Contracts that may see a slight decline followed by a pullback today
Leaning toward a mild pullback. DEXE, ACE, and RE prices may still be rising, but the structure is already loosening. Don’t just look at the green percentage increase number—chasing higher is becoming riskier. What you’re afraid of isn’t that it won’t rise; it’s that as it rises, the buy support (order replenishment) becomes thinner. Next, watch whether a pullback occurs and whether the support will turn.
DEXE current price: 3.906, up 163.56%. Open interest: about $21.6331 million, up 41.0% over the past 24 hours. Funding rate is -0.1008%, with short positions paying for 8 straight periods. The negative premium reaches 0.6024%. Rapid inflow of positions has clearly amplified two-way volatility risk. The order flow is scattered. The counterpoint is that the Supertrend is still trending upward. If the uptrend continues to gain trade/order support, the “mild decline” view cannot be confirmed for now.
ACE current price: 0.10421, up 30.1%. Open interest: about $5.4787 million, up 51.4% over the past 24 hours. The funding rate has fallen to -0.7749%, with shorts paying for 8 consecutive periods. The negative premium reaches 1.0831%. Price still has upside, but the structure is loosening. The order flow is scattered. The counterpoint is that the Supertrend is still trending upward, and the relative strength indicator is 67.8— it hasn’t turned weak directly yet.
RE current price: 0.5849, up 5.12%, but open interest is about $15.6090 million, down 3.1% over the past 24 hours, with another 0.6% decrease in the past hour. The Supertrend has already turned downward. Price is still in the green zone, but positions are contracting at the same time—pullback pressure is more worth closely monitoring. The order flow is scattered. The counterpoint is that the buy/sell aggressiveness ratio is 1.23; active buy orders still have the upper hand. If support continues to thin out, this line for a pullback is already being drawn. If it regains volume and holds, then this assessment needs to be revisited.
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In this market structure, I’m looking at BANK, VANRY, and LA: their prices are all strengthening in line with the trend. In the past 24 hours, open interest has increased in parallel, and the upward trend remains consistent.
Next, watch whether price strength and open interest can continue to confirm.
BANK: The positions are tightening. Current price: 0.30135. Up 9.76% over the last 24 hours. Open interest increased 19.9% over 24 hours and 5.8% over 1 hour. The aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.23.
Price, open interest, and aggressive buy volume are rising together, indicating that the breakout structure still has order-book support.
The counterpoint is that funding rates have been paying longs for 8 consecutive periods, and the contract premium is 0.2116%.
VANRY: The positions are tightening. Current price: 0.004705. Up 1.84% over the last 24 hours. Open interest increased 6.9% over 24 hours. Funding rate is -0.0524%, and shorts have been paid for 8 consecutive periods.
This means that even when price moves slightly in trend, the short-seller funding pattern is still present. The order book still retains conditions that could pressure a short squeeze.
The counterpoint is that the aggressive sell side is dominant; the aggressive buy/sell ratio is only 0.74, and open interest over 1 hour has also fallen by 0.2%.
LA: The positions are tightening. Current price: 0.0675. Up 4.89% over the last 24 hours. Open interest increased 9.8% over 24 hours. The aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.28.
Price, open interest, and aggressive buy volume are moving in the same direction, and the upward trend is still continuing.
The counterpoint is that open interest over 1 hour declined by 2.0%; the strength of short-term follow-through still needs to turn positive again.
If all three—prices moving in trend, open interest following through, and the upward trend continuing to hold—remain valid, this line should keep running. If a combination appears where prices weaken and open interest keeps falling, then this direction needs to be reassessed.
