$MET These 15 minutes are kind of interesting—the price is up 2.96%, and the volume surged straight to 16.78x. More importantly, OI: +5.89% over 15 minutes and +4.47% over the next hour. The nominal increase adds up to over 700k U. This is clearly new leveraged long positions entering, not short covering.

Also, the OI anomaly percentile has already hit 99.8%, ranking #1 in the whole pool. The ratio of active buys to sells is 1.43, and the bias is pretty obvious. This has been the case for several consecutive cycles—not just a single spike.

The 24-hour trading value is only 13.7M—not too big, not too small—but with this kind of volume-price combination near historical extreme ranges, it’s worth watching to see if it can continue. Don’t just look at the upside; OI is the real signal.