Contracts that could potentially see a sharp rise today
Bias: bullish.
On this chart, I’m watching the 24-hour price performance of ACH, APE, and ALLO—all are trending upward in line with the move, with gains exceeding 3.5%. However, there’s divergence between open interest and the order flow of active buys/sells.
Next, we need to monitor whether the price strength can continue, and whether open interest and active buys can keep confirming.
ACH current price: 0.004379. Up 3.57% in the past 24 hours. The technical trend remains upward, and the funding rate is -0.0158%, with a 1 consecutive period of short-side funding.
The chips are tightening/being concentrated.
Price is consistent with the technical direction. The counter-signal is that open interest fell 0.3% over 24 hours and 1.7% over the last hour—incremental confirmation is currently insufficient.
APE current price: 0.1496. Up 4.47% in the past 24 hours. Trading volume is about $14.9229 million, with an active buy/sell ratio of 1.53—active buys are dominant.
The chips are tightening/being concentrated.
Price strength and active order flow are cooperating, but the counter-signal is that the technical trend is still downward; the structure hasn’t fully turned stronger yet.
ALLO current price: 0.34354. Up 4.5% in the past 24 hours. Open interest increased 1.0% over 24 hours and 2.5% over the last hour. The technical trend remains upward.
The chips are tightening/being concentrated.
Price is strengthening in sync with open interest. The counter-signal is that the active buy/sell ratio is only 0.95—active buys have not yet gained an advantage.
If the price move in the current direction continues to hold, then APE’s active buy strength and ALLO’s open-interest increase can keep confirming, and if ACH manages to stop the open-interest pullback, this line can continue. If the price turns weaker, active buy momentum fades, or open interest keeps falling, then this direction needs to be re-evaluated.
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Drift down and slip back. These coins’ prices may still be going up, but the structure has already loosened. Don’t just look at the green percentage increase numbers. What you fear is not that it doesn’t rise, but that as it keeps rising, the follow-through/acceptance thins out. Next, watch whether a pullback appears, and whether the thinning of follow-through can be confirmed.
COTI: Up 42.98%, open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 424.0%, and the perpetual contract premium is -3.1265%. The price still shows gains, but the structure has loosened. Rapid inflows of positions combined with a clearly negative premium can easily punish chasing-higher buyers with both a rebound and a pullback at the same time. The chips are dispersed. The counterpoint is that the super trend is still rising.
REZ: Up 1.65%, open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 33.6%, but in the most recent 1 hour it decreased by 5.8%. The retail long share reaches 67%. The price is still rising, but the structure has loosened. In the short term, positions are pulling back and the long structure is becoming crowded. Next, watch whether the price turns down. The chips are dispersed. The counterpoint is that the super trend is still rising.
AERO: Up 2.17%, the buy/sell ratio from active trading is only 0.5, and open interest over the past 24 hours decreased by 2.2%, with the most recent 1 hour decreasing by 4.5%. The price is still rising, but the structure has loosened. Active sell orders dominate and positions continue to decline—so follow-through/support pressure is even more worth watching. The chips are dispersed. The counterpoint is that the super trend is still rising.
If the follow-through keeps thinning, the pullback line is already forming. If it re-accumulates volume and holds steady, then this judgment needs to be reassessed.
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Contract Order Book Daily|7/28 Sell-side dominance, longs not fully cleared
The hardest anomaly in the morning was $BTC : the price fell 2.63%, open interest decreased 1.2% to $6.708 billion, and the ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders was only 0.62. This looks like leveraged withdrawal combined with aggressive selling dominance, yet longs still account for 61%, and the funding rate remains at +0.007%—positions have not fully flipped to defense. Before the aggressive buy/sell ratio returns above 1, the sell-pressure signal is not considered invalid.
The market’s Fed-hike probability is forecast at 27%, which is more sensitive for a contract structure that is still net long. If that probability keeps rising, the positive funding rate and the 61% long share will amplify liquidation pressure; only if the probability clearly falls will this risk boundary be considered lifted.
Reports say the Iran–U.S. negotiations have paused the attacks; oil prices immediately dropped by about 8%, giving risk assets an added layer of cushion. However, $BTC has not yet seen follow-up buying from aggressive bids—only the aggressive buy/sell ratio returning above 1. This bullish factor only counts as truly entering the contract order book once it is confirmed by aggressive buying.
In tail positions, the funding rate for $COTI hit -2.0%, with the highest level of short crowding. If the funding rate repairs toward zero but price does not bounce, the risk of a short squeeze weakens; if price lifts first while the funding rate remains deeply negative, the forced-liquidation chain is more likely to be triggered.
