AGT is down 34.86% this round, but the way it fell is not quite what most people think: it wasn't driven down by bears.
Let's put three figures side by side. The current price is 0.03491, down 34.86% in 24 hours. 24-hour futures trading volume is 144.4M USDT, while volume during this move peaked at 288 million U. The price fell by a third, and trading volume was cut in half at the same time. The third figure is what really tells the story: the 4-hour funding rate has stayed completely still at the baseline of +0.0050%.
The rate is positive, so longs are still paying shorts. If this drop had been caused by new shorts entering the market, the rate would have eased first, moving toward 0 or even turning negative, because people rushing to open short positions would be willing to pay to do so. That hasn't happened. The rate hasn't budged, which shows that the selling pressure isn't coming from newly opened shorts; it's existing longs reducing their positions. With six settlements a day, longs pay 0.03% a day in holding costs. That may not look like much, but the fact that “the price is down more than 30%, yet the funding rate is still positive” tells you what kind of decline this is: a position-reduction-driven drop, not one driven by the other side of the market.
The second figure is even more worth watching: open interest is 13.76 million USDT. 24-hour volume is 144.4 million U, more than 10 times open interest. This ratio means AGT's current price is being driven mostly by intraday flows, with very little capital staying put. The peak volume of 288 million U didn't turn into locked-in positions. Money came in, pushed the price higher, and then left. By the end of the cycle, less than 14 million remained in the order book. This kind of structure makes the price quick to rise, but there's also no support when it falls, because no one's cost basis is sitting below to prop it up.
The third figure is the share of long accounts: 58.6%. The price is already down more than 30%, yet long accounts still make up nearly 60%. Put this together with the funding rate, and the picture is clear: the number of accounts hasn't fallen, but the positions have gotten smaller. That's not good news for the short term. This isn't a setup where “the longs have been completely wiped out, so a rebound could come at any moment.” Instead, there are still people hanging on, waiting to break even or add to their positions. Long accounts sitting on unrealized losses are fuel for further declines, not support.
So when can we say this decline is over? I'm watching for two signals, and both are needed. First, trading volume needs to stabilize at a low level while the price stops making new lows, showing that the marginal selling pressure from position reductions is fading. Second, the funding rate needs to move meaningfully down from +0.0050% toward 0, or even briefly turn negative. That would be the sign that shorts are starting to enter. One word of caution: don't treat the second signal as a buy signal. Shorts entering often means increased volatility, not that the decline has bottomed. Neither signal has appeared yet: volume is still falling from its peak, and the funding rate is still pinned at the baseline.
My view: this is a market where positions are being reduced, but the process isn't over yet. The 34.86% drop has only squeezed out the most aggressively leveraged traders. The 58.6% share of long accounts and 13.76 million in open interest show that existing positions haven't been fully cleared out. Buying here means taking on what others haven't finished selling.
Risk warning: In assets with high turnover and low open interest, a single 4-hour candle can swing more than 10%. Position sizing and stop-loss levels matter more here than getting the direction right.
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Let's put three figures side by side. The current price is 0.03491, down 34.86% in 24 hours. 24-hour futures trading volume is 144.4M USDT, while volume during this move peaked at 288 million U. The price fell by a third, and trading volume was cut in half at the same time. The third figure is what really tells the story: the 4-hour funding rate has stayed completely still at the baseline of +0.0050%.
The rate is positive, so longs are still paying shorts. If this drop had been caused by new shorts entering the market, the rate would have eased first, moving toward 0 or even turning negative, because people rushing to open short positions would be willing to pay to do so. That hasn't happened. The rate hasn't budged, which shows that the selling pressure isn't coming from newly opened shorts; it's existing longs reducing their positions. With six settlements a day, longs pay 0.03% a day in holding costs. That may not look like much, but the fact that “the price is down more than 30%, yet the funding rate is still positive” tells you what kind of decline this is: a position-reduction-driven drop, not one driven by the other side of the market.
The second figure is even more worth watching: open interest is 13.76 million USDT. 24-hour volume is 144.4 million U, more than 10 times open interest. This ratio means AGT's current price is being driven mostly by intraday flows, with very little capital staying put. The peak volume of 288 million U didn't turn into locked-in positions. Money came in, pushed the price higher, and then left. By the end of the cycle, less than 14 million remained in the order book. This kind of structure makes the price quick to rise, but there's also no support when it falls, because no one's cost basis is sitting below to prop it up.
The third figure is the share of long accounts: 58.6%. The price is already down more than 30%, yet long accounts still make up nearly 60%. Put this together with the funding rate, and the picture is clear: the number of accounts hasn't fallen, but the positions have gotten smaller. That's not good news for the short term. This isn't a setup where “the longs have been completely wiped out, so a rebound could come at any moment.” Instead, there are still people hanging on, waiting to break even or add to their positions. Long accounts sitting on unrealized losses are fuel for further declines, not support.
So when can we say this decline is over? I'm watching for two signals, and both are needed. First, trading volume needs to stabilize at a low level while the price stops making new lows, showing that the marginal selling pressure from position reductions is fading. Second, the funding rate needs to move meaningfully down from +0.0050% toward 0, or even briefly turn negative. That would be the sign that shorts are starting to enter. One word of caution: don't treat the second signal as a buy signal. Shorts entering often means increased volatility, not that the decline has bottomed. Neither signal has appeared yet: volume is still falling from its peak, and the funding rate is still pinned at the baseline.
My view: this is a market where positions are being reduced, but the process isn't over yet. The 34.86% drop has only squeezed out the most aggressively leveraged traders. The 58.6% share of long accounts and 13.76 million in open interest show that existing positions haven't been fully cleared out. Buying here means taking on what others haven't finished selling.
Risk warning: In assets with high turnover and low open interest, a single 4-hour candle can swing more than 10%. Position sizing and stop-loss levels matter more here than getting the direction right.
#AGT #币安 #Crypto