Crypto Technical Analysis: Multi-Timeframe Reads

Descriptive multi-timeframe technical reads on the majors — trend and momentum as the charts showed them, published on a fixed cadence so the record is not cherry-picked.

31 published analyses · all topics

• Aug 16, 2026Solana: the two 20-period averages converge to 0.0003 apart while price closes 0.02% above its support shelf

  Solana's 3D 20-period SMA (74.8445) and EMA (74.84423) have converged to 0.00027 of each other - about 0.0004% of the level, where the next-tightest pairing in our nine-cell coverage is Bitcoin's 3D at 1.14%. Price at 76.18 sits 1.78% above both and just 0.0197% above the 76.165 shelf that is now the nearest support on the 3D and the weekly alike. The monthly stays down and strong with the set's highest efficiency ratio at 0.9437.

• Aug 16, 2026Bitcoin: the 3D trend label drops to sideways as the 20-period average climbs through price

  Bitcoin's 3D trend label has dropped from up to sideways, and the snapshot diff shows why: the 20-period EMA rose 1.35% over the week while price rose 0.58%, so the average climbed through price from below. Price at 64,138.93 now sits 0.30% under that EMA and 0.84% over the SMA, and Bitcoin carries the two least directional efficiency-ratio readings in our nine-cell coverage — 0.0358 on the 3D and 0.0440 on the weekly. The weekly and monthly both stay classified down with bearish momentum.

• Aug 16, 2026Ethereum: the first weekly resistance re-resolves 18% closer, onto the same 1,981 level the 3D already flags

  Ethereum's trend labels did not move this week, but its structure did: the first resistance on the weekly re-resolved from 2,425.47 down to 1,981.24 - 18.31% closer - while price rose only 0.82%, so the 3D and the weekly now point at the identical level overhead. The 3D support shelf firmed from 1,773.90 on two touches to 1,789.95 on three, leaving price near the middle of that band at 1,880.04. Ethereum's 3D MACD histogram is the only one of the nine cells whose value fell week over week.

• Aug 8, 2026Solana separates from the majors: three directional days on expanding open interest, with funding still flat

  SOL has moved +4.25% over the read window while the two larger majors stayed range-bound, and it did so with open interest expanding 6.33% over 24 hours. The notable feature is what has NOT happened alongside it: perpetual funding sits at 1.0 basis point and the perp trades at a slight discount to index, so the advance has not yet been accompanied by the crowded one-sided positioning that usually rides one.

• Aug 5, 2026Bitcoin: 3D trend flips up on an efficiency ratio of 0.03, the least directional travel anywhere in our coverage

  Bitcoin's 3-day trend label has turned up, but on an efficiency ratio of 0.029 - the lowest of all nine timeframe readings we compute across BTC, ETH and SOL. Price at 63,766.01 sits in a 62,510.28-64,700.00 band narrower than a single 3D ATR, while the weekly (RSI 39.16) and monthly (down, strong) legs are unchanged and bearish.

• Aug 5, 2026Ethereum: the monthly floor at 1,548 takes an eighth touch, the highest touch count anywhere in our coverage

  Ethereum's monthly support has resolved to 1,548.08 with eight touches - the highest touch count on any timeframe for any of the three assets we cover - and it is the only monthly support our scan flags. Price at 1,864.84 sits 20.46% above it, while the 3D uptrend was downgraded to weak and its efficiency ratio fell from 0.44 to 0.12.

• Aug 5, 2026Solana: the 3D trend flips up because the moving average fell to price, not because price rallied

  Solana's 3D trend turned up and its efficiency ratio jumped from 0.08 to 0.47, the highest 3D reading of the three assets - but price only rose 0.52% to 73.76 while the 3D 20-period EMA fell 3.51% to 73.03. Price is now wedged above the EMA and below the SMA, with weekly RSI at 38.57, the lowest of the three.

• Aug 5, 2026BTC Firms 1.85% in Two Days While Open Interest Sits Flat and Perps Trade at a Discount

  Bitcoin is 1.85% higher across the last 48 hours, but the derivatives side of that move is conspicuously quiet: open interest is -0.10% over 24 hours, funding is +0.25 bps, and the perpetual is at a -0.055% discount to index. Realized volatility of 0.31% per hourly bar keeps the tape inside range conditions rather than a trend.

• Jul 29, 2026Solana rejoins the downtrend: monthly efficiency ratio hits its 1.00 ceiling while the 3D collapses to 0.08

  Solana at 73.38 has flipped back to aligned_down as its 3D trend turned over, and our compute now shows the widest internal split in our coverage: the monthly efficiency ratio has reached 1.00, the maximum the metric can register, while the 3D efficiency ratio collapsed from 0.21 to 0.08. The same asset reads perfectly directional on the monthly horizon and almost purely choppy on the near-term one.

