Certified Elliott Wave analyst XForceGlobal (@XForceGlobal) told followers on 
X that “$5+ remains on the horizon,” arguing that the token’s past year of 
range-bound trading is validating an Elliott Wave “flat” correction that 
typically resolves with a sharp, final move before a continuation higher. In a 
10-minute video shared alongside the post, the analyst framed XRP’s recent 
price action as the late stage of a flat pattern, an extended period where 
neither bulls nor bears can force a clean trend. “A flat occurs when the 
market fails to trend on both sides. They’re basically evenly matched,” he 
said. “And that’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of balance.” XRP Traders 
&#8216;Exhausted&#8217; As Breakout Nears XForceGlobal positioned the structure as a 
corrective phase within a larger bullish sequence, describing the market as 
forming a new floor rather than breaking down. “This is where the buyers and 
sellers enter a Mexican standoff with each other, creating a new price floor,” 
he said, adding that the sideways feel is the point: “They’re not designed to 
go anywhere, basically. And the markets naturally alternate between expansion 
and compression.” Related Reading: Santiment Says XRP Social Sentiment Hits 
‘Extreme Fear’: Buy Signal? The analyst emphasized the psychological aspect of 
prolonged consolidation, arguing that flats tend to “eliminate even the 
leverage traders through time rather than price” by exhausting both sides. “By 
the time the flat actually resolves, which is very close, in my opinion, most 
traders are emotionally already exhausted,” he said. “Positioning has been 
pretty much neutralized, and the path for continuation, to me, becomes very 
clear.” In Elliott Wave terms, XForceGlobal described the flat as a three-part 
A-B-C structure, with waves A and B unfolding as corrective “three-wave” moves 
and wave C completing as an impulsive “five-wave” move. He argued that this 
final phase is the moment the market stops drifting and forces a resolution. 
“Wave C must be impulsive because it represents the resolution of the balance 
that we have for waves A and B,” he said. “It’s not the continuation of a 
larger structure to the downside.” He framed impulsiveness as behavioral 
rather than directional, attributing it to urgency and follow-through once one 
side “decisively gives up,” clearing out the range that built during the 
earlier legs. That distinction matters for positioning, because his base case 
anticipates one more decisive shakeout before a move higher. He said the 
market is currently in an “expanded flat” configuration where wave B pushed 
above the prior high, and he expects a break of local structure “once” before 
the market turns up. He highlighted $1.70 as a prior low that could be 
undercut as part of the process without invalidating the larger setup, so long 
as broader support holds. Related Reading: XRP Distribution Phase Continues, 
But Funding Rates Suggest Shorts Are Overextended XForceGlobal’s post leaned 
heavily on conviction built over time—“I didn’t spend 2,000+ days accumulating 
XRP for no reason!”—while also stressing that he has already taken some 
profit. In the transcript, he said he “personally took some profits around the 
$2.70 level” and would continue to “sell into strength.” On upside 
expectations, he called for higher levels “in this current cycle,” tying 
potential targets to the duration of the consolidation. “The longer that we 
distribute here, the higher the targets are going to be,” he said, adding that 
“a minimum of a $6 range all the way up to even the $14 range is my personal 
target.” He also flagged conditions that would change the trade management. If 
the market shows “red flags” and breaks further structure than he expects, he 
suggested that is where risk management should take priority. For XRP traders, 
the practical takeaway from his framework is timing and path, not direction: a 
final, forceful leg lower could still be consistent with a bullish 
continuation thesis while a deeper structural breakdown would challenge it. At 
press time, XRP traded at $1.91. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart 
from TradingView.com

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