Key Insights:
- Analyst suggests Cardano price could peak in Q2-Q3 2026 following Bitcoin’s cycle high.
- The $7.50 Cardano price ceiling could create a market cap of approximately $270 billion for the network.
- ADA price development follows the same technical patterns but with extended timeframes throughout this cycle.
The AI system Zero predicts the best time to sell when Cardano price reaches between $5.50 and $7.50 during this bull cycle.
Analyst Dan Gambardello’s suggested ADA price could peak in Q2-Q3 2026 following Bitcoin’s cycle high. The AI recommends 40-50% position exits when risk scores reach 85-90 extreme greed territory.
Cardano Price Analysis Reveals $5.50-$7.50 Selling Range
Zero’s analysis targets the $5.50-$7.50 range as the optimal area for largest position exits when ADA price reaches these levels.
The AI calculates this ADA price range based on historical cycle trends where ADA typically peaks at 10-20x from bear market lows.
Bear market lows reached 25 cents during 2023-2024 providing the baseline for ADA price calculations.
The $7.50 ADA price ceiling could create a market cap of approximately $270 billion for the network.
This valuation appears plausible given ADA’s historical dominance during previous bull market cycles. The AI considers market cap constraints when setting realistic ADA price targets for institutional adoption phases.
Zero recommends selling 40-50% of total ADA holdings within this ADA price range rather than complete position exits.
The recommendation accounts for market unpredictability and also maintains exposure to potential ADA price upside moves.
The timing prediction points to Q2-Q3 2026 for peak ADA price levels during this cycle. Historical patterns show altcoins like ADA peak three to six months after Bitcoin reaches cycle highs.
If Bitcoin peaks in late 2025, Cardano price could follow with its own peak in mid-2026.
Cardano Price Structure Mirrors Previous Cycle
Current Cardano price action mirrors the structure of its last cycle but is happening more slowly according to Gambardello.
The structured move in the current breakout area matches pre-bull market positioning from the last cycle.
Gambardello also mentioned that ADA price development follows the same technical patterns but with extended timeframes throughout this cycle.
Altcoin season predictions indicate three phases of liquidity rotation that could benefit ADA price performance.
Bitcoin initially draws liquidity from ETH and altcoins during its pumping phases. Ethereum then attracts capital from Bitcoin and altcoins when ETH begins its upward movement.
The final phase involves altcoins attracting liquidity from both Bitcoin and Ethereum during sudden growth periods.
This rotation occurs within three months of current market conditions and could drive ADA price higher.
If Ethereum can achieve 3x gains in four months, ADA price could see 10x to 50x multipliers as per Gambardello.
Risk Score Monitoring Provides Cardano Exit Signals
ADA’s risk score currently sits at 40. This matches that pre-bull market levels that previously was followed by major Cardano price movements.
The AI system recommends monitoring risk scores reaching 85-90 as extreme greed territory indicating potential Cardano price overextension.
Zero emphasizes using risk models as real-time confirmation tools to validate exits within target ADA price ranges.
The system tracks risk scores from current 40s levels through 60s, 70s, and into dangerous 80s territory. Previous cycles show Cardano price peaks occurring when risk scores hit 88 during first swing highs.
Earlier cycles pushed risk scores higher into the 90s with peaks at 94 before major ADA price pullbacks.
The 80-area consistently is a critical decision point for ADA price profit-taking strategies across multiple market cycles.
Cardano is currently hovering below the $0.8 level and has struggled to break and sustain the $0.8 level. Looking at the yearly performance, ADA price has jumped more than 130%.
However, ADA is still down 75% from its all time high of $3.09 from September 2021.
Source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2025/08/12/cardano-price-alert-ai-predicts-the-best-time-to-sell-ada/