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Contract Order Book Daily|7/25 Longs are crowded; sell pressure drags the price
Abnormalities in the morning order book were concentrated in $BTC . The mark price is $64,132.8, down 1.57% over 24 hours. Open interest stands at $6.816 billion, down only 0.1%, suggesting that when the price is pushed lower, leverage has not clearly been withdrawn. Longs account for 66%, but the ratio of active buy/sell orders is only 0.64—meaning for every 1 unit of active sell, there are only 0.64 units of active buy orders to absorb it. The funding rate remains at +0.007%. Longs are still paying, with crowded positioning and weak buying pressure occurring at the same time.
The Fear & Greed Index has fallen to 28. Spot sentiment is cautious, yet futures longs have not exited in sync. The open interest ratio of bearish to bullish options has dropped to 0.56—the lowest level since 2026—indicating traders are reducing downside hedges. Options-implied volatility expectations remain below 40%. With the Fed rate meeting approaching, tail risks have not been priced in adequately.
External catalysts are skewed toward risk contraction. Reports say Trump is nearing a decision on whether to strike Iran, and Iran has again refused a ceasefire. Oil prices above $100 and rising yields could continue to weigh on highly levered positions. On the other hand, Fidelity supports a new crypto market rules bill, but the bill is still stuck in scheduling and moral disputes, so it is unlikely to translate directly into buy demand in the short term.
Funding rate $SOL is -0.0077%, yet the price has fallen 2.97%. Shorts have started paying, but an active reversal signal is still absent. Smaller contracts are even more extreme: ACE’s funding rate is as low as -0.974%, with the highest short-squeeze risk; PENG reaches +0.202%, with clearing risk concentrated more heavily on longs.
Risk boundaries can be inferred from two numbers. The active buy/sell ratio has not returned above 1—weak absorption has not been repaired. Price continues to be pushed lower while open interest remains uncontracted; as long as leverage has not been reduced by longs, the pressure stays in place.
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Today’s hot tokens—just look at these few. In the morning, funds clearly gathered into a high-volatility group of liquid assets. The top three were all up with negative funding rates, and the shorts’ resistance is very pronounced.
$DEXE is up 65.1%, currently at 3.456, with trading volume reaching $814 million. Both the price increase and the trading activity are expanding at the same time—this isn’t a no-volume spike. Open interest has risen 35.2%. Shorts are still continuously paying fees, but aggressive chase-buy orders have not yet gained the upper hand. After the surge, the order book’s support/consolidation is the most worth watching.
$ACE is up 29.5%, currently at 0.1057, already nearing the 24-hour high of 0.10942. Funding rate has dropped to -1.039%, and open interest has increased another 27.1%. The cost the shorts are bearing has become extremely extreme. In this kind of structure, the longer it drags, the more likely a行情 (move) becomes.
$GWEI is up 26.2%, currently at 0.02554. Open interest has surged 63.1%, making it the most obvious inflow among the top three. The active buy side is already in control. The funding rate is still -0.119%, and the combination of fresh positions and a squeeze structure is adding up—there’s something interesting in the order book.
Ranks 4 to 10 are also all up: ESPORTS +22.1%, B2 +21.6%, APR +17.6%, SOXS +15.2%, BANK +14.4%, TOWNS +13.9%, AIA +13.7%. On the other side, INTW is down 24.4%, SNXX down 23.1%, and HANA down 21.5%—the market is splitting very directly. Overall, it’s a strong coin group squeeze with shorts under heavy pressure. Focus on DEXE’s consolidation/support at high levels, ACE’s extreme funding rates, and the continued momentum in GWEI’s added open interest. #合约市场 #Hot Tokens
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Today’s hot tokens—only look at these few. Capital is clearly grouping together in high-volatility coins. The top three are all up more than 43%, and their open interest has surged in parallel.
$DEXE +99.2%. Trading volume reached $709 million, open interest grew by 68.4%—this isn’t some low-volume spike. The funding rate is -0.013%, shorts are still paying to hold their positions hard. The price is only about 4.289 away from the 24-hour high, and the squeeze structure is the most pronounced.
