Death Cross Forms on Ethereum Classic Daily Chart

Ethereum Classic (ETC) printed the death cross signal on the daily chart, which is a warning signal that calls for more downside. The death cross signal occurs when the short-term 50-day simple moving average crosses below the long-term 200-day simple moving average.

Death Cross Signal
The last time the death cross signal occurred in October 2021, ETC fell by 62%. However, the last 3 times that ETH saw the death cross, it acted as a contrarian signal. On average, the death cross signal has triggered around a 30% sell-off before bouncing back. A 30% sell-off could send ETC's price down to around the $14 level.

In the short-term, ETC’s price is facing resistance between $24 and $26. Simultaneously, the RSI oscillator is also approaching the 50 mid-level. Therefore, if the RSI oscillator is able to break above the mid-level 50, bullish momentum may come back to the market.

Other Side of the Coin: On the flip side, a daily break and close above the $24 - $26 resistance zone could open the door for a retest of the 50-day SMA, which currently falls at $29.70. Further to the upside, the next major resistance comes around the $37.50 level.