Amid the market crash, the Solana price has taken a major hit, falling more than 56% from its $294 all-time high recorded back in January. Despite multiple attempts at recovery, each bounce has been sold off quickly, and the result has been steeper declines, ultimately affecting the broader Solana meme coin landscape. Even now, with some expecting the market to rebound, the Solana price is still facing major resistance, risking another 20% crash from here.
What’s Keeping The Solana Price Down?
Crypto analyst Paradise_Noir on the TradingView website has revealed that the Solana price is being suppressed by the Ichimoku Cloud. This has been happening as Solana has been slowly and steadily losing strength in the market, causing it to crash deeper with each fall, leading to lower lows and an ultimately bearish trend.
The analyst also explained that Solana has seen a lot of money leaving its shores, as large capital moves out of the altcoin. As the price struggles, each recovery is seen as an opportunity to get out of the cryptocurrency at a slightly higher price before it crashes again. A lot of these losses have been recorded between October and November, suggesting that the last quarter is closing in the red.
Pointing to the 4-Hour chart, Paradise Noir stated that Solana is now stuck inside a descending wedge pattern. Naturally, descending wedge patterns are bearish until the price breaks out, but every breakout attempt looks to have been suppressed by the Ichimoku Cloud.
Given this, the Solana price has an uphill battle ahead if it is to continue its recovery. With the trend of lower lows, it is likely that another attempt to break out of the descending wedge will be rejected by the Ichimoku Cloud once again, putting the altcoin in a perilous position.
How Low Can The Price Go?
In the event of a rejection, the crypto analyst sees the Solana price struggling due to its weak technical structure and the negative news surrounding the market. As a result, the next major level is the psychological support that lies at $100. Only then could reasonable support form, and buyers could step in.
As for investors, the analyst believes it is best to actually “follow the downtrend” for now. Until there is a major pullback toward the resistance levels, the setups remain quite bearish. “Wait for price to pull back into resistance to find cleaner entries, and avoid catching bottoms when the market shows no clear reversal signals,” the analyst stated.
