After months of sideways trading, the price of XRP continues to consolidate around the $1.4 level. Despite impoverished performance and leisurely growthanalysts continue to maintain a robust bullish outlook for the cryptocurrency. According to market expert Javon Marks, XRP is currently in a critical retest area that could decide another parabolic movement. He believes this retest could spark a potential 900% upside, possibly pushing XRP towards $15.
The XRP 2014 fractal pattern indicates a 900% enhance.
In its latest XRP price analysis on X, Marks common AND robust, bullish outlook for the cryptocurrency, citing historical chart patterns and past price action. The analyst noted that XRP is maintaining strength from a clear breakout retest area near $1.40, suggesting there could be a significant upward move towards $15.
Explaining why this retest zone matters, Marks made comparisons between XRP’s current cycle and its price action during the 2014-2018 market cycle. Ahead of XRP’s parabolic rally to highest level ever in 2018the cryptocurrency has broken out of a similar retest zone.
During this period, XRP formed a company a descending wedge or triangle pattern from 2014 to 2017, recording sides within the formation for years. During this phase, the cryptocurrency saw repeated increases followed by piercing declines to recent lows. However, after an extended period of consolidation, the price began to rise and later returned to retest the trend line around the upper border of the triangle near $1.40.
The retest was preceded by a major breakout during which the XRP price exploded higher, marking the beginning of this test historic bull run in 2017-2018 which pushed its price towards $3.84 ATH. From this retest area to its peak, XRP saw an enhance of over 174%. Based on this historical situation, Marks believes that XRP is repeating the same pattern in the current cycle. If the pattern follows a similar pattern, the analyst predicts that the cryptocurrency could be poised for another explosive rally.
XRP retest at $1.40 signals a possible move to $15
It is worth noting that the Marks chart shows that XRP has formed the same triangle pattern that led to a parabolic enhance in 2018. Since reaching ATH, the cryptocurrency they have been trending sideways within this triangle for years. However, unlike the 2014-2018 cycle, XRP experienced an earlier breakout. In 2025, it broke the upper trendline, then rose towards $3.50 before retracing shortly thereafter.
After this reversal, the price of XRP changed continued the downward trendtrimming most of its earlier gains. However, Marks noted that the cryptocurrency is now coming back to retest this broken trendline. According to him, if XRP manages to sustain this level long enough, it could trigger a massive parabolic move towards $15, an enhance of over 900% (10x) from this level.
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