$ESPORTS +59.8%. Open interest increased 86.4%; the rise is even higher than the price performance, showing capital is flowing in fast. Trading volume was $163 million. The active buy side has a slight edge, and long accounts are more concentrated—order book heat is still there.
$APR +43.7%. Open interest grew 60.8%, trading volume was $25.99 million. Price gains and positioning are amplified together. Long and short accounts are nearly balanced, and the active buy/sell orders also don’t show obvious imbalance. Going forward, the continuation is mainly about whether成交 can keep following.
The 4th to 10th spots are also relatively strong: B2 is up 36.5%, ACE up 32.6%, GWEI up 31.0%, AKE up 19.6%, BANK up 19.5%, RE up 19.2%, and CAP up 14.5%. On the other side, SNXX is down 21.9%, yet open interest still increased 26.2%. The active sell side is clearly dominant—this is a contrast order book where, during the decline, someone is still continuing to build positions.
Overall, it’s a group of a few strong coins. In the early hours, focus on the squeeze continuity of DEXE, and whether the newly added positions in ESPORTS can keep converting into actual trading volume.
Contract Order Book Daily|7/24 Longs are crowded; buy pressure is relatively weak
The most obvious abnormality in the evening is still $BTC : the mark price is $63,997.6, down 1.37%, while total open interest has increased to $6.7777 billion, up 0.1%. Price is moving lower but positions are not being withdrawn in sync, suggesting leverage is still building up inside the market.
The long share is already 63%, and the funding rate is positive at 0.0058%, but the ratio of aggressive buy-to-sell order flow is only 0.94. In other words, long positions are more crowded, yet aggressive execution is still dominated by sellers. The current structure is not being driven by buy-side pressure; instead, longs are absorbing sell pressure. The Fear & Greed value is only 28, which also indicates that spot sentiment is not confirming the leverage-side bullish positioning.
Capital flows are also diverging. On July 23, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of $225.18 million, while spot Ethereum ETFs had net inflows of $26.32 million, $ETH providing some support, but it is not enough to represent a broad rebound in risk appetite. At the same time, the vote on the US crypto market rules bill may be delayed until after the August recess, so there is a lack of clear policy implementation support in the short term. If tensions in Iran escalate and push oil prices to $100, it would add external volatility risk to highly leveraged positions.
Another anomaly is in $SOL : down 3.27%, funding rate falling to negative 0.0081%, and short-side fees begin to increase. However, the main risk still lies in $BTC : if the price keeps failing to reclaim $65,000, open interest will continue rising and the aggressive buy-to-sell order ratio will remain below 1—then liquidation pressure from crowded longs will keep accumulating. The counter-condition is that aggressive buying regains dominance, while total open interest stops expanding against the trend.
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Bearish morning recap from about 13 hours ago: high-level distribution warning—among 3 contracts, ZAMA has cashed out, RIF is still in a tug-of-war, and VANA shows a rebound. At the moment, only 1 is clearly weakening; the other 2 have not yet exited into a one-way downtrend.
Initial release observation recap: the chips are scattered.
RIF: still tugging; the bearish direction in the morning has temporarily pulled back, but a one-way downside confirmation has not formed yet. After the initial release, price fell 2.65%, suggesting that the pressure at higher levels has been released somewhat; open interest decreased by 7.72%, indicating that positions on the board are being withdrawn. However, the ratio of aggressive buying/selling rose to 1.12, meaning the bid support has not clearly gone away, so for now we cannot count this pullback as an actual “cash-out.”
ZAMA: cashed out; the bearish move in the morning has already played out. After the initial release, price continued to weaken by 5.26%, while open interest fell in parallel by 16.30%—both price and positions declined together. The aggressive buy/sell ratio dropped to 0.87; aggressive buying continued to retreat, and the order book provided confirmation for the downside direction.
VANA: a rebound; the bearish signal in the morning has not yet materialized. After the initial release, price did not drop but rebounded by 3.89%, and open interest increased by 14.63%. During the rebound, additional positions were opened, weakening the original bearish judgment. While the aggressive buy/sell ratio fell to 1.15, the price has not turned weak yet; at this stage we can only record it as a rebound.
