commodities, stocks, indices, and forex 👉Margin 1-5% max. Always practice risk and money management. Invest a maximum of 5% on any trade or across all your trades. Invest only what you can afford to lose, as no one is in control of the market.
👉Our analyses are primarily based on: breakouts: two trend lines (ascending and descending) and a line indicating a horizontal breakout. chart patterns: shoulders and head, triangle parttern, elliott impulse, etc etc. We don't always have the time to track them at all times or to represent them visibly, given the numerous signals, the number of channels to manage, and especially because of the often rapid pace of market movements. indicators: We associate at least two indicators with this technique.
👉Depending on the circumstances, we use specific indicators, often setting 3 or more take profit levels.
👉Indeed, there are good days in trading and also bad days. No one can promise to win every trade, and like all traders worldwide, we also experience stop-loss orders. However, we win more than we lose and remain positive.
👉You can close the position before or after the take profit orders indicated by the green lines if you are personally satisfied; the same applies to stop loss orders.
👉We must stay positive, clear-headed, and humble. we cannot provide all instructions or all trades here on this channel.
SOLUSD Facing Major Channel Resistance_Pullback Possible🎯🚀🧐
SOLUSD continues to trade inside a strong ascending channel, respecting both the upper and lower trendlines with multiple clean reactions. The chart clearly shows how price has repeatedly bounced from channel support and faced rejection near the upper resistance zone, confirming the strength of this structure.
Recently, buyers pushed the market aggressively toward the top of the channel after a strong bullish expansion from the lower trendline support. However, price is now entering a critical resistance area where previous selling pressure appeared. The latest candles near the upper boundary suggest that bullish momentum may begin slowing down as the market approaches overextended levels inside the channel.
If sellers defend this resistance successfully, SOLUSD could enter a corrective phase targeting the first downside zone around 92.81. A deeper pullback may extend toward the lower target near 88.26, which aligns closely with the channel support and could act as a strong reaction area for buyers again.
From a technical perspective, the market structure still remains bullish overall because price continues forming higher highs and higher lows inside the channel. However, short-term traders may look for bearish confirmations such as rejection candles, lower highs, or momentum weakness before expecting a retracement move.
A strong breakout and close above the upper channel resistance would invalidate the bearish pullback scenario and could open the door for another bullish continuation leg.
Entry point: yellow Stop loss: red Take profit: green
👉Leverage x 5-10-20 for crypto 👉Leverage x 20-50-100 for commodities, stocks, indices, and forex 👉Margin 1-5% max. Always practice risk and money management. Invest a maximum of 5% on any trade or across all your trades. Invest only what you can afford to lose, as no one is in control of the market.
👉Our analyses are primarily based on: breakouts: two trend lines (ascending and descending) and a line indicating a horizontal breakout. chart patterns: shoulders and head, triangle parttern, elliott impulse, etc etc. We don't always have the time to track them at all times or to represent them visibly, given the numerous signals, the number of channels to manage, and especially because of the often rapid pace of market movements. indicators: We associate at least two indicators with this technique.
👉Depending on the circumstances, we use specific indicators, often setting 3 or more take profit levels.
👉Indeed, there are good days in trading and also bad days. No one can promise to win every trade, and like all traders worldwide, we also experience stop-loss orders. However, we win more than we lose and remain positive.
👉You can close the position before or after the take profit orders indicated by the green lines if you are personally satisfied; the same applies to stop loss orders.
👉We must stay positive, clear-headed, and humble. we cannot provide all instructions or all trades here on this channel.
It was a very good week for BTC, as the coin finally managed to break the $80K level and reach the highest weekly level at $82,3K. It showed that broader sentiment toward Bitcoin remained relatively constructive. Investors continue viewing the cryptocurrency as benefiting from long-term institutional demand and improving market participation, although geopolitical risks and inflation fears are likely to keep volatility elevated in the near term. Regardless of relatively small moves, it should be considered that BTC is on its sixth consecutive winning week. BTC started the previous week at $78K. The highest weekly level was $82,3K, but closing is around $80K. The RSI modestly touched the overbought market side, but continued to move at higher levels, around 64. It doesn't seem that investors are looking at short term reversal. The MA50 is moving closer to MA200 from the downside. In case of a cross it will mark the so-called “golden cross” in technical analysis and final change of a trend. Slowly and gradually BTC was building higher grounds for the past six weeks. The level of $80K has been clearly tested, while BTC showed a potential for further move to the upside. The level of $83K stands as next short term resistance, however the more important level is the $85K. This might easily be the next target of BTC in the coming period. Some short reversals are quite possible on this road, in which sense, the $78K might be shortly tested again.
