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Glossary Term

ATH (All-Time High)

ATH, or All-Time High, marks the highest recorded price, market cap, or value ever reached by an asset—such as cryptocurrencies, NFTs, or entire portfolios—since its launch. Tracking ATH is a core metric for measuring growth, trends, and potential in Solana assets and blockchain markets.

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ATH (All-Time High): what is it?

ATH stands for “All-Time High” and indicates the absolute peak price or value an asset has achieved in its history. In Solana trading and DeFi narratives, ATH frequently refers to the highest price a token, NFT, or the broader crypto portfolio has ever attained, whether in USD, SOL, or another relevant unit. This data point serves as a key historical market reference, allowing traders, investors, and analysts to gauge previous cycles, price discovery phases, and sentiment shifts.

Digital tools, portfolio trackers, and scanners, such as portfolio management dashboards and token analytics bots, often display ATH as a headline metric and allow users to filter or compare past and current performance against these records. As prices fluctuate, new ATHs can trigger both excitement (bullish breakouts) or caution (potential corrections), and are commonly used as psychological and technical trading benchmarks.

How It Works

  • For tokens: ATH is the highest trade price ever reached (e.g. SOL, WEN, or a meme coin on Solana).

  • For NFTs: ATH is the record-setting sale price for a collection or individual piece.

  • For portfolios: The maximum total portfolio value measured—including all realized and unrealized gains over a given time frame. ATHs are updated dynamically, recalculated as assets set new price or value milestones on centralized or decentralized exchanges, and displayed in dashboards, bots, and analytics tools like Rick Bot, which provides ATH, liquidity, volume, and other data by contract address.

ATH in Solana’s Ecosystem

Solana’s high-speed markets and rapid cycles ensure ATHs are key talking points across meme coins, DeFi, and NFT launches. Community excitement often builds around tokens “breaking” previous ATHs (e.g. WEN’s record price surge), and dashboards/databases track these for every asset and collection. Portfolio tools also allow holders to visualize their own ATHs and total invested value to measure growth from inception to present.

Why Is ATH Important?

  • Establishes historical price context for technical analysis.

  • Used to signal potential market tops, trigger FOMO, or reset resistance/support trading strategies.

  • Serves as a psychological milestone for traders and community participants.

🔑 Key points

  • ATH is the peak price/value ever achieved by an asset, NFT, or portfolio.

  • Common metric for comparing token, NFT, or overall market health across cycles.

  • Tools and bots widely display ATH, with some showing real-time ATH notifications for traders.

  • ATH is dynamic and may change as new records are set in live trading.

Examples

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    SOL reaching its highest-ever USD value during a crypto bull market.

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    WEN recording a new ATH price in March 2024 as meme coin popularity spiked.

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    Rick Bot or portfolio trackers showing the latest ATH for any wallet, token, or DeFi asset automatically.

Common Use Cases

Portfolio growth analysis (tracking when a user or fund hit peak allocation/value).
NFT and meme coin metrics, spotlighting viral breakouts or hyped launches.
Trading bots and dashboards alerting users to new ATHs for fast decision-making.
TA (technical analysis) to set profit targets or trailing stop-losses based on ATH levels.

Pro Tips

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New ATHs can attract hype and FOMO; always research fundamentals and liquidity before following breakouts.

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Monitor both price and trading volume when evaluating the strength of an ATH.

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For portfolios, remember ATH may adjust depending on the timeframe you set on tracking dashboards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does ATH always guarantee future performance?
No—while ATHs show past peaks, subsequent corrections or new cycles may follow, requiring sound risk management and research.
Where can I track ATHs for Solana assets?
Use portfolio tools, trading bots (e.g. Rick Bot), and explorers like Birdeye, Solscan, or data shown in your exchange/wallet dashboards.