Solana is trading near a pivotal technical area as short-term and long-term charts point to the possibility of a broader recovery from recent weakness. While one setup highlights $82.25, $98.40 and $130.70 as potential upside levels, a separate cycle analysis argues that SOL may have formed a major bottom that could support a longer-term move toward $1,000.
Solana Cycle Timing Suggests a Potential Bottom as $1,000 Target Returns to Focus
CryptoCurb argues that Solana may have reached a major cycle bottom after spending substantially longer in its current decline than it did during the previous bear-market cycle. The chart compares the duration of past SOL drawdowns and then maps a highly bullish long-term scenario toward $1,000 or more.
Solana Cycle Top-to-Bottom. Source: CryptoCurb (@CryptoCurb) on X
The weekly SOL/USDT chart compares two major market cycles. According to CryptoCurb's markings, Solana took 420 days to move from its 2021 cycle top to the following bottom. In the current cycle, the chart counts 567 days since the latest cycle top, leading the analyst to argue that SOL has already spent enough time correcting to establish another significant low.
The key point is the difference in duration. The present decline has lasted roughly 147 days longer than the previous top-to-bottom sequence shown on the chart. CryptoCurb interprets that extended period as evidence that the bearish phase may be mature rather than at the beginning of another major leg lower.
Still, the timing comparison alone does not confirm that a bottom is in place. The chart identifies a potential low around the current price region, shown near $74, but it does not provide a separate technical confirmation signal such as a breakout above resistance, a higher high or a sustained reversal structure. As a result, the bottom call remains the analyst's interpretation rather than a confirmed market fact.
From that assumed low, the chart projects an aggressive multi-year recovery. Its hypothetical path shows SOL accelerating through several hundred dollars during 2027 before eventually testing and exceeding $1,000 around 2028. That part of the graphic is a forward projection, not historical price action, and depends on Solana beginning a new expansion cycle similar to — but much larger than — its previous rallies.
For bulls, the practical confirmation would be a sustained recovery away from the proposed cycle-low area followed by a sequence of higher highs and higher lows. Continued weakness below the region marked as the 2026 bottom would undermine the cycle-bottom thesis and delay the projected recovery.
CryptoCurb's chart therefore presents a long-term bullish scenario rather than a guaranteed Solana price target: the 567-day correction supports the analyst's argument that time-based capitulation may be complete, while future price action still needs to confirm that SOL has actually entered a new uptrend.
SOL Tests Descending Trendline With $82-$130 Upside Levels in View
Daink’s daily SOL/USDT chart presents a shorter-term bullish setup centered on a breakout from the descending trendline that has capped Solana since its July rebound. With SOL shown near $73.35, the chart maps several upside levels if buyers can turn the current consolidation into a confirmed trend reversal.
Solana Daily Descending Trendline. Source: Daink (@TraderDaink) on X
SOL has been compressing beneath a descending resistance line drawn from the early-July high near the $82.25 area. The trendline has produced a series of lower highs, keeping the short-term structure bearish even as price stabilizes above its June low.
The chart's bullish scenario starts with SOL breaking above that falling trendline and establishing support around the mid-$70s. Daink's projected path shows some volatility around the breakout rather than an immediate vertical rally, suggesting that a retest could occur before momentum strengthens.
The first major resistance sits at $82.25. This level is important because it lines up with the July rebound high and would represent the first significant hurdle after a trendline breakout. A daily move above $82.25 would strengthen the argument that SOL is shifting from its recent sequence of lower highs toward a more constructive structure.
Above that, the chart identifies $98.40 as the next major target. The projected path pauses around this level before advancing again, implying that the area near $100 could act as both a psychological and technical resistance zone.
Further upside targets appear at $114.55 and $130.70. Daink's hand-drawn scenario shows SOL consolidating briefly around $114.55 before eventually challenging $130.70. From the chart's current $73.35 reading, reaching $130.70 would require a substantial recovery, so those levels remain conditional targets rather than confirmed destinations.
On the downside, $66.10 is the clearest support marked on the chart. A sustained break below that level would weaken the proposed breakout setup and push SOL back toward the lower red risk area shown beneath support. In contrast, holding above $66.10 while breaking the descending trendline would give bulls their first meaningful confirmation.
The practical takeaway is that $82.25 is the first major test. Clearing it would open the chart's path toward $98.40, followed by $114.55 and $130.70, while losing $66.10 would challenge the bullish scenario.
