DAX Forecast: Coming Days, Next Week and Long Term

All charts on this page are by Karsten Kagels and from now on show the prices of the DAX CFD from Capital.com. Because the CFD also trades outside Xetra hours, it shows the moves overnight and gives a better view of the markets. Depending on the provider, prices can differ slightly; for the analysis this does not matter. All charts were exported on 24 October 2026 between 12:16 and 12:27 CEST and show Friday's weekly close. Each caption names its own state. Anyone trading the DAX future also sees slightly different prices.

On the 4-hour chart the DAX tested the September low on Friday. It fell to 25,010, briefly below the September low at 25,054, and closed at 25,154, above it again. The prominent wick of Friday's candle points to demand in this area and could be read as a sign of a recovery tendency in the coming week.

The round 25,000 mark stays in focus. A break below it would send the DAX toward the areas around 24,800 and 24,700, where support is expected first. The price behavior there could give a signal. A decisive break without a big struggle around last year's high at 24,770 would likely signal stronger downward pressure.

At the start of the week it remains to be seen whether the recovery tendency prevails. The DAX CFD already trades before the open. If the DAX holds above the September low and the 25,000 mark, the sideways tendency at last year's high can continue. A recovery above the January high at 25,510 would amount to a kind of reversal pattern. What counts are the levels from the 4-hour and daily chart: the January high above, the 25,000 mark and last year's high below.

On the daily chart the situation is double-edged. On Friday the DAX opened at 25,363, reached a high of 25,407 and a low of 25,010 and closed at 25,154, 356 points below the January high at 25,510. On the downside the 200-day line at 24,856, flattened and together with last year's high at 24,770, continues to act as support.

Above, the shorter averages form a cluster at the January high. The 20-, 50- and 100-day lines are at 25,289, 25,624 and 25,454. A clear signal remains to be seen: either a breakout above the 50-day line and the weekly high at 25,708, or a break of the 200-day line or last year's high. A break down would likely start a next leg with targets in the area of 23,600; upward, the year's high at 26,620, also the all-time high, is first the target.

Two central bank dates are coming up in the next few weeks. They are reasons to read the chart again, not a forecast of a particular reaction. The Fed time is Eastern Time, with central European time in brackets.

28 October, usually 2:00 p.m. ET (19:00 CET): Fed rate decision after the meeting of 27 and 28 October (FOMC calendar).

29 October, 14:15 CET: ECB rate decision after the meeting of 28 and 29 October (ECB calendar).

For the euro area, the ECB sets interest rates. What is at stake at the meeting is explained in our article on the ECB rate decision; the US side is covered by the Fed rate decision and the US inflation data.

The momentum of the correction from the all-time high is tiring. From the year's high at 26,620, also the all-time high, the DAX has come back about 1,500 points, and at last year's high at 24,770 it has found support so far. The 2026 low from March is at 21,862.

The September low at 25,054 stays an interesting level on the weekly chart. The week opened at 25,473, rose to 25,708, fell to 25,010 and closed at 25,154. At the low it found support at the September low, and the close is above it.

That could lead to a continuation of the sideways tendency. As long as the round 25,000 mark stays in view psychologically and last year's high holds, the sideways phase remains. A recovery back above the January high at 25,510 would amount to a kind of reversal pattern. Closes above 25,700 at the weekly close would let a next test of the all-time high at 26,620 be expected.

Below the market two more supports are marked: the July and the June low. The July low is at 24,609, the June low at 23,940. Lower follow the green long-term uptrend line and the 2026 low at 21,862. For next week the focus is on the 25,000 mark and last year's high at 24,770. If this zone holds, the sideways tendency can continue; a break below it would send the DAX toward the areas around 24,800 and 24,700. This reading is an editorial guideline; the price levels come from Karsten's charts.

The last completed trading day decides which path applies. Exactly one applies at any time. After the weekly close at 25,154, it is the wait path. The price levels come from Karsten's charts; the closing condition is an editorial guideline. They are reference levels, not order rules.

On the monthly chart the January high is the significant level. The price is between the January high and last year's high. October opened at 25,095, rose to 25,708, fell to 24,786 and stands at 25,154. The bar looks relatively undecided, which could point to a possible stabilization after the correction from the all-time high. For a clear statement the monthly closing price remains to be seen.

Prices above the January high keep the friendly outlook alive. Until the monthly close on 30 October, the January high at 25,510 remains the level at which the direction is decided. If the DAX holds above it, the all-time high at 26,620 is the next hurdle. If it falls below, last year's high at 24,770, the July low at 24,609 and the June low at 23,940 come into view.

The green long-term uptrend line lies below the market. It runs from the low in April 2025 through the 2026 low in March. Should the DAX fall below 24,770, a next leg with targets in the area of 23,600 would likely begin.

The logarithmic 3-month chart shows the long-term uptrend in the DAX. Each bar is one quarter. The logarithmic scale shows percentage moves at the same size, whether the index stands at 8,000 or at 25,000 points.

The uptrend structure is fundamentally intact in the long term. The DAX has come back about 1,500 points from the all-time high at 26,620 and fell to 21,862 in March. On Friday it closed at 25,154, above last year's high at 24,770 but below the all-time high. The focus is on last year's high as support.

The 3-month chart gives no target level for 2027. The level from which the DAX starts the new year is decided by the year's close in 2026. The benchmark is last year's high at 24,770.

For 2028, too, the long-term trend remains the guide. After the slumps of 2020 and 2022, new highs followed on the 3-month chart; over the whole history since 2015 it shows a long-term upward development. A target level for 2028 cannot be read from it.

There is no reliable point forecast for 2030 or 2050. The 3-month chart describes a direction, not a target price. Anyone planning that far ahead thinks in decades, not in price levels; numbers for 2050 would be guesswork.