XRP price rises 6.7% and tests crucial resistance at $1.50

XRP rises by more than 6.7% on 22 September 2026 and trades around $1.58. This puts the price at a level that analysts have been watching for some time: the resistance zone around $1.50. Analyst Vincent Timmer is following the situation closely and sees a possible reversal towards $2.10 if XRP manages to break this level convincingly.

In brief:

• XRP rises by more than 6% and now trades above the $1.50 resistance zone.
• An analyst expects a rapid advance towards $2.10 if the price closes a weekly candle above $1.50.
• The volume profile confirms that the current price level is an important technical zone.

Downtrend appears to be reversing

According to Timmer, XRP has been in a downtrend for about a year, but that pattern is now starting to shift. The weekly chart shows how the price gradually fell from a peak of around $3.50 in mid-2025 to a low just below $1.00 earlier this year.

Since then, XRP has formed a bottom and the price has risen again. The current level around $1.58 brings the coin into contact again with a zone that previously served as support but, after the decline, has turned into resistance.

Weekly candle above $1.50 is the key

Timmer indicates that he does not yet regard the current price as a buying opportunity, precisely because XRP is in the middle of a resistance zone. Only when XRP opens and closes a full weekly candle above $1.50 can that resistance, in his view, turn into support. That would then be the starting point for a possible buying opportunity.

The volume profile plays a supporting role in this. The second chart shows that relatively little trading volume has built up in the zone above $1.50. Such a volume gap can mean that the price can advance rapidly on a breakout, with little resistance in between. Timmer cites $2.10 as the first serious target zone in that scenario, a level that coincides on the chart with the next resistance zone around $2.10 to $2.30.