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.

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• Sep 12, 2026What Is the Efficiency Ratio in Trading? Kaufman's Measure, With Real Readings

  The efficiency ratio divides a market's net price change over N bars by the total bar-to-bar distance price travelled, giving a 0-to-1 read on whether a market is trending or just moving. This page gives Perry Kaufman's formula and a worked example, then follows dated readings from MoonWire's weekly chart reads: a Bitcoin uptrend label resting on 0.029, Solana's monthly at the 1.00 ceiling while its 3-day sat at 0.08, and how fast the number can swing and reverse.

• Sep 11, 2026Bitcoin loses its seven-day floor while open interest expands 2.12% — positioning built into the decline, not unwound

  BTC printed a new seven-day low at 76464.00 after a 2.7577% 24-hour decline, and open interest expanded 2.1212% over the same window rather than contracting. Realized volatility sits at 0.3565%, up from 0.2894% four days ago but still low in absolute terms — the character is a drift lower, not a volatility break.

• Sep 11, 2026SOL separates from BTC and ETH: a trending-down regime print with open interest still building

  Our per-symbol regime read has SOL leaving the ranging classification the other two majors are still in, with a -3.1341% 24h net change against -1.33% on BTC and -0.7125% on ETH. The derivatives snapshot is the part worth noting: open interest rose 1.6123% across the same window while funding sat mildly negative at -0.4489 bps.

• Sep 11, 2026Solana: the 3D floor retreated to a nine-touch level 27% below price as the weekly ceiling closed to 9.44%

  On a 1.39% price move, Solana's 3D support ledger lost three of its four entries and re-resolved to 73.73 - a level carrying nine touches, the most-tested anywhere on our nine-cell board - now 27.04% below price. In the other direction, 110.60 propagated from the 3D scan onto the weekly, collapsing the weekly band from 4.79 times one ATR to 1.54. Weekly trend strength eased from strong to moderate on a falling efficiency ratio rather than on any change in where price sits relative to its average.

• Sep 11, 2026Ethereum: the monthly trend has turned up for the first time in this stream's record, taking alignment to aligned_up

  Ethereum's monthly cell flipped from trend down to trend up as price crossed its monthly 20-period average - from 1.45% below it a week ago to 1.62% above it now - putting multi-timeframe alignment at aligned_up. Across the thirty-three reads this stream has recorded on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana since 2026-06-23, no monthly cell had previously returned an up trend and no asset had previously returned an aligned_up label. Monthly strength still reads weak and monthly momentum still reads neutral at RSI 48.52.

• Sep 11, 2026Bitcoin: all three timeframe scans now name the same resistance shelf, 82,575 to 82,850

  Our 3D pivot scan puts Bitcoin's nearest resistance at 82,575.00 while the weekly and monthly scans, run on entirely different candle sets, independently name the identical level of 82,850.00 - a spread of 275.00, or 0.35% of the 78,156.01 price. The 3D and weekly cells both read trend up, strong, with bullish momentum; the monthly still reads down and weak, keeping multi-timeframe alignment at conflicting for a fourth consecutive read.

• Sep 11, 2026Solana: a new 3D pivot at 110.60 has filled part of the 45% stretch that was empty a week ago

  The stretch above Solana that had no listed pivot at all up to 147.825 a week ago is no longer empty: a new 3D resistance at 110.60 now sits 10.97% above price at 99.67. The 3D floor ledger also re-resolved, swapping a 4-touch level at 74.955 for a 6-touch level at 72.98, while the weekly ledger did not change at all. Both faster trends still read up with strong strength; the monthly stepped down from strong to moderate, with its EMA falling 10.82% against a 2.00% decline in price. Across all three majors this week, RSI fell in every one of the nine cells scanned.

• Sep 11, 2026Ethereum: the weekly scan has compressed to a 2.85% band - 0.30 of one ATR, the tightest cell on the board

  Ethereum at 2,383.45 is bracketed by the narrowest structure in this week's nine-cell scan: weekly support 2,357.59 sits 1.08% below price and a newly resolved weekly resistance at 2,425.465 sits 1.76% above, a band worth 2.85% of price and just 0.30 of one weekly ATR. The 3D scan independently resolved a resistance 0.0241% away from the weekly one, at 2,424.89. Both the 3D and weekly trends read up with strong strength, the weekly efficiency ratio of 0.6880 is the highest on the board, and the monthly is still down.

