{"id":45656,"date":"2023-03-06T23:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T23:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=45656"},"modified":"2023-03-06T23:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T23:41:36","slug":"warning-sign-for-eth-price-ethereum-volume-profile-is-down-90-since-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=45656","title":{"rendered":"Warning sign for ETH price? Ethereum volume profile is down 90% since March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-48054ca8=\"\">\n<p>The price of Ethereum\u2019s native token, Ether (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\" rel=\"noopener\">ETH<\/a>), has recovered 78% since June 2022. But this doesn\u2019t guarantee further upside, particularly with declining trading volumes suggesting that the risk of a major correction is high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Ether volume profile drops 90% since March 2020<\/h2>\n<p>A \u201cvolume profile\u201d indicator displays trading activity across prices, with the blue indicating buying volume and the yellow indicating sell volume.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/0bd3363e-455a-481b-abf6-40850b4df809.jpg\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Illustration of a volume profile bar. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In March 2020, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/analysts-note-parallels-with-march-2020-will-this-time-be-different\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/analysts-note-parallels-with-march-2020-will-this-time-be-different\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">when the market bottomed<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/analysts-note-parallels-with-march-2020-will-this-time-be-different\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/analysts-note-parallels-with-march-2020-will-this-time-be-different\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">, Ether\u2019s volume profile on a weekly chart showed about 160 million ETH trades across the $85\u2013$270 price range. At the time, the selling volume was greater than the buying volume by around 4 million ETH.<\/p>\n<p>But Ether buying volume regained momentum after ETH price rallied above $270 in July 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, between July 2020 and November 2020, the Ether volume profile displayed about 64.25 million ETH trades across the $270\u2013$450 range, with buying volume exceeding selling volume by almost 1 million ETH.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/933f6e01-5e99-4bb2-89f5-ddad95a0b476.png\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>ETH\/USD weekly price chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The price-volume trend remained largely synchronous with one another until November 2021, when ETH\/USD reached its record high at around $4,950.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other words, most traders purchased Ether as its price climbed, illustrating their confidence in the longevity of the bullish reversal that followed the March 2020 crash.<\/p>\n<p>However, that confidence is missing in the 2023 Ether market rebound.<\/p>\n<h3>2022 ETH price bottom differs from two years ago<\/h3>\n<p>At first, the Ether volume profile at the beginning of it price recovery in June 2022 from $900 shows 12.50 million ETH trades, down more than 90% from March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>But despite a 75% price recovery, fewer traders have been participating in Ether\u2019s potential bottom this time around when compared with the beginning of the 2020 bull market.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s further concerning is the rising sell-volumes during the current ETH price rebound.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the red horizontal line in the daily chart below, dubbed the \u201cpoint of control,\u201d or POC \u2014 which represents the area with the most open trading positions \u2014 shows a net 8.21 million ETH volume of around $1,550, with sellers exceeding buyers by 170,000 ETH trades.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/d892ff58-f4fd-4510-b446-3e2f93b40d99.png\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>ETH\/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, ETH\u2019s ongoing price recovery might not have the legs it did in March 2020, especially when coupled with the overall volume profile decline over the past two years.<\/p>\n<h2>Most Ether investors are still in profit<\/h2>\n<p>More <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-price-prints-death-cross-after-losing-13-versus-bitcoin-from-2023-peak\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-price-prints-death-cross-after-losing-13-versus-bitcoin-from-2023-peak\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-price-prints-death-cross-after-losing-13-versus-bitcoin-from-2023-peak\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-price-prints-death-cross-after-losing-13-versus-bitcoin-from-2023-peak\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">downside cues for Ether<\/a> come from one of Ethereum\u2019s widely monitored on-chain metrics that tracks the percentage of ETH\u2019s circulating supply in profit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-eyes-25-correction-in-march-but-eth-price-bulls-have-a-silver-lining\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-eyes-25-correction-in-march-but-eth-price-bulls-have-a-silver-lining\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum eyes 25% correction in March, but ETH price bulls have a silver lining<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of March 6, about 65% of ETH was bought at a lower price. In other words, investors\u2019 probability of securing profits remains high in the event of a significant price drop.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/19a4bb57-10ef-47a1-b7bf-a500ee8f3891.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Ether circulating supply in profit. Source: Glassnode<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Therefore, Ether price could see the real bottom if the supply in profit falls below 30% (green zone), which would reflect previous market cycles and the March 2020 bottom, as shown in the chart above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/warning-sign-for-eth-price-ethereum-volume-profile-is-down-90-since-march-2020\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of Ethereum\u2019s native token, Ether (ETH), has recovered 78% since June 2022. But this doesn\u2019t guarantee further upside, particularly with declining trading volumes suggesting that the risk of a major correction is high.\u00a0 Ether volume profile drops 90% since March 2020 A \u201cvolume profile\u201d indicator displays trading activity across prices, with the blue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[41],"tags":[181,158,1812,195,2761,3811,976,425],"class_list":["post-45656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum","tag-eth","tag-ethereum","tag-march","tag-price","tag-profile","tag-sign","tag-volume","tag-warning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/791b42e6-0844-410e-81a0-03bda1f1f140.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45658,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45656\/revisions\/45658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}