NEAR positions surge 9.62% in a single day, yet the price is still stuck below 2.33—this isn’t accumulation; someone is holding long orders and waiting for you to take the bag. Whale accounts have longs making up 66%. They’re propping up the market to squeeze out a “bull_strong” false signal, but a four-hour structure of five bearish candles has come down hard—active buying at 57% still can’t push the price up. It’s clearly distribution. Current price 2.326: go short directly. First target 2.239, second target 2.18, stop loss 2.42—until the market maker clears out the longs they’re holding, this move won’t end.