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Open interest grew 122.6% and 302.3%—and they also appeared at the top of the gainers, with morning funds clearly concentrated in a small number of high-volatility coins.
Today’s hot tokens—only look at these.
$ON +52.5%, current price 0.19095, open interest surged 122.6%. Trading volume reached $135 million, and the price is already near the 24-hour high of 0.1988—this isn’t a pulse without volume.
$AKE +48.8%, trading volume is as high as $534 million, making it the most active one by volume among the top three. But during the rally, open interest actually fell 16.1%, suggesting that the declines are driven by substantial position reduction—going forward, we need to see whether new open interest can keep up.
$COTI +42.6%, the funding rate is down to -2.0%, and open interest exploded 302.3%. The cost borne by shorts has become extremely adverse; even as price rises, large positions continue to pour in. The longer this structure persists, the more likely it is to keep squeezing.
Ranks 4 through 10 are BULLA up 26.2%, BROCCOLIF3B up 22.0%, TAG up 20.1%, SOON up 17.2%, PEOPLE up 15.7%, MINIMAX up 12.5%, and SOXS up 12.5%. On the downside: EUL down 27.8%, SNXX down 26.6%, ESP down 25.2%. Among these, SNXX bucked the trend with open interest up 38.2%, and the divergence between longs and shorts is still widening.
Overall, funds are clustering around a few names with both active trading and open-interest increases. COTI’s short-squeeze structure is the most extreme; for ON, we’ll need to see whether high-level open interest continues to expand. In the morning, focus on whether COTI’s extreme negative funding rate is converging, and whether ON can sustain its momentum after approaching the 24-hour high.
$ON $AKE $COTI #Contract market
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Coins whose positions doubled in a single day while also occupying the top two spots in price gains—clearly, the funds are being squeezed into a small number of highly volatile order books. BROCCOLIF3B and ON have both been screened into the squeeze-candidate list, but the positive funding rate also indicates that longs are paying; the float has already started to get crowded.
BROCCOLIF3B is up 56.3%, with open interest surging 120.3%; the active buy orders still outweigh the sell orders. The price is not far from the high at 0.009682—long and short accounts are nearly balanced, and what to watch next is whether new positions can continue to absorb. ON is up 50.1%, with trading volume of $112 million; open interest has increased in step by 111.4%—not a pulse with no volume.
Short-holder accounts lean long, but active buy orders are dominant; this mismatch makes its subsequent order book more worth monitoring.
AKE is up 35.2%, with trading volume reaching $509 million—among the top three, it has the most solid liquidity. However, when the price rises, open interest actually falls by 16.6%; it looks more like position exits driven by existing holdings, unlike the incremental-funding structure behind the first two.
From ranks 4 to 10: LA is up 33.7%, TAG up 23.9%, BULLA up 21.8%, 4 up 20.2%, SOXS up 17.0%, IRYS up 16.7%, and PUMP up 15.1%. On the other side, BANK is down 32.1%, SNXX down 26.5%, and EUL down 25.9%—the strength/weakness split is very direct. Overall, it’s not a broad-based spread; instead, funds are crowding into a few names that have both active trading and increasing open interest. Focus on whether the growth rates of positions in BROCCOLIF3B and ON can continue.
$BROCCOLIF3B $ON $AKE #合约市场 # Order book observation
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Contract Order Book Daily|7/27 Deleveraging Continues; Buying Pressure Still Weak
The previous signal was that longs were crowded and leverage was falling. This set of late-session data did not show a reversal.
On $BTC , it rose to $64,723—up only 0.06%—while open interest fell to $6.746B, down 2.1% from the prior value. This suggests the rebound did not bring in new incremental leverage.
Longs still account for 60%. The ratio of passive-to-active buy/sell orders is only 0.89, indicating stronger seller initiative. The Fear-of-Greed index at 30 also shows that risk appetite has not yet recovered.
Reports that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran led to a pause in strike actions helped calm external risks. Nasdaq futures rose as much as 1.2%, while crude oil fell 8%.
However, $BTC reacted only mildly to this news, implying that the current price is more constrained by position cleanup than by external sentiment.
U.S. inflation and interest-rate expectations remain the next source of volatility. External sentiment improving does not mean the contract structure has already turned stronger.
$ETH rose 1.9%, outperforming $BTC , but the funding rate has already turned positive.
Meanwhile, Lido is migrating $16.5B worth of staked Ether and plans to reduce the number of validators by one-third. This is a staking-structure adjustment; it cannot be directly treated as sell pressure, but you still need to watch whether the migration process results in an increase in hedged positions.
The risk boundaries are clear.
