STONK enters correction phase after $0.35 ATH – Weekly gains cut to 12%
ambcrypto.com
16 September 2026 00:27, UTC
StonkFun [$STONK] is down 16% in the past 24 hours, reducing its weekly gains to only 12%. The daily trading volume has also declined to around $50 million from about $140 million.
Network activity primarily drove the launchpad token by increasing its revenue and sparking a supply crunch. Will the token recover with its price sitting at the 100 EMA support?
$STONK price action in a correction phase
After hitting an all-time high (ATH) of $0.35, $STONK entered a correction phase, trading in a descending trend channel. At the time of press, the token was trading 32% below $0.25, the last area of support.
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Notably, this bull flag is a continuation pattern but only valid if the price can break above the slanting resistance. Moreover, it should hold above the 100 EMA level at $0.15.
Trading above the 100 EMA indicates the short-term price action is still bullish.
Source: $STONK/USDT on TradingView
However, the Choppiness Index (CHOP) is at 45.25 and declining. This indicated the downtrend was becoming stronger even if the price was approaching a demand zone.
Therefore, if bulls return to buying $STONK as before, the token could break above the trendline resistance, exposing a new peak. Otherwise, losing $0.15 puts lower levels like $0.10 or the initial demand zone at $0.02 into focus.
Why is StonkFun declining?
Apart from a price correction, the sharp decline in launchpad activity also contributed to this price action.
For instance, $STONK‘s Futures volume declined from $544K to $366K, while Spot volume fell from $78K to $35K in a few hours. In fact, sellers dominated both Futures and Spot markets at 50.79% and 74.18%, respectively.
Source: CoinGlass
Even the DEX volume fell from $38.56 million to $21.62 million, a 44% decline in just four days. As a result, the weekly DEX volume has also plunged from $186 million to $164 million.
Source: DefiLlama
Therefore, the daily protocol fees stayed low, reducing from a high of $1.85 million to $588K. This was more than a 3x decrease in just a week, confirming StonkFun’s network activity was weakening.
Still, $STONK is roughly one-tenth the market cap of PUMP while generating 21% more revenue over the last seven days. This hints that StonkFun could reclaim its early success by continuously crunching circulating supply through token burns from the revenue generated.
Final Summary
StonkFun fell by more than 16% as $STONK price action entered a correction phase after hitting a peak of $0.35.
StonkFun’s decline in Spot and Futures volume, DEX volume, and fees amplified the pullback.