• Jul 29, 2026Ethereum: now the only one of the three with a near-term uptrend, holding 3.45% above a 7-bar-old bull order block

  Ethereum at 1,875.73 is the sole asset of BTC, ETH and SOL whose 3D trend still reads up in our compute — a reversal of last week, when Bitcoin was the lone downside holdout. The 3D strengthened from weak to moderate with the efficiency ratio rising 0.29 to 0.44, and price sits 3.45% above an unmitigated bullish order block at 1,713.44 to 1,813.16, while the weekly and monthly both stay down with bearish momentum.

• Jul 29, 2026Bitcoin: the 65,000 shelf gives way as the 3D downtrend firms from weak to moderate

  MoonWire multi-timeframe compute has Bitcoin at 63,205.80 with the 3D, weekly and monthly trends all pointing down for a second straight week. The near-term read has firmed rather than stalled: 3D trend strength moved from weak to moderate, the 3D efficiency ratio more than doubled to 0.35, and momentum crossed out of neutral into bearish with RSI at 42.8.

• Jul 21, 2026Ethereum: the 3D turns up out of a 4-bar-old bull order block, but the weekly and monthly stay down

  Our scan flags a near-term shift on Ethereum: the 3D trend has flipped up - its efficiency ratio jumping from near-flat a week ago to 0.29 - lifting price to 1,911 above both its 3D moving averages and out of a fresh bull order block at 1,713-1,813 (just 4 bars old). But the turn is confined to the near term: the weekly and monthly both remain down (a conflicting alignment), with price still about 27% below the monthly 20-EMA.

• Jul 21, 2026Solana: the widest near-term range in the set meets the most directional monthly downtrend, as the 3D ticks up

  Solana carries the widest near-term range of the three: the 3D ATR of about 6.0 is 7.7% of the 77.95 price. It also shows the most directional higher-timeframe reading anywhere in our set - a monthly efficiency ratio of 0.94, a near-straight-line move that points down. Meanwhile the 3D trend has just ticked up (a conflicting alignment), lifting price above its 3D averages into a band between 76.17 support and 83.98 resistance.

• Jul 21, 2026Bitcoin: still the only one of the three with no near-term turn, price pinned between 65,000 and 67,292

  Our multi-timeframe scan reads Bitcoin as still fully aligned to the downside across all three horizons (3D/1W/1M) - the only one of BTC, ETH and SOL whose near-term (3D) trend has not flipped up this week. Spot at 65,322 sits in a tight 3D band between 65,000 support and 67,292 resistance, just under the 2-touch weekly resistance at 65,749; the most-tested level in the BTC structure, a 7-touch weekly floor at 59,991, sits roughly 8% below.

• Jul 13, 2026Solana: the near-term split closes as all three timeframes turn down, with a monthly efficiency ratio of 0.98

  Solana's 3D trend has rolled back over to down, closing the cross-timeframe split our compute showed a week ago - the read is now aligned_down on 3D, 1W and 1M. The monthly efficiency ratio is 0.98, effectively a straight-line move and the most directional reading anywhere in our set, with price 41% below the monthly 20-EMA at 126.60.

• Jul 13, 2026Ethereum: the 3D chart has gone almost perfectly directionless (efficiency ratio 0.03) inside a strong higher-timeframe downtrend

  Ethereum's 3D efficiency ratio is 0.029 - the flattest reading anywhere in our BTC/ETH/SOL set, meaning almost all of the recent movement cancelled itself out. Price at 1,778.63 is pinned 0.3% above its 3D support at 1,773.90, while the weekly and monthly remain strong downtrends with price 31% below the monthly 20-EMA.

• Jul 13, 2026Bitcoin: three separate timeframe scans all flag support in the 59,000-60,000 band

  Our pivot scan runs independently on the 3D, 1W and 1M charts, and this week all three land in the same narrow band: support at 58,977 (3 touches), 59,991 (7 touches) and 60,000. Price at 62,426 sits just above that confluence and below every 20-period average, with a fresh monthly bear order block at 65,000-76,000 directly overhead. All three timeframes read down.

• Jul 10, 2026BTC Breaks Its Range Higher on Near-Zero Funding and a Perp Discount

  Bitcoin resolved its multi-day range to the upside, gaining 3.82% while realized volatility stayed compressed at 0.32%. The advance carries almost no leverage signature: funding sits at 0.72 bps, open interest rose only 4.4%, and the perp trades at a slight discount to index.

