$SNOW Over the past 24 hours, it’s dropped nearly 5%, yet the funding rate is completely unchanged at zero. Old Dog glanced at it—this setup is a bit interesting. The price is moving, but in the futures market, neither longs nor shorts are rushing to pay up.
With a near-5% drop and funding still at zero, it suggests this leg of selling pressure wasn’t primarily driven by futures longs being liquidated or shorts aggressively building positions. The spot sell pressure is more likely the main cause. The futures order book is relatively calm: open interest is 1,742.93 contracts. Since I don’t know the specific contract multiplier, I can’t directly compare it with the 1.6 million USD 24-hour spot turnover. But combined with the zero funding rate, it indicates that the futures positioning hasn’t shown panic-like increases or decreases.
This means that if this 5% drop is truly a “major bearish” move, the futures market’s reaction is lagging. In other words, the big money betting on direction hasn’t really placed its trade yet.
My view is simple: a neutral-funding pullback has limited damage, but don’t expect an immediate V-shaped reversal. Put plainly, this is an observation period. I won’t catch falling knives, but I also won’t conclude the trend has reversed just because of this drop. I’ll wait for two signals: either funding turns negative—meaning shorts start exerting real force, and the depth of the adjustment could increase; or the price stabilizes at current levels while funding remains flat or slightly positive—then it can be read as a potential selling-bottom, and I might try a small long position.
What’s the strongest counterargument? It’s that the price has already fallen 5%, so short-term sell pressure may have already been released. If over the next few days the price doesn’t keep dropping, but instead chops sideways slightly, the shorts expecting further heavy falls may end up disappointed—and could close positions, which would in turn support the price.
Where is this judgment most likely to be wrong? By ignoring the persistence of spot market liquidation. If this is just a continuation leg in the broader decline, and spot keeps flushing out more supply, the futures funding rate could eventually be dragged down from zero into negative territory. Once funding clearly turns negative and the price breaks down, my observation-based view would no longer hold, and I’d need to reassess whether to switch to a bearish stance.
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With a near-5% drop and funding still at zero, it suggests this leg of selling pressure wasn’t primarily driven by futures longs being liquidated or shorts aggressively building positions. The spot sell pressure is more likely the main cause. The futures order book is relatively calm: open interest is 1,742.93 contracts. Since I don’t know the specific contract multiplier, I can’t directly compare it with the 1.6 million USD 24-hour spot turnover. But combined with the zero funding rate, it indicates that the futures positioning hasn’t shown panic-like increases or decreases.
This means that if this 5% drop is truly a “major bearish” move, the futures market’s reaction is lagging. In other words, the big money betting on direction hasn’t really placed its trade yet.
My view is simple: a neutral-funding pullback has limited damage, but don’t expect an immediate V-shaped reversal. Put plainly, this is an observation period. I won’t catch falling knives, but I also won’t conclude the trend has reversed just because of this drop. I’ll wait for two signals: either funding turns negative—meaning shorts start exerting real force, and the depth of the adjustment could increase; or the price stabilizes at current levels while funding remains flat or slightly positive—then it can be read as a potential selling-bottom, and I might try a small long position.
What’s the strongest counterargument? It’s that the price has already fallen 5%, so short-term sell pressure may have already been released. If over the next few days the price doesn’t keep dropping, but instead chops sideways slightly, the shorts expecting further heavy falls may end up disappointed—and could close positions, which would in turn support the price.
Where is this judgment most likely to be wrong? By ignoring the persistence of spot market liquidation. If this is just a continuation leg in the broader decline, and spot keeps flushing out more supply, the futures funding rate could eventually be dragged down from zero into negative territory. Once funding clearly turns negative and the price breaks down, my observation-based view would no longer hold, and I’d need to reassess whether to switch to a bearish stance.
Trading tag: #BinanceFutures #TradFi #USDⓈM #SNOW #SNOWUSDT $SNOW