Peter Brandt names Stellar XLM as long-term bet
Stellar (XLM)
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Eugene Serbin
digitaltoday.co.kr reports that veteran commodities trader Peter Brandt has identified Stellar Lumens (XLM) as a cryptocurrency worth watching for the coming years. On September 29, Brandt posted on X that XLM is a suitable choice for investors making long-term bets rather than short-term trades. The market responded immediately, with XLM trading around $0.2233 on the day, representing a 6.9 percent increase over 24 hours.
The token’s 24-hour range spanned from $0.2071 to $0.2343, showing a jump of more than 13 percent from its intraday low to high. This price movement coincided with ecosystem expansions, including BVNK integrating Stellar into its payments platform on September 22. The network also recently added the USDT0 stablecoin, raising expectations for token demand.
Brandt shared a long-term monthly chart showing a convergence range built between 2017 and 2021. The chart features a descending trendline at the top and an upward support line at the bottom. A green horizontal line near $1.17605 was marked, suggesting a higher price range in his long-term scenario. Brandt noted that XLM remains below the upper descending trendline, indicating a potential future trend reversal.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XLM, measured when this story was written up on 30 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows XLM trading at $0.2223 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 50.2 percent. The 1-hour buy ratio stands at 52.0 percent, while the 4-hour ratio is lower at 48.8 percent. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$66,959, indicating net buying pressure in the short term. In contrast, the 4-hour volume delta is negative at -$107,339, suggesting net selling pressure over that longer window. The 24-hour volume delta is +$204,205, showing that cumulative buying has outweighed selling over the full day. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) at 24-hour close is -$310,860, reflecting that selling pressure has dominated the total volume flow despite the positive daily delta. This indicates that while recent hours saw net buying, the broader 24-hour flow remains net negative.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.1% sits at the 31st percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 50.7% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XLM, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.4 percent, compared to the latest day's 50.2 percent. The latest day's buy ratio is 0.1 points lower than the weekly average. Spot volume for the day was 1.21 times the weekly average, indicating elevated trading activity. The 8-day volume delta total was +$4,099,761, with price changing +2.8 percent over that period. This suggests the current day is an unusual one due to the 1.21x volume increase relative to the average.