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XRP Price Forecast: Bears Have Increased Liquidity at $1.30, and $1.38 Remains the Only Remaining CRT Target
$XRP is trading at $1.3404 on 26 May, staying within the completed candle range after a rapid liquidity sweep below $1.30 on 23 May, while the 30-minute Supertrend remains red and Wednesday’s ledger update approaches, with validators already upgrading.
Daily $XRP Chart: CRT Sweep Completed, Target at $1.38
Daily $XRP price action (Source: TradingView).
Candle Range Theory reads price through engineered liquidity grabs. $XRP fell below the candle-range low near $1.30 on 23 May, triggering stop-losses, followed by an attempted reversal towards the opposite range extreme. That target is the candle-range high at $1.3819, which sits almost exactly at the 20 EMA.
The sweep is confirmed. What matters now is whether $XRP can reclaim the middle of the candle range and advance towards $1.3819 with volume. The SAR at $1.4047 sits above that level, making the recovery a two-step process. The 50 EMA at $1.3988, the 100 EMA at $1.4683 and the 200 EMA at $1.6718 complete any sustained upward move.
Key $XRP levels for 27 May:
Resistance: $1.3819 — candle-range high; $1.4047 — SAR; $1.4683 — 100 EMA.
Support: $1.3330 — retest within the low range; $1.30 — swept liquidity zone.
30-Minute $XRP Chart: Supertrend Still Red as Rising Support Becomes Less Visible
30-minute $XRP price action (Source: TradingView).
The 30-minute chart shows a series of lower highs from 21 May to today, while the rising dotted support line provides a maximum near the current price. The Supertrend is at $1.3482 above price, keeping short-term momentum bearish. The resistance zone from $1.38 to $1.39 has rejected every intraday rebound since 24 May.
MACD is below zero, with the MACD line at -0.0026 and the signal line at -0.0028. The histogram is flat, meaning downside momentum has been exhausted, but has not yet turned. A clean breakout above $1.3482 is the first signal bulls need for $1.38 to become realistic.
What Wednesday’s XRP Ledger Update Actually Changes
The fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment comes into force on Wednesday, cleaning up expired NFT offers that had remained in the ledger without being deleted. It also fixes a permissioned-domain bug where failed transactions still changed restricted settings, and corrects vault withdrawals that fully bypassed trust-line limits.
Credit accounting is also being fixed, as records became outdated when loan status changed. Node operators must upgrade before activation or they will be disconnected. Ordinary holders do not need to do anything.
$XRP Futures: Longs Take Losses While Shorts Remain Mostly Untouched
$XRP derivatives analysis (Source: CoinGlass).
Futures volume fell by 16.77% to $2.02 billion, while open interest dropped by 0.33% to $2.87 billion, indicating reduced positioning rather than new directional bets. The 24-hour long/short ratio stands at 0.9223, but the liquidation split shows the real picture.
Long positions absorbed $1.37 million in losses over 24 hours, compared with only $154.76K for shorts. Options open interest rose by 3.25% to $69.85 million, pointing to hedging activity rather than outright directional conviction.
$XRP Price Forecast for 27 May
Upside: reclaiming $1.3482 on the 30-minute Supertrend opens the way for a push towards the CRT target at $1.3819, where the 20 EMA is also located.
Downside: losing $1.3330 brings the liquidity zone around $1.30 back into focus, with no meaningful support between the current price and that level.
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