SUI volatility expected as September begins
Sui (SUI)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that altcoins are poised for heightened volatility in September, driven by macro uncertainty, token unlocks, and shifting risk appetite. The outlet identifies SUI, APT, SEI, TIA, and NEAR as large-cap and mid-cap tokens experiencing rising volatility. These conditions are creating an environment for sharp price moves in both directions. The source highlights these specific assets as key areas for potential market action.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for SUI, measured when this story was written up on 2 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
SUI is trading at $0.7218 with a 24-hour spot volume of $41,065,710. Short-term selling pressure is evident, as the 1-hour buy ratio sits at 37.8% with a negative volume delta of -$557,194, indicating more sellers than buyers in recent hours. This contrasts with the 4-hour timeframe, where the buy ratio is 49.3% and the delta is -$88,541, showing slightly less aggressive selling. Over the last 24 hours, the buy ratio is 51.2% with a positive volume delta of +$1,023,738, suggesting that buying pressure has been stronger over the full day than in the immediate short term. The Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) closed at -$81,271, meaning net selling volume outweighed buying volume for the day despite the majority of hours seeing net buying.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.7% sits at the 54th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.4% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for SUI, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, SUI experienced a price decline of 4.7% with a total volume delta of -$7,327,318. The 7-day average buy ratio was 48.8%, while the latest day saw a ratio of 51.2%, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than the weekly average. Trading volume was 0.85x the average, indicating lower activity than usual. While the recent day showed a higher buy ratio than the weekly norm, the overall weekly trend was dominated by net selling pressure across 4 of the 7 days.