- Price spiked to $645 → swept buyside liquidity - Hard rejection from the -OB (Bearish Order Block) at $600–$619 - MSS (Market Structure Shift) confirmed bearish on 30m - Now trading below key structure (purple level ~$596)
Classic ICT liquidity grab + MSS combo. Smart money swept the highs, flipped structure, and is now delivering price lower.
XRPUSD is beginning to show improving internal structure on the daily timeframe as momentum indicators continue to strengthen beneath the surface.
Price is attempting to stabilize after an extended compression phase, while RSI continues holding firmly near 66 — signaling sustained participation and constructive momentum rather than immediate exhaustion.
ROC is also turning higher, adding confirmation that momentum expansion may be starting to build alongside the recent price stabilization.
The recent structure is notable because momentum strength is beginning to improve while price remains relatively compressed compared to prior expansion phases. This is the type of environment where participation and trend strength often become important to monitor closely.
From a structure perspective, continuation of RSI strength alongside expanding ROC could indicate improving conditions if price can continue building acceptance above nearby resistance zones.
For now, the focus remains on: • Momentum continuation • Whether price can maintain constructive positioning • Expansion in participation alongside structure improvement
⭐ Final Clarity Note ⭐ This is not a prediction — only an observation of developing structure, momentum behavior, and participation dynamics currently appearing on the daily timeframe. Confirmation always matters more than anticipation.
AAVE At Major Breakout Point - Weekly Triangle Setup With Massiv🔥🔥
🚀 AAVE is starting to look very interesting here. We’re currently trading inside what could develop into a large triangle structure on the weekly timeframe, while momentum is clearly rotating back into altcoins — something we’ve already seen strong signs of over the past week.
Weekly Stochastic is deeply oversold and beginning to curl back to the upside 👀 Historically, this is often where larger reversal moves start to build.
Price is reacting well from the buy zone and continues to respect the rising support trendline. Right now, AAVE is sitting at a key breakout point from the downtrend line reaching back to August 2025, and this is where things can move fast if buyers step in with volume.
A potential entry around the $95 area with a stop loss below $85 offers a very attractive swing risk/reward setup here.
If bulls manage to push through resistance and confirm a clean breakout from the triangle, this could turn into an explosive move.
📈 First target sits around the $200 area. 📈 Over the longer term, a bigger swing move could send AAVE all the way toward the upper trendline around $325.
As long as structure and higher lows remain intact, this setup looks very constructive. Now it’s all about following the momentum and watching for volume confirmation on the breakout.
DOGE is no longer negotiating for lower value❤️🔥❤️🔥💫💫
DOGE/USDT is no longer behaving like a market in active HTF markdown. The February displacement beneath the primary value shelf failed to achieve sustained downside acceptance, and that failure materially changed the structure. Instead of continuation lower, downside momentum decayed, participation stabilized, and price began reclaiming prior value. What followed was not a simple retail “W-bottom,” but a broader inventory absorption sequence inside HTF compression.
The double-bottom structure is valid because both lows formed within the same demand region while the second test produced materially weaker downside efficiency. Sellers failed to extend lower, candle spread compressed, and each reclaim attempt became progressively more efficient. Internally, the market transitioned from terminal displacement → failed continuation → reclaim into value → higher low development → compression → local breakout attempt. That sequencing is constructive and consistent with a market transitioning from exhaustion into repair.
The most important development is that DOGE is now attempting to hold above the prior value shelf rather than merely reacting from it. That suggests the market is testing migration into higher value acceptance. However, this is still early-stage structural repair, not confirmed HTF bullish continuation. Broad participation expansion, aggressive sponsorship, and reclaim of major trend-control highs are still missing.
As long as price continues holding above the reclaimed shelf and preserves the higher-low structure, the accumulation thesis remains structurally valid. Failure would come from rejection back beneath value and loss of acceptance inside the current breakout region. At present, DOGE trades less like a continuation asset and more like a market attempting to transition from prolonged distribution into sponsored recovery.