Next, the key is to watch whether RIF can continue to weaken after aggressive buying retreats, and also whether ZAMA’s price pullback has support from a matching decline in open interest. For VANA, it only counts as a renewed confirmation of the pullback if price turns weaker and aggressive buying keeps decreasing; if price and open interest continue to rise in sync, then the bearish logic from the morning will need to be re-examined. #RIF #ZAMA #VANA #Contract recap
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3 bullish setups from the morning pull-up observation, recap from about 13 hours ago: 3 were bullish in the morning, and 3 of them broke out successfully—0 were not held.
Chips are being consolidated.
LA: Achieved. This bullish move also broke out. After the initial push, the price continued to rise by 12.37%. Open interest increased by 22.08% in sync, suggesting that during the rally, contract positions were still being absorbed. The ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders is 1.08—buyers still slightly dominate, though it has dipped a bit compared with the initial push.
RE: Achieved. This bullish move similarly broke out. After the initial push, the price continued to rise by 16.17%. Open interest rose by 24.42%, indicating that positions did not fall behind as the price climbed. However, the aggressive buy/sell ratio dropped to 0.90; aggressive buying did not strengthen in step, so the follow-through strength still needs observation.
BANK: Achieved. The morning bullish trend received price confirmation. After the initial push, the price continued to rise by 9.59%. Open interest increased by 15.03%, implying that this upswing was backed by additional position absorption. The aggressive buy/sell ratio climbed to 1.05—buyers have a slight edge, and the order book remains supportive.
Next, we should jointly watch whether the price can hold the gains after the initial push, whether open interest can continue to be absorbed, and whether aggressive buying can maintain or rebound. If the price clearly gives back and open interest shrinks in tandem, or if aggressive buying keeps weakening, that would be counter-evidence for the continuation of this move—and it would need to be rechecked.
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Top 3 gainers on the 24-hour leaderboard this morning—now it’s time to reconcile.
RIF: Went dead. After the initial listing, the price fell by 7.51%, and the open position size decreased by 12.71% at the same time; both price and positions weakened together. The risk of pullback from high levels still needs attention.
ESPORTS: Choppy back-and-forth. After the initial listing, the price rose by 1.30%, but open positions decreased by 1.62%, with no one-way position build as confirmation. Longs and shorts are still repeatedly pulling against each other.
PROM: Went dead. After the initial listing, the price dropped by 16.51%, and open positions fell by 11.41%; the gains have clearly been given back. Price moving downward combined with position contraction makes the risk of a pullback from high levels even more pronounced.
Next, focus on whether price can realign and move in the same direction as open positions, and whether the funding rate continues to deviate. If the price rebounds but open positions don’t follow, still watch out for choppiness and a second round of pullback. # Contract review
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Replaying the morning bearish call and high-distribution warning from about 6 hours ago: In three contracts, RIF and ZAMA delivered, while VANA is still in a tug-of-war. For now, no one-sided downtrend has formed.
The order flow is dispersing.
RIF: Delivered. The morning bearish move has played out. After the initial release, the price continued to weaken by 5.09%, while open interest decreased by 7.23%, indicating the pullback came with position withdrawal. The ratio of aggressive buy-to-sell order flow dropped from 1.08 to 1.00; the aggressive buy advantage has already faded.
ZAMA: Delivered. The price continued to trend weaker, matching the direction of the morning warning. After the initial release, the price fell by 3.69%, and open interest fell at the same time by 10.77%, with both participation heat and follow-through contracting. The current aggressive buy-to-sell order-flow ratio is 0.97, and aggressive buying still has not taken the lead.
