$CRWV 24 hours moved 3.66%, price touched 113.85. The old dog checked the funding rate, and it went straight to 0.00000000, not a hint of premium. This situation isn’t common in Binance Tradifi contracts, especially when there are consecutive small bullish candlesticks pushing up. OI is hovering around 27,000, and the volume isn’t big, indicating that the leverage in the market hasn’t kicked in; neither side is in a rush.
What really raised the old dog’s suspicion is how clean this move has been. Several US stock contracts in the same sector have basically been ranging these past couple of days, with some still digesting the previous round of selling pressure, yet $CRWV is slowly pushing up without volume or acceleration, and the order book is being filled at a leisurely pace. Typically, this kind of slow ramp-up combined with a zero funding rate suggests either a cold bench that no one is paying attention to, or smart money is picking up the slack, avoiding the crowded costs of long positions. The old dog leans towards the latter, as a zero funding rate means long positions aren’t incurring costs, yet the holdings are still so thin, indicating that retail hasn’t really caught on yet.
In my own framework, when funding is zero and prices are maintaining a high convergence, it often leads to a directional choice. If suddenly the rate turns positive, attracting a bunch of late longs, it could easily create a short-term top. Conversely, if the funding rate stays flat and the price breaks above 115, there’s a high probability of another acceleration wave.
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