Ethereum Classic (ETC) price prediction 2026
What the numbers say about Ethereum Classic over the next hour, day, week, month and quarter — and why.
Ethereum Classic (ETC) trades at 8.4984 USDT. The 24-hour projection is 8.6208 USDT (+1.44%), inside an 80% band of 8.3318–8.92. Seven days out it is 8.8341 USDT (+3.95%). Of 100 technical rules, 31 read bullish and 40 bearish, so the published call is neutral. Computed 11 October 2026, 23:38 UTC.
CryptosalesAI outlook computed · Data sources: binance · huobi · kucoin · mexc
- Rules pointing up
- 30% 31 of 100 bullish
- 24-hour projection
- +1.44% 8.6208 USDT
- 7-day projection
- +3.95% 8.8341 USDT
- 30-day projection
- +13.4% 9.6389 USDT
- Market regime
- Transitional ADX 31
- Volatility
- Calm ATR 5.48% of price
- Support
- 6.0218 USDT
- Resistance
- 10.3553 USDT
ETC price and projected range
Daily closes for the period shown, then the projected path with its 80% band. The band is the honest part: the line is one number out of everything that could happen, the band is where the model expects the price to actually land four times out of five.
ETC price projection by horizon
| Horizon | Projected price | Change | 80% band | Confidence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In an hour | 8.5502 | +0.61% | 8.4909 – 8.61 | 36% | |
| In 24 hours | 8.6208 | +1.44% | 8.3318 – 8.92 | 34% | |
| In 7 days | 8.8341 | +3.95% | 8.0719 – 9.6697 | 30% | |
| In 14 days | 9.0754 | +6.79% | 7.9881 – 10.314 | 28% | |
| In 30 days | 9.6389 | +13.4% | 7.996 – 11.6266 | 25% | |
| In 90 days | 12.0507 | +41.8% | 8.7245 – 16.6776 | 21% |
Why ETC is projected to trade sideways
Every reason below is a measurement, sorted by how much it moved the verdict. Reasons that point against the call are listed too — a forecast that only shows its supporting evidence is an advertisement.
Price and trend
- MACD is below its signal line by 1.47% of price — short-term momentum is negative.
- The rule set is split — 31 bullish against 40 bearish — so no side has a working majority.
- Volume is 46% below its monthly average, so whatever the price does has little conviction behind it.
- Price sits 3.0% above its 50-day average: the medium-term trend is intact.
Futures positioning
- The order book is bid-heavy by 16% across the top hundred levels.
- Aggressive flow is buying-led, at a 1.22 taker buy/sell ratio.
Market backdrop
- The Fear & Greed index is 61 — greed. Crowded optimism raises the cost of being wrong.
What the 100 technical rules say about ETC
Each rule is a conventional indicator strategy — moving-average crosses, oscillators, bands, trend and volume filters, price-action patterns. They vote independently; the consensus is the tally, not an opinion about it.
| Family | Bias | Bullish | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Averages | 12 | 13 | |
| Oscillators | 8 | 12 | |
| Bands | 1 | 1 | |
| Trend | 6 | 10 | |
| Volume | 1 | 3 | |
| Price Action | 3 | 1 |
Strongest individual signals
- EMA 20/50 Cross Bullish
- EMA 21/55 Cross Bullish
- EMA 50/200 Cross Bearish
- EMA 100/200 Cross Bearish
- SMA 10/20 Cross Bearish
- SMA 20/50 Cross Bullish
- SMA 50/100 Cross Bullish
- SMA 50/200 Cross Bullish
ETC futures positioning
What traders are actually paying to hold. Crowded positioning is read against itself: a side everyone is on is a side that can be squeezed.
- Funding rate
- +0.01% +6.25% a year
- Open interest, 24h
- -1.81% 2.8M
- Taker buy/sell
- 1.22
- Accounts long/short
- 1.32
- Order-book imbalance
- +15.9%
Market backdrop Neutral
Signals shared by the whole market, refreshed on their own cadence and folded into every projection on the site.
- Fear & Greed index 61 The Fear & Greed index is 61 — greed. Crowded optimism raises the cost of being wrong.
- Implied volatility 44% Options are pricing about 44% annualised volatility, so the projection band is scaled ×0.98.
- Capital in DeFi $92.4B Capital committed in DeFi is $92.4B, -2.8% over the week.
- CME positioning — source unavailable
How previous ETC forecasts turned out
Every projection is written down when it is made and compared with the market once its horizon passes. Nothing here is recomputed with hindsight.
- Direction called correctly
- 42%
- Landed inside the band
- 73%
- Average error
- 3.3%
- Forecasts scored
- 45 since 28 August 2026
How CryptosalesAI calculates this
CryptosalesAI merges candles across Binance, MEXC, KuCoin and HTX, so no single venue's outage or thin book can distort the series. A hundred conventional technical rules then vote on direction; the vote balance, the trend regime, derivatives positioning and the wider market backdrop are combined into a projection for each horizon. The band around each price is an 80% confidence interval, and it is scored against what actually happened.
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Is this investment advice?
This is a statistical projection from public market data, not investment advice. Crypto prices can move further and faster than any model allows for; never commit money you cannot afford to lose.