Master som3h

On the 4H chart for Jan 28, 2026, XRP looks like it’s trying to turn the corner after a nasty drop into 1.8111. Price is now hovering around 1.9170 and the big thing I’m watching is whether it can stay comfortably above the short-term moving averages—MA(7) (yellow) and MA(25) (pink). Even though the MA(99) is still leaning downward (so the higher-timeframe trend isn’t fully bullish yet), the bounce itself is starting to look healthy because buyers have stepped in strongly around the 1.88–1.90 support zone and the structure is shifting toward higher lows.
For a practical long setup, I’d treat this as a scalp/swing hybrid: I’m interested in a long entry around 1.9050–1.9170, but only if XRP retests that area and holds, ideally bouncing off the pink MA(25) instead of slicing straight through it. If the retest holds, the first take-profit area is 1.9900, which is basically the “magnet zone” near the recent local high and the psychological $2 level where sellers often show up. If momentum stays strong and we actually reclaim that area cleanly, the next target sits around 2.0850, which lines up with the next major resistance band. On the downside, I’d keep the trade protected with a hard stop-loss at 1.8600—it’s tucked below the recent consolidation wick, and if price falls back under there, it usually means the bounce is failing and you don’t want to hang around hoping. With those levels, the setup offers roughly a 1:2.4 risk-to-reward if you’re aiming for TP2.
The reason this trade makes sense technically is pretty simple: #XRP defended 1.81 aggressively, the 4H structure is starting to print higher lows (a classic “sellers are running out of steam” signal), and price has moved back above MA(7) and MA(25)—so if the current 4H candle can close above those MAs, it reinforces the idea that the short-term trend is flipping bullish. The big green recovery candle also came with a noticeable volume jump, which often hints at stronger hands buying that dip. The main risk is market-wide weakness—if Bitcoin takes a sudden leg down, XRP can easily lose 1.88 support and invalidate the long, so discipline on the stop is everything.