Selling $ETH at 2,174 felt safe.
Buying ETH at 2,174 felt reckless.
Same price. Only the fear changed.

On Oct 30, in the middle of the Binance hot wallet news, ETH printed a 2,174 low. Today it trades near 2,239, about 3% higher.

Perp funding is still negative at -0.014%, so shorts are paying longs. The crowd leans the same way it did at the low.

At 2,174, which felt harder to you: selling or buying?