Prices are heating up, but the order book has that familiar old-school vibe of being twisted.
$DUSDT has surged 21.09% in 24 hours, currently sitting at 0.006786.
Normally, with this kind of spike, many would first assume that the bulls are just steamrolling through.
However, the contracts here don't look like a one-sided party; it feels more like the shorts are being roasted over an open fire.
The key factor is the funding rate.
DUSDT's funding rate is -0.0416%, meaning the shorts are covering the costs.
When prices rise, and shorts are still willing to fork out cash to hold their positions, we've seen this scenario play out too many times: it's not that no one is bearish, but the bears havenโt exited yet.
Even more exciting, OI has increased by 45.2% in 24 hours, with open interest climbing to about $1.344 million.
This indicates that it's not just existing positions battling it out, but new positions are flooding in.
Price increase โ shorts paying up โ significant OI growth; stringing this together looks very much like a short squeeze is taking shape.
However, the order book isn't completely skewed.
Taker is 1.03, bulls account for 51.0%, and the long-short ratio is 1.02.
This means that active buying is only slightly ahead, and the account structure is only mildly bullish.
So, the focus on this DUSDT wave isn't about the โsheer number of bulls crushing it,โ but rather about โshorts paying hard to hold, while positions are still increasing.โ
In this kind of market, the biggest concern isn't being wrong in your outlook, but getting your positions ground down by both price and fees.
Whatโs crucial for DUSDT moving forward isnโt just the hype, but whether the funding rate will quickly rebound from -0.0416% towards zero as OI continues to rise?
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