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Table 2 Indicators of pump-and-dumps per temporal dimension and indicator type

From: To the moon: defining and detecting cryptocurrency pump-and-dumps

 

Temporal dimension

Real time indicators

Post-pump indicators

Breakout indicators

Volume

Has the volume at the current data point been significantly higher than in the estimation window?

Was there a decline in volume after the event window where a pump was detected?

Price

Has the price at the current data point been significantly higher than in the estimation window?

Was there a decline in price after the event window where a pump was detected?

Reinforcers

Market cap

Is the market cap of the coin relatively low? (+)

Number of exchanges

Whether the coin is listed on multiple exchanges and the indicators only spike on one (+)

Whether the coin is listed on multiple exchanges and the indicators spike on multiple exchanges (neutral)

Whether the coin is not listed on multiple exchanges (+)

Symbol pair

Whether the coin is trading for BTC or some other cryptocurrency (+)

Whether the coin is trading for USD or some other fiat currency (−)

  1. A (+) denotes an increase in confidence for a pump, while a (−) denotes a decrease in confidence. A symbol pair is a term used to denote which currency is trading for which, thus BTC/USD is a symbol pair representing that Bitcoin is being traded for US dollars