Ethereum Price Breaks Toward $5,000, Analyst Reveals When To Sell Everything And Why

Ethereum has surged more than 20% to firmly reclaim the $4,200 price level for the first time since 2021. This interesting move has come off the back of Ethereum’s steady inch higher, and $5,000 could now be the next major psychological barrier. However, while the bullish narrative is currently dominant, a technical analysis posted by crypto trader Orbion suggests that this rally may have an expiration date.

Ethereum’s price action over the past week has seen it outperform many cryptocurrencies, and confidence is steadily returning to the leading altcoin. However, Orbion took to the social media platform X to share that he had already sold 33% of his Ethereum holdings, and the best time to fully exit every Ethereum position is in the next two months. 

His post was accompanied by a well-known cheat sheet on market cycles. According to the sheet, Ethereum’s current position is in the Optimism and Ethereum dominance phase. The Optimism phase is the point in a rally when market participants begin to believe that the uptrend is truly sustainable. 

Notably, the chart’s projection is a climb to the Market Peak/Euphoria phase by the end of October 2025. It is at this point that traders can expect an extreme overvaluation and a looming downturn. Drawing similarities to similar patterns in 2017 and 2021, Orbion stated that his plan is to sell the remainder of his ETH holdings by October 31, although the price will start tapering off in late September.

According to the projection on the chart above, Ethereum still has a long way to go before it reaches a defined peak. That is to say, there’s a high possibility that Ethereum could finally break above its 2021 all-time high of $4,878.

It will be interesting to see how the Ethereum price rally plays out in the next two months before it reaches a new peak. Based on the cheat sheet, Ethereum could see its most aggressive price acceleration in the weeks leading up to Halloween on October 31. This final leg of the rally will be driven by euphoria-fueled buying, where investors feel unstoppable and certain of a continued rally, much like the 2021 cycle.

Even if Ethereum were to start crashing by late October, its current trajectory suggests it could break $5,000 before it reaches a new peak. Notably, Orbion’s short-term target for ETH is in the $5,800 to $6,000 range if momentum continues. 

Technical analyses show Ethereum price targets ranging from $4,800 to as high as $12,000. According to a technical analysis from crypto analyst Titan of Crypto, Ethereum is currently tracing out the same pattern as Bitcoin in 2020 and is on a path to reach $12,000.

At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading at $4,270, up by 20.5% in the past seven days.