Solana risks 35% price crash with SOL price chart 'megaphone' pattern

cointelegraph.com:

Solana (SOL) risks crashing 35% in the coming days as it comes closer to painting a so-called "megaphone" pattern.

In detail, megaphone setups consist of a minimum of lower lows and two higher highs and form during a period of high market volatility. But generally, these patterns consist of five consecutive swings, with the final one typically acting as a breakout signal.

SOL has been sketching a similar pattern since the beginning of 2022, with the coin undergoing a pullback after testing the megaphone's upper trendline near $140 as resistance — the fourth wing.

As a result of the pattern, the Solana token could extend its decline to test the megaphone's lower trendline as support near $65, about 35% below today's price. 

If this scenario plays out, SOL could crash further after forming the fifth swing on its prevailing megaphone structure. While finding a perfect downside target in case of a breakout is tricky, traders typically select it by measuring the distance between the two trendlines from the point the lower one breaks and book profits when the price reaches 50-60% of that distance.

A bearish breakout risks putting SOL's price en route to nearly $40 in the coming weeks.

On the other hand, SOL's bearish megaphone setup could fall short of achieving its breakout target as its price holds above a flurry of concrete support levels.

These levels include SOL's 50-week exponential moving average (50-week EMA; the red wave) and an upward sloping trendline (the black line) that have served as accumulation zones for traders, as shown in the chart below.

As a result, an early pullback from 50-week EMA could invalidate the megaphone scenario.

Suppose the price falls below the 50-week EMA, only to seek a bounce from rising trendline