I found a repeating pattern here. At the end of 2017 Ripple doubled its value (from ~ $1.25 to ~ $2.5) and then lost about 36% of it, back to ~ $1.6. It recovered some of it and started a sideward trend and shortly afterwards skyrocketed to ~ $3.2.
Ripple now fell back to the $2.5 area where it bounced and had a try at $3 but failed. But it broke out of the downtrend and starting yet another sideward trend. ($2.6 area) Will Ripple once again break out of the sideward trend and repeat what happened at the end of 2017? Maybe new all-time highs?