Funding can quietly turn a good futures trade into an expensive hold. ⚠️

Funding is a periodic payment between perpetual futures traders—not a Binance fee.

• Positive funding: longs pay shorts
• Negative funding: shorts pay longs

It exists to keep perpetual futures prices closer to spot.

Example: If you hold a long through a positive funding timestamp, you may pay funding even if price barely moves. Over multiple payments, that cost can reduce your PnL. 💸

The reverse applies to shorts during negative funding.

Before entering a futures trade:

• Check the funding rate
• Check the next funding time
• See whether your holding period crosses it
• Don’t enter solely because funding is high or low

Extreme funding can signal crowded positioning, but it is not an automatic reversal signal. Markets can stay crowded longer than expected. 🧠

Price direction and risk management matter—but funding is the carrying cost in the background.

Don’t just ask, “Where is price going?”
Ask, “What will it cost me to stay in this position?” 🎯

Do you check funding before opening a perpetual futures trade? 👇

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