Arbitrum price forecast: Support pressure mounts
Arbitrum (ARB)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
tradersunion.com reports that Arbitrum (ARB) is trading at $0.217, reflecting a daily decline of 7.93%. The asset has fallen below its short- and medium-term moving averages but remains above its long-term trend level. Spendnode data indicates that Arbitrum One recorded over $74 million in real-world asset market cap growth over the past week.
This increase was the largest among blockchains during that period, highlighting enhanced utility for the protocol. Despite this ecosystem improvement, price action has stayed under broader selling pressure. On the hourly chart, ARB/USD trades below its MA-20 and MA-50 while positioning stays above the MA-200.
The Ichimoku Kijun level at $0.2321 serves as immediate resistance, with momentum indicators like RSI and CCI in sell territory. Analysts note that the long-term outlook depends on accelerated real-world asset integration within traditional finance. Market participants are watching for confirmation of ecosystem improvement through sustained tokenization activity. The forecast suggests a likely consolidation within a sideways channel over the next two to three sessions.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 22 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio spot data shows ARB trading at $0.2258, with a 1-hour buy ratio of 47.9% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 50.3%. These short-term figures are slightly below the 24-hour buy ratio of 48.7%, indicating that buying pressure is not building in the immediate term. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$43,675, while the 4-hour delta is positive at +$26,355. Over the last 24 hours, the volume delta is -$1,407,555, and the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) closed at -$1,968,173. A negative volume delta means that sellers are executing larger trades than buyers, pushing the price down. Net buying occurred for only 6 of the 24 hours, suggesting that selling pressure dominated the day's flow.
The latest daily buy ratio of 52.1% sits at the 85th percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 49.6% - stronger buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 51.0%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 48.7% an unusual day with 2.3 fewer percentage points of buying. Volume was 1.15 times the average, indicating higher than normal trading activity. The coin saw a price change of +68.9% over the last 8 days, driven by a total volume delta of +$3,937,034. While the recent trend has been strongly bullish, today's flow shows a shift toward net selling. This represents a deviation from the five days of net buying recorded in the previous week.