XRP has had a difficult start to 2026, with the first two months of the year closing in the red. Right now, XRP enthusiasts are hungry for a bullish direction. Interestingly, one analyst thinks he has the full picture. Not just a goal, but a step-by-step roadmap of exactly how the next few months will play out for XRP.
CryptoBull, a closely followed crypto analyst on which most traders are prepared for.
XRP’s 2026 Broadening Pattern Roadmap
The basis of CryptoBull’s roadmap is a five-wave broadening pattern drawn on the weekly chart of XRP. The structure on the map is labeled A to E and is located within two diverging trend lines, creating a broad megaphone-like setup that widens as the pattern develops.
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Price action on that roadmap indicates that XRP has already completed Waves A and B and Wave C is now rounding out around the lower boundary of the formation. The chart shows this decline unfolding from the high of $3.65 in July 2025, marked as Wave B, followed by a long decline into early 2026. That lower trendline is now the key support in the entire setup, as this is the area where the next major reversal is expected to occur.
XRP is about to end Wave C and prepare to return to Wave D, which won’t just be a small relief. It is a strong advance towards the upper limit of the broadening pattern, with the Wave D target being around $5.
$5, then a gut feeling, then $27
According to CryptoBull, Wave C could still drop to around $1.10 to form a double bottom before XRP moves higher into Wave D. Wave D targets $5 in this framework, which would see XRP trading in new price areas. Here, however, the pattern becomes brutal.
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Based on the projection, Wave E follows the D wave and drags the price back to $0.78 before the final push begins. That last breakout is where the most ambitious part of the forecast comes in. Once waves A through E are completed, the analyst predicted that the XRP The price would increase to $27 in the movement that follows.
This analysis is mainly based on a purely technical point of view, not looking at or researching the XRP fundamentals associated growth in the traditional financial world. The chart is plotted on a weekly time frame on Bitstamp, meaning each candle represents a week of price action, and the projected path extends well into late 2026 and beyond. Therefore this is not a trade for the impatient.
At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $1.37, down 1.9% in the past 24 hours.
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