$GTC Two observations from the previous post: this round also provided the answers. 0.16812 not only recovered—follow-through writing pushed it all the way to 0.2449, about 48% higher than the price in the previous post. The funding rate also narrowed from the extreme -1.14% to -0.109%, almost back to the zero line. Both things happened at the same time, yet after surging, the price turned to give back. In the last four hours, net decline was 13.6%; the low fell to 0.175, and the current price is 0.1889 USDT, about 23% below the high.

Worth recording the move: the previous post’s 4H high-low spread was about 35%, while this round was about 40%—it went up first and then down. The 24H unrealized P/L is still +61.7%, but the rhythm has already shifted from “surge” to “pullback.” In the last hour, it has retreated by about 2% again. On the downside, the 0.158 from the previous post wasn’t even touched this time.

The energy here is one of the few things that hasn’t pulled back in this round: the 24H trading volume is about 23.75 million USDT—three times the roughly 7.82 million from the previous post. Price is retreating while volume is expanding; the swings in this round haven’t been shrinking as they go.

The cost side is the most interesting part this round: the funding rate has narrowed from -1.14% in the previous post to -0.109%. On the short side, the funding cost burden has dropped by about 90%. That “cooling off” the previous post was waiting for really has arrived—but when it did, the price also retreated a chunk from the recent high. Along the divergence line where during the push phase “price moves but funding rate doesn’t,” this round both sides are moving toward the middle at the same time.

You can verify with three checks ahead: first, reclaim 0.19756 (this round’s one-hour high) and hold—only then does the short-window cooling really get blocked. Second, if the 4H low at 0.175 is reclaimed and then breaks down again, the pullback will open another leg lower. Third, the next funding rate settlement is at 16:00 Taipei time; the reading should continue to track along the zero axis, and we’ll confirm the cooling off once more. If it moves deeper into negative, the divergence will widen again.

Another way to read it is also still on the table: after the sharp spike, the swings were always going to be big, and the pullback might only be giving back part of the prior move. Price is currently retreating to the lower area of this round’s range; volume is increasing, and the funding rate has retreated to near zero. Whether this is consolidation or the start of the next leg—lines 0.19756 and 0.175 will give the answer first.

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