ASTER is showing some real strength here.
15m volume is up 4x, price has pushed above the highs of nearly 20 recent 5m candles, and the taker buy/sell ratio has hit 2.54. Buyers are backing it with real money.
The key is OI: +0.43% over 15m, +0.35% over 1h, with an anomaly percentile of 98.6%—second-highest across the entire pool. Price is rising alongside OI, so this isn’t shorts getting squeezed; new leveraged longs are entering. And this has continued for several consecutive intervals—it’s not just a momentary spike.
The funding rate is already at a recent high percentile, so sentiment is running hot. With this kind of setup, it either keeps accelerating or sees a sharp flush after longs get overcrowded—there’s no middle ground.
Keep a close eye on that 5m breakout level. It needs to hold before the next leg can begin.
15m volume is up 4x, price has pushed above the highs of nearly 20 recent 5m candles, and the taker buy/sell ratio has hit 2.54. Buyers are backing it with real money.
The key is OI: +0.43% over 15m, +0.35% over 1h, with an anomaly percentile of 98.6%—second-highest across the entire pool. Price is rising alongside OI, so this isn’t shorts getting squeezed; new leveraged longs are entering. And this has continued for several consecutive intervals—it’s not just a momentary spike.
The funding rate is already at a recent high percentile, so sentiment is running hot. With this kind of setup, it either keeps accelerating or sees a sharp flush after longs get overcrowded—there’s no middle ground.
Keep a close eye on that 5m breakout level. It needs to hold before the next leg can begin.