VANA: Tug-of-war. Although the price is biased downward, the morning bearish case has not yet confirmed a one-way decline. After the initial release, the price dropped by 1.78%, which is relatively limited, and open interest only decreased by 0.60%; the position structure has not shown an obvious accelerated exit. The aggressive buy-to-sell order-flow ratio fell 0.55 from the initial release to 0.95. The bid side has indeed retreated, but more continued price weakness is still needed to confirm.
Next, we should jointly watch whether the weakness in price can continue, and whether aggressive buying remains absent when open interest shrinks. If VANA turns stronger again and aggressive buying regains dominance, the tug-of-war situation will need to be reassessed; if RIF and ZAMA show signs of stabilizing and the open interest rises along with it, that would also serve as evidence against the current pullback. $RIF $ZAMA $VANA #Contract replay
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Bullish momentum and pull-up watch recap from about 6 hours ago: 2 out of 3 cashed out, 1 stalled. Two moved forward, and one didn’t get picked up.
Initial setup review: the chips are tightening.
LA: Cashed out—this early bullish setup broke out and advanced. After the initial launch, the price continued to rise by 3.8%, with the direction staying upward. Trading volume also increased by 6.17%, indicating new positions taking over, but the active buying has weakened, so the continuation strength still needs confirmation.
RE: Cashed out—this early bullish setup clearly broke out. After the initial launch, the price continued to climb by 16.81%, the strongest continuation in this group. Open interest rose by 23.77%, with price and positioning lifting together; however, active buying didn’t strengthen in sync, so the high-level tug-of-war shouldn’t be ignored.
BANK: Stalled—the early bullish setup didn’t break out. After the initial launch, the price fell by 7.13%, and the move has already deviated from the original direction. Open interest also dropped by 11.06%, suggesting the follow-through didn’t keep up and active buying wasn’t dominant.
Next, we should jointly watch whether the price can hold the advantage after the initial launch, whether open interest continues to be supported, and whether active buying can regain dominance. If the price gives back gains and open interest keeps falling, it’s evidence against bullish continuation and will require a re-check. Only when the price, open interest, and active buying realign into coordination can we confirm this line is still intact.
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Contract Order Book Daily | 7/24 Fear Has Not Faded Yet, Bulls Continue to Add
The most unusual thing during midday was that positions kept expanding, yet the price did not follow. Mark price 65319.6 USD for $BTC , down 0.45%; open interest rose to 6.847 billion USD, up 1.5%. Bulls account for 61%, funding rate is +0.0079%, indicating leverage remains clearly skewed to the long side. The active buy/sell order ratio is only 1.03—buyers are only slightly ahead, which is still not enough to absorb crowded positions. Fear index at 28; spot sentiment is still in the fear zone.
The funding rates for major contracts are all positive: SOL at +0.0049%, ETH at +0.0012%, and BNB at +0.0016%. But SOL and ETH prices are both down—2.18% and 2.22% respectively. Positive funding rates appearing alongside declines means longs are paying to push through the drawdown. The extremes are even more direct: BARD’s funding rate fell to -0.778%, with shorts overly concentrated; AERGO’s funding rate is as high as +0.466%, with longs crowded. Extreme funding rates are not a directional confirmation—they reflect an expanded “crowding radius.”
There are three news lines. The Iran conflict pushes up oil prices; $BTC previously broke below 65,000 USD. Sustained pressure on risk assets is still the most direct price variable. The Gemini Exchange transferred $10 million worth of Bitcoin to the Trump political action committee—more of a political narrative amplification; it does not equate to exchange sell pressure. The “Clear Act” received institutional support, but the Senate’s progress was delayed. Regulatory expectations remain, and the realization timeline is stretched.
The risk boundary is 65,000 USD. If the price falls back below that level again, the active buy/sell order ratio drops below 1, and open interest continues to increase, the deleveraging pressure on crowded longs will be amplified. If 65,000 USD holds, active buy pressure continues to strengthen, and only then can the newly added positions be considered truly absorbed by real demand. #BTC #Contract order book
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Contract 24H Gainers List · Deep Dive into the Top 3
At 10:00 Beijing time, the top 3 on Binance’s 24-hour contract gainers list are, in order: RIF, ESPORTS, and PROM. For those watching the charts, quickly go through the publicly verifiable signals in the order book.
