$CYBER Trade Idea: The Funding Rate Squeeze – Shorts Are Paying to Be Wrong 📈🔥

I've been watching this order flow for the past hour. What I'm seeing is a classic capitulation setup—retail keeps shorting the lows, completely blind to the fact that the smart money is already loading bids.

The Higher Timeframe Context ⚠️

On the 4H, we've dumped hard from 0.743 down to 0.583. But look closer: funding just went insanely negative. We're seeing -0.81%, -1.33%, -0.86% prints. That means shorts are paying massive fees to hold positions near the lows. This is unsustainable. When funding gets this extreme, the market always snaps back to liquidate them.

The Lower Timeframe Execution 💣

On the 15m, price swept the low at 0.5836, grabbed every stop loss, and immediately reclaimed. Now we're coiling between 0.592-0.596. The Bollinger Bands are tightening—volatility is about to explode.

· Volume is drying up on sells (MA(5) dropped from 95M to 178k)

· STOCHRSI just hit 100 on the last print—momentum is building

· Order book shows strong bid support at 0.59 (152k waiting)

Market Psychology 🧠

Retail sees -18% and thinks "short more." They're looking at the red candles and loading up, completely ignoring that they're paying funding to hold losing positions. These shorts are trapped. They entered near the bottom, and now they're underwater on price AND paying fees. When price breaks above 0.597, they'll panic cover into thin air.

The Trade Plan (Long) 📈

· Entry Zone: 0.5950 – 0.5970 USDT

· Break of the consolidation range with volume confirmation

· Stop Loss: 0.5820 USDT

· Below the recent sweep low—clean invalidation

· Take Profit Levels:

· TP1: 0.6200 (first resistance / trapped shorts cover)

· TP2: 0.6600 (above EMA(50) on 15m)

· Risk-to-Reward: 1:3.8 on first target

Invalidation 🚫

A close below 0.5820 means my thesis is dead. The bid support failed, and the selling continues. I'm out immediately—no hesitation.