Solana: Sandwich Attacker Nets 45 SOL in Sub-Second Trade

Solana sandwich attacker extracted 45.3473 SOL net profit in under one second on 19 August 2026. The bot entered with 50 SOL, sandwiched victim swaps on PumpSwap, and exited with 95.367 SOL while paying just 0.02001 SOL in fees to validator Figment on token Token The Rugger.

At roughly $85 per SOL that delivered around $3,870 profit for $1.70 in costs, showing how transaction ordering itself turned into direct economic value. SOL price prediction models must now price in persistent MEV extraction layers that operate at this speed.

Price sits at $106.67 inside the Bollinger band with upper resistance at $106.77 and lower support at $99.83. With price testing upper Bollinger resistance while RSI at 65.87 flashes neutral momentum and MACD holds its golden cross, a healthy retracement to the 50-EMA support at $102.14 appears probable before continuation toward the 200-EMA at $91.61.