RIF’s single signal is a rise accompanied by expanding open interest. The 24-hour increase is 67.38%, trading volume is $582 million, open interest is $10.3879 million, and it grew by 84.3% over the past 24 hours. If the 24-hour change in open interest turns non-positive, this expansion signal is invalid.
ESPORTS’s single signal is that the long positioning is overly crowded. The 24-hour increase is 38.14%, the funding rate is 0.0358%, and longs have paid for 8 consecutive rounds; the overall long/short account ratio is 1.69. If the funding rate turns non-positive and the long/short account ratio falls back to around 1, this crowding signal is invalid.
PROM’s single signal is divergence between price rising and the passive/active order flow and funding rate. The 24-hour increase is 28.12%, the funding rate is -0.0732%, and shorts have paid for 8 consecutive rounds; the active buy/sell ratio is only 0.87. If the funding rate turns non-negative and the active buy/sell ratio returns above 1, this divergence signal is invalid.
Together, observe whether open interest, funding rate, and the active buy/sell order book can sustain the current structure. In short-term volatility, contract gainers lists usually swing sharply; once open interest contracts or the active order flow shifts, the risk of a pullback from high levels is amplified at the same time.
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Today’s contracts may see a mild pullback after weakness
Warning of distribution at higher levels: these three contracts currently lean toward a bearish pullback. Don’t focus only on the green percentage gains. Even if the RIF, ZAMA, and VANA prices are still rising, the structure is already loosening, and the risk of chasing higher is increasing. What you fear isn’t that it won’t rise—it’s that while it’s rising, the order-book support (follow-through) is thinning. Next, you need to watch whether a pullback happens and whether the thinning support can be confirmed.
RIF current price: 0.11787, up 76.74%. But after open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 70.6%, it actually fell by 3.3% over the last hour. The liquidity is dispersing. When a high upside move and a short-term drop in open interest occur at the same time, chasing can get “tortured” by both a snapback and a pullback. The counter-evidence is that the buy/sell ratio on the active side is still 1.08, and the technical trend remains upward.
ZAMA current price: 0.0534, up 12.21%. Open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 24.6%, but the last hour saw a decrease of 1.0%. The active buy/sell ratio has dropped to 0.96. The price may still be up, but the structure has loosened. The liquidity is dispersing. This suggests that after the new positions were added, the active support wasn’t strong. The counter-evidence is that the technical trend is still upward, and the relative strength indicator of 59.4 is also in a neutral range.
VANA current price: 1.234, up 3.18%, but open interest over the past 24 hours decreased by 6.0%, with eight consecutive periods of long-side funding. The liquidity is dispersing. The price rising did not come with a synchronized expansion in open interest, so you should be alert to loosening structure. The counter-evidence is that the active buy/sell ratio reaches 1.5, and the current active bids still dominate.
If the support continues to thin, the line for a pullback is already being drawn. If volume expands again and it holds above key levels, then this view needs to be reassessed.
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It’s biased toward upside breakout. What I’m looking at in this order book is that the chips are being accumulated. The 24-hour gains for LA, RE, and BANK are all above 16%. The ratios of active buy orders are 1.10, 1.06, and 1.01 respectively. The super trend indicators are all pointing upward. Next, watch whether the position volume of LA and BANK can continue to increase, and whether RE’s position volume can stop falling and confirm a bottom.
LA current price: 0.06443. Up 17.12% over the past 24 hours. Position volume is $5.8832 million, up 39.6% in 24 hours. Active buy order ratio: 1.10. Price, position volume, and active buy orders are all moving in sync and are strongly positive, indicating the current upward structure still has positioning support. The counterpoint is that the contract premium is -0.1071%. Going forward, you need to observe whether the price spread can narrow.