• Jul 7, 2026Ethereum: price presses into a tight stack of supports near 1,770 with every timeframe down

  Ethereum at about 1,780 is pinned against a cluster of near-term supports — a 3D level at 1,773.90 and a weekly level at 1,767.36 — while our compute reads down across the 3D, weekly and monthly. Weekly momentum is the most oversold in the set, with RSI near 37.8.

• Jul 7, 2026Solana: the near-term chart turns up while the monthly stays firmly down — a split read

  Solana is the one asset in our set that no longer reads aligned-down: its 3D and weekly trends have turned up while the monthly remains strongly down, leaving the multi-timeframe read conflicting. Price near 81.61 sits above its 3D average but under a 3D resistance at 93.96 that has been tested seven times.

• Jul 7, 2026Bitcoin: a bounce to 63,600 stalls below every moving average as all timeframes stay down

  Bitcoin has recovered to around 63,572, but our multi-timeframe compute still reads down on the 3D, weekly and monthly timeframes — and price sits below the 20-period average on all three. The most-tested structure in the read is a weekly support near 58,522 that has been touched eight times.

• Jul 4, 2026BTC Cools From Its Up-Leg Into a Tight Low-Volatility Range

  Bitcoin's recent advance has stalled into a compressed, low-volatility range near local highs, with derivatives positioning staying calm and neutral.

• Jul 2, 2026BTC Resolves Its Range to the Upside in a Notably Low-Froth Grind

  BTC has broken out of its multi-day range and the regime classifier has flipped to trending-up, but derivatives positioning stays unusually calm: neutral funding, flat open interest, and a near-zero perp basis all point to an orderly, spot-led advance rather than a leverage-driven squeeze.

• Jun 29, 2026Solana: the near-term chart turns choppy and neutral even as the monthly downtrend stays strong

  Solana's 3D chart has gone choppy — a 0.15 efficiency ratio (the lowest in the set), neutral momentum with RSI at 45, and only weak trend strength — even as the monthly trend reads down and strong. Price at 74.28 sits between 3D resistance at 76.09 and 1W support at 67.50, with all three timeframes still pointing down.

• Jun 29, 2026Ethereum: price hovers just above a monthly shelf tested seven times near 1,554

  The standout in Ethereum's chart is a monthly support pivot at 1,554 that our scan marks with seven touches — the most-tested level in the set — and price at 1,591 sits just above it. Weekly RSI at 31 is the most oversold momentum reading among the majors, and the 3D / 1W / 1M trends all read down.

• Jun 29, 2026Bitcoin: a fresh shelf near 59,600 forms below the old 60K floor as every timeframe stays down

  Bitcoin's three-day chart has carved a new support shelf around 59,565 (two touches) after slipping beneath the prior 60K floor, with price at 59,917. Momentum is near-identical on the near-term horizons — RSI sits at roughly 33 on both the 3D and 1W — and the 3D, 1W and 1M trends all read down, an aligned-down picture across our compute. An unmitigated bear order block at 63,400-67,300 caps the area overhead.

• Jun 27, 2026BTC's Breakdown Stalls as Volatility Contracts Back Toward Range Conditions

  Bitcoin's slip beneath its multi-week range floor has stalled near the low-60s with no directional follow-through, and realized volatility has contracted from roughly 1.0% back to about 0.63%. Perp derivatives remain orderly, so the tape now reads as balanced ranging rather than a developing down-leg.

• Jun 26, 2026BTC vol regime expands as price slips beneath its multi-week range floor

  Realized volatility roughly doubled to about 1.0% as BTC traded below the multi-week range floor into the low-60s, while perp derivatives stayed orderly: open interest eased and funding held neutral, pointing to a controlled repricing rather than a leveraged flush.

• Jun 22, 2026Solana: a near-complete unwind of the monthly range leaves price testing 67.5

  MoonWire's compute shows Solana aligned to the downside across all three timeframes, with a monthly efficiency ratio near 0.89 marking one of the most directional declines in the set. Price near 71.9 sits just above the 67.5 support our scan flags.

• Jun 22, 2026Ethereum: weekly momentum is the weakest of the majors as price hugs 1,500 support

  MoonWire's compute puts Ethereum in an aligned-down structure with the deepest momentum reading of the three majors — weekly RSI near 33.5. Price near 1,731 is pressed toward a support band around 1,505-1,554 that the monthly has tested seven times.

• Jun 22, 2026Bitcoin: every timeframe points down as price sits on the 60K weekly shelf

  MoonWire's multi-timeframe compute shows Bitcoin aligned to the downside across 3D, 1W and 1M, with price near 64,185 trading below its 20-period average on all three. The chart's defining feature is the heavily tested weekly support shelf around 60,357.