All-Time Low (ATL)

An all-time low (ATL) is the lowest price an asset has ever traded at. It is the mirror image of the all-time high and a common reference point for how far a coin has fallen — or recovered.

How it works

The ATL is set the moment a new low prints and stays fixed until an even lower price occurs. Because most coins launch small and some later collapse, an asset can have very different ATL and all-time-high figures, and the gap between them shows the full range it has traded across its history.

Why it matters

The ATL frames sentiment: a price near its all-time low signals deep pessimism, though on its own it says nothing about whether a recovery will follow. For failed projects the price can keep grinding to fresh lows, so an ATL is not automatically a bargain.

Example

A coin that once traded near zero shortly after launch may still hold that early figure as its all-time low years later.