• Sep 11, 2026Bitcoin: the converged 80,600 floor has left both the 3D and weekly ledgers as price gives back 4.54%

  Bitcoin's 3D and weekly trends both still read up with strong strength at 77,096.15, but the structure underneath them has changed: 80,600.00, the support both scans converged on a week ago, is no longer listed on either, and the nearest floors are now 74,937.52 (2.80% below price) on the 3D and 75,557.00 (2.00% below) on the weekly. 3D momentum cooled out of overbought to bullish as RSI fell 6.62 points to 65.78. The monthly stays down and its strength stepped from moderate to weak, on an efficiency ratio of 0.1844 — the lowest reading in this week's nine-cell board.

• Sep 11, 2026What Is an Order Block in Crypto? A Definition and Five Weeks of Real Ones

  An order block is a price band where trading concentrated before a sharp move away, and which price has not traded back through. This page defines the term, explains the three properties that actually matter (mitigated or not, age in bars, width), and then follows three real zones through MoonWire's dated weekly chart reads: an Ethereum bull block tracked across five consecutive weeks, a Bitcoin bear block that was finally traded through after 27 bars, and a stretch where Solana had no zones at all.

• Aug 29, 2026Solana: four resistances left the 3D ledger at once - nothing is listed now until 147.825

  Solana's 3D pivot scan shed four resistances in a week, including the 5-touch 92.322, and now lists no level at all between price at 101.70 and 147.825, which sits 45.35% above. Its 3D efficiency ratio jumped to 0.8357, the highest single reading in this week's nine-cell board, while the monthly frame remains 31.62% beneath its own SMA20.

• Aug 29, 2026Ethereum: RSI 74.27 on the 3D is the highest reading in this week's nine-cell board

  Ethereum's 3D RSI at 74.27 is the highest of the nine timeframe cells computed across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana this week, and its 3D efficiency ratio rose 461.7% to 0.8195. Eight resistance levels have left its 3D and weekly ledgers in a single week, while the monthly support list is down to one member - 1,548.0775 at 8 touches.

• Aug 29, 2026Bitcoin: the 3D and weekly scans have resolved to the same 2.79%-wide band, with price 0.20% off its floor

  Bitcoin's 3D and weekly pivot scans now name an identical pair of levels - support 80,600.00 and resistance 82,850.00 - a band 2.79% of price wide and just 0.37 of one weekly ATR, the tightest structure relative to its own range in this week's nine-cell board. Price sits 0.20% above the floor of it, the weekly trend has flipped from down to up, and the 3D RSI reads 72.41.

• Aug 29, 2026Solana: the 76.165 shelf that anchored both the 3D and weekly ledgers has left them

  The support shelf at 76.165 that both Solana's 3D and weekly pivot scans flagged a week ago is off both ledgers entirely; the nearest supports are now 2.60% and 8.37% below price. The weekly efficiency ratio fell 54.0% to 0.1552, the largest such decline on our board, dropping weekly trend strength from moderate to weak - the only trend-strength change among the nine cells.

• Aug 29, 2026Ethereum: the 3D and weekly resistance readings that converged last week have separated again

  Ethereum's nine label fields are unchanged for a second straight week, but the 3D nearest resistance re-resolved from 1,981.24 at one touch to 1,962.13 at two, breaking the convergence with the weekly reading that defined last week's read. The 3D RSI at 49.65 is the highest on our nine-cell board, while the monthly EMA at 2,525.44 stands 33.68% above price.

• Aug 29, 2026Bitcoin: the 3D average that climbed through price last week has fallen back below it

  Bitcoin's 3D 20-period EMA fell 1.21% to 63,555.86 while price moved -0.08%, putting price 0.83% above an average it sat below a week ago and flipping the 3D trend label to up - the only trend-direction change among the nine asset-timeframe cells we compute. The 3D SMA and EMA are now 0.036% of price apart, the tightest gap on our board, while the weekly and monthly both remain down with bearish momentum.

• 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, 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 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.