$XMR - New all-time high in early January 2026
A new all-time high in the first half of January. I’m a skeptic, so I start from the annual chart.
In 2025, the coin printed the wide range : 183.42–499.11.
Since 2025 closed at almost 75% of the 2021 candle top, with the old ATH at 521.00, it was reasonable to expect further upside. However, I would have preferred to see a healthy correction — at least 50% Fibonacci of the annual range at 341.27, which now lies just below the middle of the gap zone between the 2026 low and the 2023 high.
If we project the last pullback range from January to August 2025, the level 610.08 becomes evident — meaning we are very close to forming a new ATH.
What to be expected: new ATH formation is usually accompanied by closing large longs and opening large shorts, pushing price even higher. At this stage, it is difficult to say where the move will end — better to monitor lower time frames.
