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title: "Price Spike Detection: How to Catch Pumps and Dumps in Real Time"
id: research/detecting-price-spikes-and-dumps
section: research
canonical: https://umbrafeed.com/en/blog/detecting-price-spikes-and-dumps
publisher: Umbra
updated: 2026-08-31
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# Price Spike Detection: How to Catch Pumps and Dumps in Real Time

What causes flash pumps and sudden dumps, how detection systems work, and why sliding time windows outperform fixed candle analysis.

What causes flash pumps and sudden dumps, how detection systems work, and why sliding time windows outperform fixed candle analysis.

Category: Detection · Published 2026-03-05 · 9 min read.

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Source: https://umbrafeed.com/en/blog/detecting-price-spikes-and-dumps (Umbra, reviewed 2026-08-31). Umbra publishes
read-only market monitoring and data; it holds no funds, connects to no
exchange accounts and places no orders, and nothing here is investment
advice.