🔴 Short Reversal Signs (Parabolic Top)
🟢 Long Accumulation Signs (Pre-Pump)
📈 PUMP MAGNITUDE
Extreme pumps (+50% to +80%+ in 24h) exhaust buyer liquidity, setting up the dump.
+50% = WARN+80% = DANGER
📈 OI RISING
Open Interest increasing $+2\%$ to $+5\%+$ as smart money enters quietly before the price pump.
+1% = UPTICK+5% = ACCUMULATION
🌡️ RSI OVERBOUGHT
RSI is at or above 80 on both 1h and 4h timeframes indicates momentum exhaustion.
RSI 80+ = WARNRSI 87+ = EXTREME
⚡ AGGRESSIVE BUYERS
Taker B/S ratio $> 1.15$ to $1.30+$ showing aggressive buying at market order.
>1.15 = BUILDING>1.30 = AGGRESSIVE
📉 OI DROPPING
Open Interest declining while price stays high indicates smart money exiting positions. Starts ~60-100m early.
OI -0.5% = WARNOI -1%+ = KEY SIGNAL
💤 NEUTRAL FUNDING
Funding rate is low ($< 0.02\%$) or negative, indicating it's cheap to hold longs and not overcrowded.
💸 FUNDING CROWDED
Funding rates are elevated showing heavily crowded long positions, making them vulnerable to liquidation cascade.
📊 RSI MOMENTUM ZONE
RSI 1h in the 55–70 zone. Momentum is building but the coin is not yet overbought.
⚡ TAKER B/S FLIP
Taker buy/sell ratio dropping below 1.0. This is the trigger signal — shows sellers have taken control of market tape.
🔊 VOLUME SPIKE
Volume surging $3\times$ to $5\times+$ above the 20-bar average, showing sudden interest.
👥 RETAIL CROWDING
Retail being highly short indicates massive fuel for a squeeze, or top hunting when combined with dropping OI.
🎯 RETAIL SHORT FUEL
Retail being short creates potential fuel for a short squeeze when buyers step in.
📌 Reversal Case Study — ESPORTS: Pumped +92% → Score reached 100/100 🔴 IMMINENT. OI was dropping (-1.46%) while price was flat at the top. The dump followed 100 mins later.
📌 Accumulation Case Study — ESPORTS: Before the pump, OI rose (+3.5%), taker buyers were aggressive (1.35), funding was neutral (0.01%), and 1h RSI was 58.0. Score was 90/100 🟢 HIGH POTENTIAL.