$ATH rises 15.8%, yet the funding rate turns negative?

Up +15.8%, why does the funding rate reverse course?
Who is shorting at 0.007168? Who is actually adding real money at the same price?

Three data points, each one slaps the narrative.
Open interest +32.0%. 3.5M→3.6M→4.1M→4.6M. Four consecutive increases, never stopped.
Funding rate +0.0033% → -0.0009%. It flips negative.
24h trading volume: $32.6M. The volume is here, but the direction isn’t set.

Put plainly: price is rising, and positions are exploding. It’s not a low-volume pump—money is entering. But since the funding rate turns negative, it suggests this batch of new positions is tilted short. The shorts start to gain the upper hand, and the cost is the holding expense of the short positions—from this moment onward, lifting prices will get more expensive.

Negative funding + low levels is fuel for short covering, not a guarantee for a rebound. The direction hasn’t finished the assignment yet.

Watch the 0.007168 cost level, reduce leverage. Wait for the funding rate to turn positive, or for OI to stop growing—then we can talk about the next move.

Risk warning: only perpetual contracts, no spot backup. One needle can wipe out both sides’ positions at the same time.

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