NEAR Protocol (NEAR) price prediction 2026
What the numbers say about NEAR Protocol over the next hour, day, week, month and quarter — and why.
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) trades at 1.8979 USDT. The 24-hour projection is 1.8678 USDT (-1.59%), inside an 80% band of 1.7781–1.9615. Seven days out it is 1.8734 USDT (-1.29%). Of 100 technical rules, 58 read bullish and 11 bearish, so the published call is bullish. Computed 27 August 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Outlook computed · Data sources: binance · huobi · kucoin · mexc
- Rules pointing up
- 59% 58 of 100 bullish
- 24-hour projection
- -1.59% 1.8678 USDT
- 7-day projection
- -1.29% 1.8734 USDT
- 30-day projection
- -2.25% 1.8552 USDT
- Market regime
- Uptrend ADX 28
- Volatility
- Normal ATR 6.71% of price
- Support
- 1.5385 USDT
- Resistance
- 2.1079 USDT
NEAR 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.
NEAR price projection by horizon
| Horizon | Projected price | Change | 80% band | Confidence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In an hour | 1.8867 | -0.59% | 1.8679 – 1.9057 | 49% | |
| In 24 hours | 1.8678 | -1.59% | 1.7781 – 1.9615 | 45% | |
| In 7 days | 1.8734 | -1.29% | 1.6442 – 2.1314 | 39% | |
| In 30 days | 1.8552 | -2.25% | 1.4138 – 2.4189 | 31% | |
| In 90 days | 1.7685 | -6.82% | 1.0988 – 2.7911 | 24% |
Why NEAR is projected to rise
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 above its signal line by 1.54% of price — short-term momentum is positive.
- 58 of the 100 technical rules read bullish against 11 bearish.
- The trend is up and confirmed (ADX 28), so momentum carries the projection with it.
- Price sits 5.5% above its 50-day average: the medium-term trend is intact.
- RSI is 58, on the strong side of neutral.
Futures positioning
- Aggressive flow is selling-led, at a 0.83 taker buy/sell ratio.
- The order book is bid-heavy by 10% across the top hundred levels.
- Open interest is up 4.1% over the day while price rises — new money entering, not a short squeeze.
Market backdrop
- Capital committed in DeFi is $88.8B, +8.3% over the week.
- Asset managers on CME hold 4531 long against 1799 short contracts — a net +43.2% lean.
- The Fear & Greed index is 71 — greed. Crowded optimism raises the cost of being wrong.
What the 100 technical rules say about NEAR
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 | 18 | 8 | |
| Oscillators | 19 | 1 | |
| Bands | 2 | 0 | |
| Trend | 15 | 0 | |
| Volume | 2 | 2 | |
| Price Action | 2 | 0 |
Strongest individual signals
- EMA 5/13 Cross Bullish
- EMA 8/21 Cross Bullish
- EMA 9/26 Cross Bullish
- EMA 12/26 Cross Bullish
- SMA 10/20 Cross Bullish
- SMA 20/50 Cross Bearish
- SMA 50/100 Cross Bearish
- SMA 50/200 Cross Bullish
NEAR 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
- +0.00% +4.84% a year
- Open interest, 24h
- +4.07% 40.7M
- Taker buy/sell
- 0.83
- Accounts long/short
- 1.47
- Order-book imbalance
- +9.70%
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 71 The Fear & Greed index is 71 — greed. Crowded optimism raises the cost of being wrong.
- Implied volatility 50% Options are pricing about 50% annualised volatility, so the projection band is scaled ×1.10.
- Capital in DeFi $88.8B Capital committed in DeFi is $88.8B, +8.3% over the week.
- CME positioning +43.2% Asset managers on CME hold 4531 long against 1799 short contracts — a net +43.2% lean.
How previous NEAR forecasts turned out
Not enough forecasts have matured yet to publish a track record for NEAR. It appears once at least eight have been scored.
How this is calculated
Candles are merged 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.