1000SATS Downtrend vs Uptrend —The Bull Market Can Last Years🔥🎯🚀
This project started trading on Binance in December 2023, 2.5 years ago. Not ever did 1000SATSUSDT closed five consecutive weeks green during the downtrend. This event happened just now, last week, and this signals a change of trend.
1000SATSUSDT is about to close six consecutive weeks green for the first time ever on extremely high volume. The second highest volume week appeared last month.
Here comes the downtrend vs an uptrend.
You can see this chart with the linear scale and gain the perspective I just shared with you on the Sleepless AI (AIUSDT) publication. It shows a bottomed out project. It shows a transition period. It shows the start of a new market cycle.
This is all I wanted to show. The market can go down for years, 2.5 years in this case; the market can grow for years to come; 2 years, 3 years or more. Prepare for long-term growth.
TRX on the 8H timeframe is currently trading around 0.3508 after a powerful rally that broke through every prior resistance level and pushed price to new highs on this chart, clearing the previous peak near 0.3360 with conviction.
The rising trendline from the late March lows has been the backbone of this entire structure, holding as support on every pullback throughout April and into May. Price is now well above the trendline as the breakout continues to push higher.
The move from the trendline low near 0.3113 to the current high near 0.3520+ has been largely one-directional with only one significant pullback that found support directly on the trendline near 0.3210–0.3220.
Key Levels To Watch 0.3520+ → New high, no visible resistance above on this chart 0.3500 → Psychological level, current area 0.3420–0.3460 → Prior resistance zone, now potential support 0.3340–0.3360 → Prior swing high, now key support below 0.3240–0.3270 → Rising trendline support (dynamic, climbing) Below 0.3113 → Full structure breakdown
The structure is fully bullish. The rising trendline has survived every test and the breakout above 0.3360 prior highs confirms momentum is firmly to the upside.
Key support to watch on any pullback is the 0.3420–0.3460 zone, which was prior resistance and has now flipped. The rising trendline near 0.3240–0.3270 remains the macro floor for this move.
As long as price holds above 0.3360, the bullish structure remains intact.
Pullback to 0.3420–0.3460 → first key support, potential continuation zone. Loss of 0.3360 → deeper pullback toward rising trendline at 0.3240–0.3270.
Structure fully bullish above rising trendline. No resistance above current highs on this chart.
Left panel is ETH during the COVID recovery on the 3H Binance chart. Right panel is ETH now on the 1D Bybit perpetual. The fib retracement levels sit at the same depths. The VRVP retest landed at the same 0.295 zone. The ascending channel is building off the low at the same angle.
Fractal context: In 2020, ETH bottomed at the 0.118 extension, retested the VRVP cluster near the 0.295 level, and then compressed into a rising channel before the markup phase began. The setup looked uncertain the entire time it was building. It only became obvious in hindsight.
Current structure: ETH 2026 has traced the same sequence. Capitulation low in April. VRVP retest at 2070 near the 0.295 level. Price now compressing inside an ascending channel between 2070 support and 2460 liquidity above. The 0.382 at 2145 held as the channel base. Current price 2329 is sitting above the retest zone.
CAP Framework read:
Gate 1: Regime is constructive above the ascending channel base. Fractal alignment with 2020 recovery adds confluence to the bullish structure thesis. Gate 2: BOS confirmed off the April low. Channel structure intact as long as 2070 holds. Gate 3: OTE long zone sits between 2070 and 2145 on any retest. Gate 4: CVD confirmation required on any retest entry. Weak delta on a price touch is a no-entry. Gate 5: Setup grades higher on a clean VRVP retest with positive delta confirmation.
IF the channel base near 2070 holds on any retest with CVD turning positive, THEN the fractal continuation toward 2460 liquidity is the primary scenario.
IF 2070 breaks on a daily close, THEN the fractal analogy is invalidated and the setup requires a full reassessment.
The structure doesn't care what year it is. It only cares whether the levels hold.
