If Stellar's chart had a soundtrack right now, it would be a remix of its 2017 chart. That’s the core idea behind a sharp read from market researcher EtherNasyonaL – a comparison that maps today’s structure against the last major cycle.
The message is simple: long, quiet accumulation, a steadier re-accumulation, and then the move that makes headlines. If the rhythm holds, the next verse is the one everyone waits for: expansion.
What the XLM Chart Is Whispering
On the left, 2017 shows months of Stellar price compressing inside a box, a swift breakout, a brief cool-off that never broke structure, and then a vertical run that ended in a distribution zone.
On the right, the current monthly chart is tracing the same footprints: a boxed-in accumulation base through 2023–2024, a decisive markup, and a choppy re-accumulation range that’s refusing to give bears a clean breakdown.
Momentum is brewing under the surface, and the structure hasn’t been invalidated. That’s exactly how this pattern looked before it snapped higher last time.
Stellar price monthly candles have that classic Wyckoff feel: absorption in a low-volatility box, a sign of strength as price leaves the range, and a controlled pullback where buyers quietly take the other side.
Each push down finds bids near prior range highs rather than the depths of the base, which is what you want to see if a market is stockpiling energy. The current range has acted more like a loading dock than a trap; this is re-accumulation in textbook form.
Moreover, no one gets a guarantee, but the roadmap is straightforward. Hold the re-accumulation box on the monthly and Stellar price keeps the higher-timeframe uptrend intact.
Clear the recent swing ceiling with a decisive monthly close and the chart can shift from grind to glide. That’s where the “parabolic” talk stops sounding dramatic and starts reading like math: thin liquidity above, trapped shorts below, and a crowded doorway when momentum returns.
What Could Trip Stellar Price Up
Re-accumulation is only bullish if the floor holds. Lose the box on a higher-timeframe close, and the market admits it needs more time in the basement.
Macro shocks can delay good structures, and rotations into mega-caps can slow the tempo. The tell will be how XLM behaves on pullbacks: shallow dips with strong wicks keep the playbook intact; deep closes back into the old base would put this rhyme on pause.
Right now, Stellar price is behaving like a coiled spring on a monthly. The structure says patience, the impulse says soon. If the 2017 script is really back on stage, the next act isn’t a slow shuffle – it’s the move that turns a quiet chart into a loud one.
Credit where it’s due to EtherNasyonaL for surfacing the pattern with clarity. If XLM price delivers the final phase, no one will be asking whether the market “remembers” 2017. It will be living it.