After the small pump from BTC to produce a new ATH, XRP followed shortly after with a small pump above a resistance level to $2.70. This area was likely filled with liquidity both for buy orders but also be a lot of limit sells for shorts. You can see the manipulation on the charts as the price clearly spikes through this range to settle again beneath.
XRP is currently in a consolidating market / rising wedge, with the exhaustion from BTC and signs of reversal i would be inclined to look for short positions again on ALTS like XRP if BTC does drive to the down side.
I'll see where price is when the market is near the end of the rising wedge and how BTC plays out as this will affect XRP in the coming days. If signs are bearish then i will be looking to execute this for a short term short.
Targets would be at the next significant key level, approximately $1.95 with a stop at around $2.75 which is just above the previous high of the manipulation, purely for some strategic cover from potential future manipulation.