Solana Surprise · The 2nd Best Week Since Sept 2025🧐🧐🧐
Solana is now at the highest since mid-March, the second highest since the crash. It is as if the market is doing stealth growth, you know, not to wake up the bears. Not because bears are dangerous since we are not talking about real bears just symbology, but because they are all about to get slaughtered. It is about to happen and nothing can be done.
SOLUSDT on the weekly timeframe. That's the chart that is in company of this article, post or publication.
The previous high is still $97. The April 2025 low, which is now working as resistance, is $95. The 0.148 Fib extension sits at $95 and immediately you can see why the market is taking so long to move higher.
Once SOLUSDT moves above this cluster of resistance, this barrier, it is never going back down. This last part is not entirely based on technical analysis but more my belief based on everything I've been seeing for years.
The late 2022 bottom, Solana never went back right?
And I see so much potential, so much happening, so much adoption, acceptance and simply, evolution. What I am seeing now happening with Crypto I've seen it in the past but for other sectors or markets. That is, the world working to integrate new concepts, technologies and systems into our world society. Isn't this awesome?
It is happening make no mistake. Hate it or love it, it is what it is.
At first, I remember being in favor of or against things, when I was younger. Soon enough I learned and realized that things are always changing, and to be able to enjoy life it is better to adapt rather to remain stuck in the past. Also to accept the fact that others have different perspective that will never change and we have to learn to live with these differences.
So, Solana is facing this last barrier but at the same it isn't being challenged; consolidation is happening right below the resistance zone mentioned above. The same signal we saw with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitcoin already resolved bullish and Ether is moving ahead.
If you didn't read those; when the action happens right below resistance with little to no retrace, it is a signal of strength. The bulls are preparing to break through with force—buyers.
Let's continue. This week is the second best week since the previous bullish move, April-September 2025. After September 2025, the best week happened early March and again now. That's a long time without seeing the light of green.
The bullish move is basically guaranteed, confirmed to be more conservative. The targets above the immediate resistance zone, we already discussed many times... $120, $140-$150. Then the one on the chart and so on.
Whatever happens, expect long-term growth. This is the main point.
I appreciate you. I appreciate your time and your energy. I truly appreciate the continued support.
I hope you enjoy the content and I'll see you on the next chart/trade.
Stellar (XLM) Will Try To Catch Up To Bitcoin —ATH Challenge🎯📈
A big rise leads to a big drop. A small rise is followed by a small drop. Stellar (XLMUSDT) failed to break its 2021 all-time high. There is no need for a prolonged, extreme bear market on this project.
Just very recently I received very strong pushback for expounding this theory, which is now accepted by the majority of the market. Everybody is coming to agree that the bottom is in, it happened 6-February 2026 or close to that date.
Stellar—XLMUSDT
The 2022 bear market bottom fails to reach the March 2020 support, the start of the previous bull market.
The 2026 bear market bottom failed to reach the December 2022 support, the end of previous bear market.
With each passing cycle the floor becomes higher and this is what reveals a new, young and growing market.
The smaller projects can produce very wild swings but not so with the bigger projects. Here we can see some signs of stability, this chart is very similar to XRP.
The lack of a new all-time high shows that once support is found, as it happened already, the market can reverse to challenge the last major resistance zone.
Here support was found in the same range that worked as resistance for years after the 2022 bear market. Resistance turned support. This support zone is so strong that it is very unlikely to break. In fact, XLMUSDT is not even challenging it. It was hit once on a wick in February then the market turned sideways. No significant volume on the drop and bears are not trying to push prices lower. Smart traders are likely accumulating in anticipation of change.
Resistance, on the way up, will be found first close to the highs from 2024 then 2021. It can take a while for this resistance to break. It is a long-term process so we will need patience.
Just as we see consolidation at support and below local resistance after a drop or any type of growth, there can be a large pause once long-term resistance is activated as the previous all-time highs.
This pause can be a long retrace, a correction or sideways... If buyers fail to break resistance, the market moves lower to remove weak hands and to develop strength. Once enough strength is accumulated, then resistance is challenged again. This process gets repeated until it breaks.
If a second attempt at resistance produces a lower high, then we know support will be challenged. If resistance gets challenged over and over, as it is happening with Bitcoin for example, we know it will break.
Seeing Bitcoin and the other projects moving higher, it is easy to predict XLM will follow, they move together when it comes to the bigger picture.