Highlights:
- Raydium (RAY) rose 5% to $3.38, with room for more gains.
- Overbought RSI and rising open interest suggest possible volatility.
- Strong support at $1.30-$1.50, with a “Golden Cross” indicating bullish momentum.
The Raydium price has surged 5% in the last 24 hours to trade at $3.38 as of 3:40 a.m. EST, driven by a 40% increase in trading volume to $209 million. The market capitalization now stands at $893 million.
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Raydium has rallied hard this month to enter overbought territory; its funding rate shows room for more upside. The native token RAY of the Solana-based automated market maker has been up 83% in the last month and 33% in the week. RAY earlier today reached a 31-month high of $3.59, a level last seen in April 2022.
The rise in Raydium’s price reflects a surge in on-chain gambling at Solana’s largest blockchain casino. Raydium processes 90% of Solana’s activity and commands 60% of the DEX market on the network.
Raydium serves as a proxy for high-risk, meme-driven behavior on the network. This makes it an attractive entry point for institutional funds and major players. It also boasts the lowest market cap-to-fees ratio among all Solana-based DEXs. In short, when $RAY is climbing, shorting Solana might not be the best strategy.
The growth of $ray is a good indicator of increased onchain gambling at the largest online blockchain casino, Solana.
90% of all activity on solana goes through raydium. it also holds 60% of the market of all dex on solana
raydium is a proxy for meme degeneracy on the network… pic.twitter.com/D7ZnZwQQ8l
— Hebe Woo (@Hebe_Woo39) October 27, 2024
According to data from Santiment, Raydium’s RSI is close to 80, indicating that the asset is overbought and may thus be at the mercy of profit-takers. Being overbought does not necessarily mean that RAY cannot pop higher. Raydium’s open interest jumped 65% daily from $4.5 million to $7.4 million. Higher open interest is often the culprit behind increased volatility because liquidations are likely to occur more often.
RAY Statistics
- Ray Price: $3.38
- Market capitalization: $893 million
- Trading volume: $209 million
- Circulating supply: 263 million
- Total Supply: 555 million
Raydium Price Indicates More Uptrend Coming
The RAY/USD 1-day chart shows that Raydium (RAY) is in a powerful parabolic rally, recently topping around $3.57. Although this was fast, the continuation could not last longer as parabolic movements are usually followed by profit-taking or corrections. RAY changed hands around $3.32, which is modestly lower than the recent peak, as some traders take profits.
Preceding the rally was the consolidation of RAY within a support range of $1.30 and $1.50, stable enough to form a base for the current upward movement. This range could be a good support level on any pullback. Other recent main chart signals are the “Golden Cross,” as the 50-day SMA, at $1.91, is above the 200-day SMA, at $1.78. Such a cross can normally indicate that an uptrend has room to continue.
The MACD indicator also shows strong positive momentum, as the MACD line is considerably above the signal line. The histogram confirms this view through big positive bars. On the other hand, such a sharp rise could suggest that the asset is overextended and might see momentum slow down sometime hence, probably after a period of consolidation or pullback.
Raydium’s Relative Strength Index is around 74.70, above the overbought zone. Any RSI above 70 indicates that the asset has reached peak buying pressure and may experience a correction or a pause in upward momentum.
Mixed Scenarios: Bullish Retest or Pullback to Support Zone?
RAY’s price action leans toward a couple of possible scenarios. Provided the bullish momentum is maintained, the price could try to retest the recent high at $3.57 or push for the psychological resistance at $4.00.
In contrast, given that the recent move has had a somewhat parabolic shape and the RSI is currently overbought, a stronger profit-taking may see a pullback to the support zone between $1.30 and $1.50, which would be entirely within reasonable bounds. This area, with the aid of the support of the 50 and 200 SMAs, might act as a solid cushioning effect in case of a sell-off.
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