$AR This move went from 3.57 up to 4.95, then dipped back to 4.43. In 24 hours, turnover was 267M and the gain was 22%. This is not a rhythm that retail traders could pull off. I noticed a signal: during the two hourly candles from 2:00 to 4:00 AM, volume suddenly surged to more than six times the average volume, yet the price didn’t make a new high—staying repeatedly stuck and grinding between 4.85 and 4.95. This is a classic spoofing-and-washout: shaking out the chasing short-term holders. What are the real big players doing? They’ve been quietly picking up in the 4.2 to 4.4 range. On the order book, those dozens of tiny orders are densely packed—looking like retail orders, but in reality they’re split orders used to accumulate. The circulating supply for this AR asset is already not large. With turnover of 267M, the turnover rate is already at an extremely outrageous level. This kind of volume pattern has only two possibilities: either the project team itself is acting as a market maker, or multiple funds have reached an unspoken agreement. Next, look at the contract open interest. Funding rates flipped from negative in the morning to positive, but open interest didn’t spike in sync, which suggests the shorts are being forced to cover—not that brand-new longs are wildly flooding in. With this kind of structure, it’s hard for the price to crash straight away. It most likely still needs to test the prior high once more. The 4.95 area is a clearly visible pressure level, but the real sell wall is around 5.2. There’s a sell order for more than 3,000 coins sitting there; it’s been canceled and re-placed—canceled again and replaced again—three times. That’s them testing how the market responds. My conclusion is very direct: AR is currently in a rally continuation phase, not a distribution phase. A pullback to 4.2–4.3 is a chance to get on board. Only if it breaks below 4.0 do we need to reassess. The first target above is 5.5. If it breaks through 5.2 with volume, that sell wall can’t hold—and getting to $6 won’t be a dream. I estimate the big players’ position cost is between 3.8 and 4.1. They haven’t left—so why are you panicking? Wait and see. See you in the comments��
