{"id":7064,"date":"2025-09-18T04:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/ethereum-price-recovery-strong-major-resistance-test-coming-next\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:11:08","slug":"ethereum-price-recovery-strong-major-resistance-test-coming-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/ethereum-price-recovery-strong-major-resistance-test-coming-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Price Recovery Strong \u2013 Major Resistance Test Coming Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ethereum price started a fresh increase above $4,520. ETH is now showing positive signs and might attempt to clear the $4,680 resistance.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ethereum is now recovering higher above the $4,550 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is trading above $4,580 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<\/li>\n<li>There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $4,550 on the hourly chart of ETH\/USD (data feed via Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could start a fresh increase if it settles above $4,640 and $4,700.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ethereum Price Eyes Steady Increase<\/h2>\n<p>Ethereum price extended losses below $4,550 before the bulls appeared, like Bitcoin. ETH price tested the $4,415 zone and recently started a recovery wave.<\/p>\n<p>The price climbed above the $4,500 and $4,520 resistance levels. The bulls pushed the price above the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $4,765 swing high to the $4,416 low. Besides, there was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $4,550 on the hourly chart of ETH\/USD.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum price is now trading above $4,580 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. On the upside, the price could face resistance near the $4,635 level or the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $4,765 swing high to the $4,416 low.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-823553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ethereum_742a05.png?resize=1024%2C493\" alt=\"Ethereum Price\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next key resistance is near the $4,680 level. The first major resistance is near the $4,720 level. A clear move above the $4,720 resistance might send the price toward the $4,750 resistance. An upside break above the $4,750 hurdle might call for more gains in the coming sessions. In the stated case, Ether could rise toward the $4,850 resistance zone or even $4,880 in the near term.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Drop In ETH?<\/h2>\n<p>If Ethereum fails to clear the $4,680 resistance, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $4,580 level. The first major support sits near the $4,535 zone.<\/p>\n<p>A clear move below the $4,535 support might push the price toward the $4,500 support. Any more losses might send the price toward the $4,420 region in the near term. The next key support sits at $4,350.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>The MACD for ETH\/USD is gaining momentum in the bullish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI<strong> &#8211; <\/strong>The RSI for ETH\/USD is now above the 50 zone.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Level \u2013 $4,535<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Level \u2013 $4,680<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum price started a fresh increase above $4,520. ETH is now showing positive signs and might attempt to clear the $4,680 resistance. Ethereum is now recovering higher above the $4,550 zone. The price is trading above $4,580 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[138,148,102,104,105],"class_list":["post-7064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eth","tag-eth","tag-ethbtc","tag-ethereum","tag-ethusd","tag-ethusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}