SOL Rose 3.58% This Week: 75 of 200 Weeks Were Stronger
SOLUSDT closed the week at 115.08 USDT, up 3.58%, with 75 of 200 weekly samples stronger.
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SOLUSDT moved from 111.1 USDT to 115.08 USDT this week, a gain of 3.58%. Against a 200-week sample, 75 weeks were stronger, which puts this one above the middle but well short of a real breakout week. Solana Trading V1 going live on mainnet was the most watched item in the SOL ecosystem this week, yet price did not run in one direction, and two sessions closed lower. Below are the daily candles, the historical position, what popular posts on Square are saying, and the actual fee rates.
How the daily candles moved
| Date | Open | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | 98.61 USDT | 101.59 USDT | 3.02% |
| 2026-09-18 | 101.58 USDT | 112.73 USDT | 10.98% |
| 2026-09-19 | 112.73 USDT | 111.04 USDT | -1.5% |
| 2026-09-20 | 111.04 USDT | 111.09 USDT | 0.05% |
| 2026-09-21 | 111.1 USDT | 118.88 USDT | 7% |
| 2026-09-22 | 118.88 USDT | 118.49 USDT | -0.33% |
| 2026-09-23 | 118.49 USDT | 114.95 USDT | -2.99% |
| 2026-09-24 | 114.95 USDT | 115.08 USDT | 0.11% |
Only two sessions really pushed price up. On 2026-09-18, SOL opened at 101.58 USDT and closed at 112.73 USDT, up 10.98%, the largest daily gain of the week and the move that lifted it off the lower end of the range. On 2026-09-21, it went from 111.1 USDT to 118.88 USDT, up 7%, setting the weekly high at 118.88 USDT.
The rest of the week was digestion. On 2026-09-19 it closed at 111.04 USDT, down 1.5%, and on 2026-09-20 it closed at 111.09 USDT, up 0.05%. Then 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-23 both closed lower, down 0.33% and 2.99%, taking price from 118.49 USDT back to 114.95 USDT. The final session, 2026-09-24, closed at 115.08 USDT, up 0.11%, fixing the weekly gain at 3.58%.
Read together, the week was two days of lift and four days of giveback and sideways action. The 118.88 USDT high did not hold, and while the pullback was not large, it shows persistent selling above. An event like Solana Trading V1 going live on mainnet looks more like a reason for a push than a variable that changed the week's rhythm.
Where this week ranks in SOL history
The SOLUSDT weekly sample has 200 weeks, and 75 were stronger than this one. In other words, 3.58% does not even reach the top third of the sample; it is a week with a gain but nothing exceptional.
Looking at the stronger weeks makes the gap obvious. The week of 2023-01-09 went from 14.464 USDT to 22.903 USDT, up 58.34%; the week of 2023-12-18 went from 70.902 USDT to 112.571 USDT, up 58.77%; the week of 2023-01-02 went from 9.977 USDT to 14.465 USDT, up 44.98%; the week of 2024-03-11 went from 144.501 USDT to 201.962 USDT, up 39.77%; the week of 2023-11-06 went from 41.167 USDT to 56.315 USDT, up 36.8%.
In more recent samples, the week of 2026-08-17 went from 74.58 USDT to 95.44 USDT, up 27.97%; the week of 2026-05-04 went from 83.86 USDT to 96.42 USDT, up 14.98%; the week of 2026-03-09 went from 81.57 USDT to 92.28 USDT, up 13.13%; the week of 2026-09-14 went from 99.23 USDT to 111.09 USDT, up 11.95%.
Placed side by side, this week's 3.58% is clear. It is lower than the 11.95% of the week of 2026-09-14, lower than the 27.97% of the week of 2026-08-17, and even lower than the 3.93% of the week of 2025-07-21. This week did close higher, but within SOL's own history it is an ordinary up week, not one that changes a trend read.
What popular posts on Square say
Popular posts on Square argue that Solana Trading V1 going live on mainnet is a substantive step for the SOL ecosystem on performance and adoption, and that mainnet launch gives the chain new infrastructure on the transaction path, with the pace of ecosystem integration worth watching (relayed, not the view of this site).
Other popular posts focus on how price and news lined up, arguing the week's rally overlapped with the mainnet window and that short-term money was willing to pay for the narrative (relayed, not the view of this site). Some posts caution that SOL repeatedly stalled near 118.88 USDT, suggesting the market is not pricing the news aggressively and that chasing highs carries pullback risk (relayed, not the view of this site).
Each angle has its own logic, but all remain opinions. The real ecosystem impact of a mainnet launch takes time to verify, and this week's price action only reflects short-term sentiment, not long-term value. Treating popular posts as a slice of market mood is more appropriate than treating them as conclusions.
Three things worth stating plainly
First, gaps are real on the daily chart. On 2026-09-18 SOL opened at 101.58 USDT, slightly below the prior close of 101.59 USDT, then ran to 112.73 USDT; after a single-day push like that, the retracement often does not finish in one move. Second, contract trading carries leverage, and SOLUSDT is a crypto USDT-margined perpetual, so price swings are amplified; the slide from 118.88 USDT to 114.95 USDT this week feels much larger in a leveraged position than in spot.
Third, funding fees are an ongoing cost in perpetuals; the longer a position is held, the less negligible that cost becomes, and even a correct directional call can be partly eroded by it. Fourth, the best week is always a conclusion in hindsight; the 58.34% move in the week of 2023-01-09 came with violent swings at the time, looking like opportunity afterward and risk beforehand.
Fifth, Solana Trading V1 going live on mainnet is an ecosystem development, but ecosystem progress and price do not move in lockstep; this week's 3.58% neither proves the news was fully priced nor that it was ignored. Sixth, a single period's move cannot support a complete judgment, and the fact that 75 of 200 weeks were stronger shows how wide SOL's historical range is; using one week to project what comes next rests on thin evidence.
What the fees actually cost
Binance's default maker fee is 0.02% and the default taker fee is 0.05%. After a 20% rebate, the effective maker fee is 0.016% and the effective taker fee is 0.04%.
These three numbers matter directly to anyone trading frequently. A gap already exists between maker and taker, and it remains after the rebate, so choosing how to place orders deserves more attention than the fee level itself. Seen together, the default tier and the post-rebate tier show a clear change from the rebate, but it does not alter the relative relationship between maker and taker.
Source: https://fapi.binance.com/fapi/v1/exchangeInfo
Data as of 2026-09-24; source: Binance official interface. Not investment advice.
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