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Sentiment, Social & the Crowd

Retail chatter can lead price. Learn to read the Sentiment River and separate signal from noise.

The Sentiment River stacks bullish, neutral and bearish mention volume over time. A widening bullish band before a price move is the classic 'retail front-running a catalyst' pattern.

30d of Reddit + X mention volume40% bull32% bear
Streamgraph of mention volume by sentiment.
Noise warning: a huge spike with balanced bull/bear often means controversy, not direction. Look for lopsided, sustained flows.