Following a roughly 30% rally that began because the cryptocurrency hit lows close to $1,500, Ethereum ($ETH) is now threatening a bearish reversal based mostly on a well-regarded technical indicator.
Particularly, the highest on-chain analyst on X, Ali Martinez, warned early on July 31 that TD Sequential flashed a promote sign as $ETH hit ranges near $1,980. Notably, the identical indicator preceded the Ethereum rally that took the token from roughly $1,500 to the highs slightly below $2,000.
The TD Sequential known as the Ethereum rally.
It flashed a purchase sign close to $1,500, simply earlier than a 31.5% transfer larger.
Now, with $ETH buying and selling round $1,980, the indicator has flipped to a promote sign. It might be time to lock in some earnings. pic.twitter.com/TLcLToGrtS
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) July 31, 2026
Whereas Martinez kept away from offering a brand new worth goal for the cryptocurrency, the digital asset is – at its press-time worth of $1,881.41 – already under its current nearest assist zone at $1,897.27 and is threatening to breach $1,875.28.
As of July 31, it seems seemingly that the $ETH worth drop will both halt or pause on the third stage at $1,857.75.
TD Sequential is a technical evaluation (TA) instrument that makes use of an asset’s efficiency over time to find out whether or not the prevailing development will persist or if a reversal is so as. It was first described by the well-known analyst Tom DeMark in his 1994 ebook ‘The New Science of Technical Evaluation.’
Ethereum ($ETH) worth chart
In the meantime, regardless of 2026 typically seeing most cryptocurrencies on a downtrend, Ethereum has, arguably, been one of many worst-performing main digital property. Certainly, after briefly hovering towards $3,400 in January, $ETH has spent many of the subsequent months declining and is, total, 36.59% within the crimson year-to-date (YTD).
Lengthy-term charts solely paint the token as extra distressed. The final 12 months noticed Ethereum successfully halve in worth, and $ETH is down 23.32% within the final 5 years.
For comparability, Bitcoin ($BTC) is down 27% YTD, fell 46.20% within the earlier 52 weeks, however rose 53% since mid-2021.
Why Ethereum would possibly soar in August regardless of the promote sign
Elsewhere, the CLARITY Act vote – anticipated on August 3 – is more likely to have an outsized impression on the digital asset’s efficiency, probably even invalidating indices derived from technical evaluation.
Particularly, most actors throughout the cryptocurrency sector have been calling for Congress to offer a framework that will result in regulatory certainty and facilitate wider, safer adoption by buyers.
The anticipated vote – regardless of its outcomes remaining unsure – has already enabled a number of main cryptocurrencies to rally within the final 30 days and led some analysts to forecast $BTC hovering above $600,000 within the subsequent two years ought to it cross.
Nonetheless, it’s value remembering that the outcomes of the August 3 session stay unpredictable, and historical past has proven that the CLARITY Act would possibly show controversial in the long term.
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