Many traders focus only on entry and exit.
But in Futures, there’s another factor quietly affecting your P&L — Funding Rate.
🔹 What is Funding Rate?
Funding rate is a fee exchanged between traders, not paid to the exchange.
Depending on market sentiment:
Longs pay Shorts
or Shorts pay Longs
📌 This keeps futures price close to spot price.
🔹 When do you pay funding?
Funding is charged at fixed intervals (usually every 8 hours).
If you hold a trade during funding time:
You either pay funding
Or receive funding
🔹 Why funding rate matters
High positive funding = market overcrowded on longs
High negative funding = market overcrowded on shorts
📌 Extreme funding often comes before reversals.
🔹 Common beginner mistake
❌ Holding high-leverage trades for long time
❌ Ignoring funding cost
❌ Thinking small fees don’t matter
Over time, funding can slowly eat your capital.
🧠 My honest advice
Always check funding before entering a trade
Avoid holding high-leverage positions for long
Funding + wrong direction = double loss
Smart traders respect hidden costs.
👉 What’s coming next?
Now let’s put everything together 👇
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