About 6 hours ago, I observed this morning’s pull-up; the bullish direction looked favored. The initial call was that the chips were consolidating in a gathering phase.
Now, according to the publicly available order-book reconciliation, none of these three coins has truly broken out: XTZ and STRK are still in a tug-of-war, while PHA has fizzled out and pulled back.
XTZ: Tug-of-war. The price and capital-flow structure have not yet formed a one-sided confirmation. The bullish momentum neither connected nor has it been conclusively disproven.
After the initial push, the price dropped 2.62% to 0.2563, and open interest fell in sync by 4.55%, with the gain narrowing from 5.53% to 3.14%.
The long/short ratio shows longs at 62%, but price failed to keep up with the positioning preference—this is still a struggle on the chart.
PHA: Fizzled out. The morning bullish view couldn’t be sustained; after the initial push, the price pulled back 4.65%.
More importantly, open interest dropped 14.14%, the largest decline among the three. The gain also narrowed from 7.33% to 1.1%. Although the funding rate has been repaired, it is still negative—shorts are still paying. The heat hasn’t been able to carry over.
STRK: Tug-of-war. After the initial push, the price fell 2.75%; the gain flipped from 2.36% directly to -3.37%.
The strength of active buy orders dropped from 0.94 to 0.63—buyers are retreating. Open interest also slightly decreased by 3.25%; the direction hasn’t resolved yet.
Next, keep watching whether open interest can stop falling and rebound, and whether active buy pressure will strengthen again. Turning these two indicators positive is a signal for bullish confirmation to be re-established.
If price continues to weaken while open interest keeps sliding, that would be a counter-signal (a disproval) to this bullish move.
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