$SAND 15m suddenly surged 1.82%, with volume jumping straight to 3.07x. This isn’t typical retail trader behavior.

OI rose 1.12% over 15m and 1.26% over 1h. Price and open interest moved up together—a clear sign of fresh leveraged longs entering. It ranked #8 for abnormal activity across the board and #11 for notional change, making a big splash.

The closing price broke above the highs of the past 20 5m candles. Aggressive trade imbalance was 36.3%, and the buy/sell ratio was 2.14, showing buyers were clearly sweeping up supply. 24h trading volume topped 200M, so there’s enough liquidity here—it’s not some tiny coin that pumps and then dies.

SAND, the old metaverse favorite, hasn’t shown up on the anomaly leaderboard in a long time. Is real money positioning early, or is this a quick raid riding the broader market sentiment? The order book offers a clue: aggressive buyers are in control, and the price-volume action looks fairly healthy. But whether it can hold above the top of the range depends on how the next one or two 15m candles close.

Don’t rush to chase it. Wait for a pullback and confirmation.