RE current price: 0.5528. Up 16.48% over the past 24 hours. Trading volume: $120 million. Active buy order ratio: 1.06. The price is moving with the trend and the super trend is upward. The retail long share is only 36%, so the current long/short structure isn’t clearly crowded on the long side. The counterpoint is that the position volume fell 3.0% over the past 24 hours and fell another 1.0% over the last hour. At the same time, the relative strength indicator is in the overbought zone.
BANK current price: 0.27436. Up 19.7% over the past 24 hours. Trading volume: $890 million. Position volume is $51.2077 million, up 17.9% over the past 24 hours. Price and position volume are strengthening in the same direction. Over the last hour, position volume continued to increase by 1.3%, and the retail long share is only 33%. The counterpoint is that the funding rate has been paid from longs for 8 consecutive periods; to keep strengthening, active buy orders need to remain dominant.
If the position volume for LA and BANK continues to increase, RE’s position volume stops falling, and the advantage in active buy orders remains, then this trend line can continue. If the price weakens, active buy orders lose control, and a combination appears where position volume also pulls back, then this direction needs to be reassessed. #LA #RE #BANK # Contract order book
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Contract Order Book Daily|7/24 Longs Add Positions; Buy-side Order Flow Is Weak
07:00 The clearest morning anomaly is in $BTC : the mark price is $65,154.7, down 1.3%, yet the futures open interest rises to $6.818 billion, an increase of 0.7% in the opposite direction.
The long share is already 61%, but the ratio of aggressive buy vs. sell orders is only 0.96. This suggests the added positions are tilted toward longs, yet real execution still slightly favors sellers.
Funding rate remains positive at 0.0098%. Longs are still paying to hold positions—this is not trend confirmation, but an increase in crowding.
The Iran conflict has pushed up oil prices and yields. $BTC briefly dipped below $65,000, directly pressuring this batch of newly added longs.
The crypto market structure bill has support from Goldman Sachs CEO and others, but the Senate calendar could be delayed—meaning the timing between bullish expectations and implementation may be out of sync.
Gemini also transferred $10 million worth of Bitcoin to a political action committee related to Trump, warming political capital linkages. However, there is currently no evidence that this money will directly translate into spot buying.
For now, there is only one signal to watch: price weakness, rising open interest, and insufficient aggressive buy order flow. The new leverage looks more like it’s catching a fall than driving a reversal.
Only if the aggressive buy/sell ratio climbs back above 1, while price rebounds and open interest stops expanding further—then this “long crowding” signal would be considered invalid. Otherwise, near $65,000 remains a leverage liquidation boundary.
Today’s trending tokens—just look at these few. Funds are clearly clustered in high-volatility coins with strong upside, but a fast rally doesn’t necessarily mean the structure is stable. The key is whether the signals can continue.
$RIF is up 93.5%, with open interest surging 55.7%. The speed at which new capital is flowing in is the most eye-catching signal in the whole market. If open interest drops rapidly, this strong momentum structure will be considered invalid.
$AKE is up 44.3%. The funding rate is down to -0.075%. Shorts have been continuously paying to stubbornly hold on—this is already a squeeze candidate. If the funding rate quickly returns to neutral, this squeeze signal will cool off noticeably.
$ESPORTS is up 28.4%. The ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders is only 0.97. The rally is strong, but chasing-buy capital doesn’t have the advantage. If aggressive buys keep holding above sells, this kind of divergence structure will no longer hold.
Among the other top ten, BILL is up 20.6%, CLO up 19.9%, LA up 18.8%, UB up 17.9%, BANK up 17.0%, and both ZAMA and PROM are up 16.8%.
Overall, a small number of strong coins are concentrating liquidity. The most worth watching is whether AKE’s extreme negative funding rate can persist. The longer shorts have to absorb the cost, the easier it becomes for the order book to suddenly accelerate—but a return of the funding rate is the most direct condition for failure.
