A well-regarded data analyst has expressed optimism in the future of XRP, insisting that regardless of the formation it takes, the price is heading to $9.
This suggestion came from Celal Küçüker, a prominent market watcher, who believes XRP still has the potential to reach new heights in the foreseeable future despite the persistent market-wide downturn that has kept prices down 25% this year alone.
Key Points
- XRP has dropped 25% year-to-date, having recorded six consecutive monthly losses.
- This downtrend now puts XRP back within a downward-sloping parallel channel that has endured since Q4 2024.
- XRP is now retesting a horizontal support trendline within the channel.
- The next reasonable direction is an upward breakout if the horizontal support holds.
- A breakout above the parallel channel would push XRP’s price to $9 regardless of the path it takes.
XRP Back Inside the Parallel Channel
Küçüker disclosed this in his latest analysis of XRP’s price action, expressing confidence in the asset’s future prospects despite the current price struggles. Specifically, XRP has now dropped 52% since the ongoing downturn began in October 2025, 25% this year, and 62% from its all-time high.
As a result of these price struggles, XRP has now slipped back into a downward-sloping parallel channel that guided its price action during the correction from the $3.4 peak in January 2025. The channel started forming in Q4 2024, and XRP’s rally to $3.4 by January 2025 helped it retest the upper trendline, but it faced resistance here and pulled back.
Amid the pullback, XRP consistently traded deeper into the channel until it rebounded in July 2025, breaking out above the channel and reaching the $3.6 peak. This peak aligned with a horizontal resistance trendline that capped further momentum.
The correction that followed led XRP to retest the breakout, and by October 2025, the asset had already fallen back into the structure. XRP has remained within the channel since then.
XRP Eyeing Breakout
Küçüker is already expecting an upward breakout from this channel despite XRP’s downward price action taking it toward the lower end of the structure. XRP is now retesting a horizontal support trendline within the channel, and it could build strength for this imminent breakout if the horizontal support holds.
Data from Küçüker’s chart shows that the analyst expects XRP to sharply break above the channel once bullish momentum returns, but to face initial resistance at $3.3776, which aligns with the roadblock at the overhead horizontal resistance trendline. From the horizontal support to the horizontal resistance represents a 171.38% rally.
“XRP is Heading to $9”
The market watcher believes XRP could pull back after meeting this roadblock, potentially dropping to retest the parallel channel breakout at the channel’s upper trendline, where it would find support. From here, a recovery could ensue, which would help XRP breach the horizontal resistance at $3.3776.
Küçüker expects XRP’s rally to continue until the crypto asset hits the $9.19 price, which would represent a new all-time high and a 171.37% increase from the horizontal resistance trendline. “No matter which formation you look at, Ripple is heading to $9,” he said, calling XRP the second-best altcoin after Ethereum.
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