It’s me again, your insider. When prices surge, first look at where the money is coming from.
$BAT ’s structure leans bullish, but it’s not confirmed yet, so I’m staying neutral for now.
Current price: 0.15222, up +4.62% over 24 hours, with $85.7 million in trading volume. What really caught my eye was open interest: +6.3% in 1 hour and +4.6% in 3 hours. Both point to fresh money coming in, not old positions just going around in circles. The taker buy/sell ratio is 1.204, with buyers in the lead. Short-term momentum looks strong, but this alone isn’t enough to confirm a direction.
There are just two key levels. A break below 0.14601 would mean this accumulation was a fakeout, and I’d turn bearish. A move above 0.15321 would confirm the structure, and I’d turn bullish. I’m not taking a position in between.
I don’t factor in the funding rate—the figures are too small to tell us much. The big players are also split on long versus short, so that’s no reason to take a one-sided view. I’m watching to see whether price and open interest move in sync. Before I change my stance, I’ll need to see price break above 0.15321 with open interest recovering alongside it. I’ll check back on this in my next post.
If I can make sense of the market, I’ll say so. If I can’t, I’ll just say I can’t.
— Neican Jun · Post #8 today. The next one will tell.
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