How to Read Arc Swap Activity
Use a Arc DEX screener to compare swaps, buys and sells, USD volume, traders, pool activity, and the raw transactions behind market moves.
Read swaps in pool orientation
A buy or sell label depends on which asset the page treats as the base token. Confirm the base and quote symbols and their full contract addresses before interpreting direction, amount, or price.
The Arc DEX Screener keeps this orientation consistent within each pair page.
Understand what Big Swaps ranks
Big Swaps ranks indexed swaps with a known USD conversion. Trades without a reliable conversion are excluded, so the table is a bounded evidence feed rather than a complete claim about every large trade on the network.
Volume is not the same as demand
Repeated trades, routing activity, arbitrage, and related addresses can all contribute to transaction and volume totals. A large trade does not establish token safety, market depth, or future direction. Compare liquidity, pair age, trade distribution, and the available rolling window.
Follow the raw evidence
Use the linked transaction to verify status, block, sender, pool, token transfers, calls, and logs on ArcScanner. When data is catching up, prefer the displayed block and observation timestamps over assumptions based on an empty or partial metric.
For pool-depth context, continue with Arc liquidity and volume.