Ethereum Price Rebound Pauses at $1,950, Traders Eye Next Move
ethereum's rebound paused near the $1, 950 level after a low formed at $1, 793, leaving traders focused on a cluster of nearby resistances and supports that will dictate the next directional move.
Ethereum faces resistance at $1, 950
After failing to hold above $1, 880, Ether began a fresh decline that pushed prices below $1, 850 and $1, 820 before the bulls emerged near $1, 800 and produced a low at $1, 793. The subsequent minor recovery cleared the $1, 900 mark and the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the move from the $1, 995 swing high to the $1, 793 low, but upside momentum has run into resistance. Immediate resistance sits near $1, 925, a bearish hourly trend line intersects around $1, 935, and the first key ceiling is named at $1, 950, the 76. 4% Fib retracement of that same swing. A clear move above $1, 965 would open a path toward $2, 020, with further tops cited at $2, 120 and $2, 150; failure at $1, 950 could trigger another decline.
Technical picture: moving averages, MACD and RSI
Price action is trading above the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average, and the hourly MACD is gaining momentum in the bullish zone while the hourly RSI sits above the 50 level. Those indicators underpin the recent bounce but leave ethereum vulnerable to the nearby support cluster: initial support is near $1, 900, the first major support near $1, 870, and a clear break below $1, 870 could push prices toward $1, 845 and then back toward the $1, 800 region, with $1, 780 cited as primary downside support.
Network resilience and downside scenarios
Beyond chart levels, commentary on network fundamentals highlights the scale of on-chain commitments: the ecosystem counts over 1. 1 million active validators and more than 34 million ETH staked, a stake that represents roughly 28% of total supply. Those figures are used to argue that a collapse to zero would require an unprecedented unwind of validators and thousands of decentralized applications. At the same time, one analysis places trading nearer $1, 830, creating a divergence in short-term price reads alongside the technical view that stalled at $1, 950.
Market participants are weighing both the technical barriers—$1, 925, $1, 950 and $1, 965 on the upside—and the structural anchors on the downside: $1, 900, $1, 870 and $1, 845. Hourly indicators currently favor the bulls, but a failure to clear the $1, 950 resistance would make those support levels the immediate focus.
Traders now expect the next decisive moves to come from how price reacts to the $1, 950–$1, 965 range and whether the market can hold above $1, 900; a sustained break above $1, 965 would point toward $2, 020, while a clear drop below $1, 870 would expose $1, 845 and the $1, 800 region as the next targets.