The last signal snapshot didn’t provide enough details, so I couldn’t force a before-and-after reconciliation. The current picture is very clear: the top three gainers have their position sizes increasing in sync—this isn’t a pulse with no volume.
RIF is up 67.6%, trading at 0.09946, with trading volume reaching $377 million. Open interest has surged 97.7%, funding rate is -0.002%, and short accounts still make up the majority. This kind of high-turnover structure makes further tug-of-war very likely.
AKE is up 38.8%, trading at 0.00251, with trading volume at $239 million. Open interest is up 31.7%. Aggressive buy orders have outweighed sell orders, but the funding rate has already turned positive—chasing momentum is clearly heating up.
ZAMA is up 35.8%, trading at 0.05808, not far from the 24-hour high of 0.05973. Open interest has jumped 80.9%. Funding rate is -0.016%. Shorts are still paying to harden through it—among the three, its squeeze structure is the most direct.
Places 4 through 10 also remain highly elastic: LA up 20.9%, BANK up 20.5%, ON up 19.5%, BEAT up 16.7%, CAP up 14.2%, Binance Life up 14.0%, and CLO up 13.6%.
On the other side, DEXE is down 53.8%. The funding rate has already been pushed to -0.671%, meaning the cost being paid by shorts is extremely extreme. But its open interest has fallen 7.7%, and aggressive sell pressure is still dominant. For now, it looks more like a high-cost standoff after a sharp drop.
Overall, capital is clearly clustering into a small number of high-volatility coins. RIF, AKE, and ZAMA all show price and open-interest resonance. Next focus: auditing whether RIF’s trades and open interest can sustain, and whether ZAMA’s short-paid funding structure will continue to tighten.
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Contract Order Book Daily Report|7/23 Leverage Retreat, Buy Pressure Turns to Counter-Order
In the evening order book, the main contradiction is concentrated in $BTC . The mark price is 64,884.5, down 1.37%; open interest has fallen to $6.731 billion, shrinking 3.3% in a single round. Price and open interest are declining in sync, suggesting leveraged positions are being withdrawn—not that new shorts are persistently pressing the price.
However, the ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders has risen to 1.14, and aggressive buys are temporarily dominant. The long position share is still 59%, funding rate is +0.0065%, meaning the remaining positions are still skewed long—longs are still paying. The Fear & Greed index is only 31, indicating sentiment is fear-driven; buy pressure and sentiment are clearly diverging.
Main contracts are also not synchronized internally. $ETH is down 1.97%, with a funding rate of -0.0047%; $SOL is down 2.03%, with a funding rate of -0.0027%. Both are shorts paying, indicating short-biased positions are more concentrated than $BTC . Smaller coins are even more extreme: DEXE and BARD funding rates reach -0.654% and -0.651% respectively. Once price stops probing lower, the risk of short covering could rise quickly. On the other side, AERGO and KSTR are +0.573% and +0.553%; with higher funding rates, long positions are even more afraid of further pullbacks.
There are three event items that need to be fed into the risk model. The U.S. “Clear Act” is nearing a Senate vote, and Goldman Sachs’负责人 has also publicly supported it—this is positive for regulatory expectations, but it still isn’t enough to replace real incremental capital. Shipping attacks have pushed Brent crude above $98; tensions related to the Strait of Hormuz could still amplify short-term volatility. Derivatives exchange BitMEX announced it will stop operations in September; reports say the platform token has plunged by 90%, so trading platform and liquidity risks need to be isolated separately.
Next, watch only two boundaries. If the aggressive buy/sell ratio keeps staying above 1, and open interest stops falling, then buy pressure can be considered to have shifted from mere absorption to incremental demand. If open interest keeps shrinking while the long share at 59% does not drop, then this round of aggressive buying is more likely just catching sell pressure—deleveraging may not be over.
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