ATH - Trading Glossary

All-Time High (ATH) captures the best recorded price for a perpetual contract, spot market, or yield token. On AsterDEX you’ll see ATH references for BNB-margined perpetuals, 1001x Simple synthetic markets, and Aster Earn vault tokens (asBNB, asUSDF, etc.).

Why Traders Track ATH on AsterDEX

• Performance Benchmark: Highlights how far price has stretched and what “new territory” means for risk.
• Liquidity Signal: Breaking ATH can thin order books; traders need to check depth before sizing.
• Psychological Level: A clean breakout often triggers stop orders and intent flow, creating acceleration.

Behaviour on BSC Chain Perpetuals

• Funding flips: When price pushes into ATH and funding spikes, short squeezes are common.
• Leaderboard narratives: Traders chasing all-time equity curves tend to add risk near ATH, increasing volatility.
• Cross-market confirmation: Check if the spot pair or CeFi listings are also printing highs; divergences can fade the move.

Checklist Before Trading Around ATH

• Map liquidity: review order book depth and open interest.
• Identify invalidation: where does the breakout fail (prior high, VWAP, funding reset)?
• Decide mode: Are you breakout trading (momentum) or fading (mean reversion)?
• Automate exits: use conditional orders; slippage widens quickly in price discovery.

Remember, ATH is a context marker, not a guarantee of future continuation. Combine it with risk metrics—particularly liquidation distance and funding paid—to decide whether paying up for momentum makes sense.*** End Patch