The most dangerous silent loss in Binance
(It happens to you even if you don't trade!)
Many traders only watch the price:
⬆️ Went up? Happy
⬇️ Went down? Worried
But there is a more dangerous loss than the price movement itself:
Funding Rates
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🧠 What are Funding Rates simply?
They are fees:
• Paid between traders
• In Futures contracts
• At specified time intervals
📌 They are not fees paid to the platform
📌 But the transfer of money from one party to another
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⚠️ Where lies the danger?
It could be:
• The trade is in the right direction
• The price hasn't moved against you
• And yet… your balance decreases
Why?
Because you are constantly paying the Funding Rate.
📉 Slow loss
📉 Imperceptible
📉 But devastating over time
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🔍 When are Funding Rates dangerous?
❌ When holding long positions
❌ When funding rises significantly
❌ When ignoring the payment timing
❌ When trading with high leverage contracts
📌 Many lose
Not because they were wrong about the direction...
But because they ignored the time cost.
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🧠 How do professionals deal with it?
✔️ They monitor the Funding Rate before entering
✔️ They avoid long positions during high funding
✔️ They use Futures for studied periods
✔️ They don’t leave the trade open without reason
📈 The professional calculates:
Price + Time + Cost
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❌ Common mistake
• Open a Futures trade
• Leave it for days
• Ignore the funding
• Then wonder: Where did the profit go?
