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What happens to Arweave after large-trade buying?

Since 2021, Arweave has shown large-trade buying 30 times. In the 30 cases old enough to score, the price was higher 7 days later 47% of the time, with a median move of −0.3%. On an ordinary day the median 7-day move for AR is −1.2%.

No better than chance17

Once you allow for how many studies were run, a gap this large is luck about 94% of the time, so this signal has told you nothing reliable about the following week.

Cases since 202130last on 29 Apr 2026
Higher after 7 days47%ordinary: 45%
Median 7-day move−0.3%ordinary: −1.2%
Could be luck94%allowing for 3,572 studies
Worst / best case−36% / +43%over 7 days
Median path after the signalMiddle half of casesOrdinary AR drift
−30%−20%−10%0%+10% -5dsignal+7d+14d+30d
Price change relative to the close on the signal day. Based on the 30 cases with a full 30 days of history after them.

By holding period

AfterCasesHigherMedian moveMiddle halfOrdinary medianGapBy luckProof score
1 day3047%−0.5%−3.9% to +3.0%−0.3%−0.2%94%16
3 days3043%−4.8%−8.1% to +4.1%−0.8%−4.1%20%36
7 days3047%−0.3%−13.4% to +13.5%−1.2%+0.9%94%17
14 days3040%−8.8%−20.4% to +12.1%−3.1%−5.7%62%21
30 days3050%−0.3%−22.8% to +11.0%−6.2%+5.9%79%45

“Ordinary median” is the median move of AR over the same number of days starting from any day. “Gap” is the signal's median minus the ordinary one. “By luck” is how often a gap at least that large comes from randomly chosen days, corrected for the 3,572 studies run at each holding period (for this study taken alone: 72%).

Holding it for 7 days

Typical dip on the way−11.8%ordinary AR: −9.5%
1 case in 4 dipped past−20.0%before day 7
Fell 10% or more on the way70%ordinary: 47%
Typical best point+13.3%highest price within 7 days
Median after costs−0.6%ordinary: −1.5%
Ahead after costs47%ordinary: 44%

Dips and best points use each day's low and high, measured from the close on the signal day. Costs assume 0.3% for a round trip: a 0.1% exchange fee each way and 0.05% slippage each way.

Did it hold up over time?

Splitting the cases by date: in the earlier 18 the gap over 7 days was −8.3%, and in the later 12 it was +5.3%. The direction changed, which is what a pattern produced by chance tends to do.

Every occurrence

One square per occurrence, oldest first. Green: higher 7 days later. Red: lower. Grey: not yet 7 days old.

DateClose+1d+7d+30d
29 Apr 2026$1.84+4.3%+42.9%+28.3%
13 Apr 2026$1.81−3.9%+15.5%+27.1%
15 Mar 2026$1.84+4.9%−9.8%−5.4%
8 Mar 2026$1.57+1.3%+17.2%+12.1%
26 Feb 2026$1.620.0%+3.1%+3.7%
19 Aug 2025$6.68+4.5%−0.4%+7.8%
20 Jul 2025$8.68−3.5%−9.1%−23.0%
30 Nov 2024$25.67−2.0%+5.0%−33.9%
23 Nov 2024$21.70+1.5%+18.3%−21.6%
16 Nov 2024$18.96−7.9%+14.5%+13.3%
7 Nov 2024$18.05+0.8%−9.8%+49.4%
4 Jun 2024$46.28−4.5%−28.3%−51.4%

The 12 most recent. All 30 are in the open data file.

The rule

Average trade size in the top 5% of the previous 180 days, with the share of volume from market buys above 50%. When the average trade gets unusually large, bigger players are active. Here they are active while market buys outweigh market sells.

Occurrences closer than 7 days to the previous one are not counted again. The signal is confirmed at the daily close (00:00 UTC) and returns are measured from that close. Full method.

The same signal on other coins

CoinCasesHigher after 7dMedianGapVerdict
Dash4038%−4.5%−4.1%Weak evidence
Lisk4040%−4.7%−4.0%Weak evidence
Bitcoin Cash4639%−3.4%−3.2%Weak evidence
The Sandbox3459%+4.1%+5.4%Weak evidence
Cardano4858%+2.5%+3.3%Weak evidence
Stacks4434%−4.3%−3.7%Weak evidence
Ethereum Classic5430%−3.6%−2.6%Weak evidence
Amp3628%−4.7%−2.4%Weak evidence

Whale footprint: large trades, buyers in control across all 94 coins

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