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Stellar Lumens [XLM]: 46.3% gains in 24 hours – what’s the catch?

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Stellar Lumens [XLM] achieved a year-high of $0.197 on the back of huge bullish spike. However, short positions suffered huge losses.

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Disclaimer: The information presented does not constitute financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice and is solely the writer’s opinion.

  • XLM rode a bullish wave to break past the key resistance level with 46.3% gains.
  • Shorts suffered losses worth $6.56 million in the futures market. 

Altcoins rallied significantly on the back of the favorable ruling for Ripple [XRP] in its case against the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Stellar Lumens [XLM] benefitted notably from this rally with 46.3% gains in the past 24 hours.

This saw it rise to the #4 position on the top trending cryptocurrencies on Coinmarketcap.


Read Stellar Lumens’ [XLM] Price Prediction 2023-24


With a lot of XLM sellers caught napping by the sudden price reversal, will this lead to more gains for XLM, or is a retracement in progress?

XLM rises out of the ashes

Stellar Lumens XLM price chart with green and red bars on dark background

Source: XLM/USDT on Trading View

XLM has been trading in a compact range between $0.074 and $0.112 since January 2023. With $0.096 acting as a mid-point between the range high and range low, the price failed to break any of the range levels.

After a strong rally from the range low of $0.074 in mid-June, the price found the $0.112 barrier insurmountable once again. This latest rejection at the $0.112 range high saw the price dip to the mid-range point of $0.096 with bears looking to ride the selling pressure down to the range low.

However, the favorable ruling for XRP spurred XLM to new 2023 heights. Ripple [XRP] and Stellar [XLM] are correlated as they are the top altcoins for cross-border transactions. The daily timeframe showed that XLM surged to a new 2023 high of $0.197 before retracing to trade at $0.143, as of press time.

The on-chart indicators highlighted the bullish momentum. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) rose sharply into the overbought zone and remained there with a reading of 73, as of the time of writing. This hinted at significant demand for XLM. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) also posted a bullish crossover with huge green bars.

Potential buyers who missed the huge bullish spike can wait for a daily candle close on the current retracement or a retest of the $0.130 support. Buyers can look to ride the bullish gap that needs to be filled on the next leg to the year-high.

Shorts wrecked massively

Source: Coinglass

As the bullish momentum reverberated across the crypto market, short traders were left licking their wounds. Across the major cryptocurrencies, shorts experienced three times as many losses as longs. XLM shorts saw open positions worth $6.56 million liquidated over the past 24 hours.


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With steady funding rates over the same period, XLM could ride the bullish momentum higher. However, bulls should be wary of profit-taking activities which could open opportunities for sellers in the mid to long-term.

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Saman Waris works as a News Editor at AMBCrypto. She has always been fascinated by how the tides of finance and technology shape communities across demographics. Cryptocurrencies are of particular interest to Saman, with much of her writing centered around understanding how ideas like Momentum and Greater Fool theories apply to altcoins, specifically, memecoins. A graduate in history, Saman worked the sports beat before diving into crypto. Prior to joining AMBCrypto 2 years ago, Saman was a News Editor at Sportskeeda. This was preceded by her stint as Editor-in-Chief at EssentiallySports.
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