If open interest continues to decline and the long proportion remains stuck near 60%, deleveraging is not over.
Only when active buying regains dominance—and open interest and price rise in sync—can the view that “the rebound lacks incremental funds” be overturned.
Another local anomaly: RIF’s funding rate is as low as -0.935%. Shorts are already clearly crowded. If price bounces back, short-squeeze volatility could be more intense than in the broader market.
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A recap of the morning “high-level distribution observation · bearish” from about 13 hours ago: 1 out of 3 was cashed out; EUL has clearly weakened. LA and LINK are still in a tug-of-war—no one-way downside move has been confirmed yet.
Initial observation recap: liquidity is dispersing.
LA: Choppy action. Although the price has pulled back, the morning bearish warning has not yet formed a one-way downside confirmation. After the first issue, the price only fell 0.91%, while open interest increased by 3.87%, suggesting the support has not thinned out—buyers and sellers are still trading back and forth.
EUL: Cashed out—morning bearishness has already played out. After the first issue, the price continued to weaken by 16.86%, and open interest dropped in sync by 26.00%, indicating the pullback came with position reductions, and support has clearly deteriorated.
LINK: Choppy. The price is slightly weaker, but the decline is not large enough to confirm continued pullback. After the first issue, the price fell 0.90%. The ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders decreased from 1.26 to 0.78, showing aggressive buying has indeed receded, but the price has not yet broken into a one-way downtrend.
Next, focus on whether the aggressive buying in LA and LINK continues to weaken, and watch whether open interest also drops in sync when the price weakens—this will further confirm the pullback. If the price rebounds, aggressive buying returns, and open interest continues to expand, then the morning bearish thesis needs to be reconsidered.
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Second review of the morning bullish pull-up that started about 13 hours ago: of the 3 contracts, 1 moved through, but 2 failed to catch.
Initial observation recap: the chips are consolidating.
Current performance: AERO has been兑现 (fulfilled), while LPT and ESP have fizzled out.
LPT: fizzled out—the morning bullish setup didn’t break through. After the initial call, the price pulled back by 5.17%, and the trend has already deviated from the original direction. Open interest also fell in sync by 11.02%; the aggressive buy orders also failed to form support, indicating both price and positioning are lagging behind.
AERO: fulfilled—this bullish move broke through. After the initial call, the price continued rising by 4.36%, showing that the pull-up direction is being sustained. Open interest increased by 5.26%, suggesting positions still came in during the rise, though the strength of aggressive buying is somewhat weaker than at the initial call.
ESP: fizzled out—the morning bullish setup was clearly weakened. After the initial call, the price dropped by 19.34%; the prior rally did not continue. Open interest fell at the same time by 14.22%. Even with higher trading volume and aggressive buying slightly leading, it still didn’t reverse the synchronized pullback in both price and positioning.
Next, the key focus is whether AERO can maintain price strength and whether open interest continues to hold/support, while also watching whether aggressive buying strengthens again. For LPT and ESP, first confirm that the price stops falling and that open interest stops retreating; otherwise, the morning bullish thesis will still be in a counter-evidence state. #LPT #AERO #ESP #contract review
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This morning the top 3 on the gainers list; now checking the positions: ESP, SAFE, and CROSS have all pulled back significantly from their initial high levels.
ESP: stalled. After the initial offering, the price dropped by 21.8%, the open interest decreased by 31.72%, falling from 10.0896 million to 6.8888 million. The price and open interest both declined in tandem, and the leveraged positions have clearly contracted.
SAFE: stalled. After the initial offering, the price fell by 19.01%, and open interest decreased by 27.19%, dropping from 2.2810 million to 1.6607 million. The current active buy-sell order ratio is 0.81, with sell orders relatively dominant.
CROSS: stalled. After the initial offering, the price dropped by 8.73%, and open interest decreased by 26.19%, falling from 1.9172 million to 1.4152 million. The current active buy-sell order ratio is 0.97—long and short are nearly balanced, but it has not yet returned above 1.
For all three, the current active buy-sell order ratio is below 1. Next, we should watch whether they can regain a position above 1 and whether open interest stabilizes. Until then, the risk of a pullback from the high levels of the strong contracts this morning should still be kept in mind. #ESP #SAFE #CROSS #Contract recap
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A bearish update and replay from the morning about 6 hours ago: high-level distribution warning review. Among the three contracts, EUL has already been fulfilled; LA and LINK are still in a tug-of-war, and for now there is no clear breakout into one-directional downside.
Initial watch recap: liquidity is dispersed.
LA: Choppy action. The bearish direction in the morning only showed slight weakness and has not yet formed a confirmed one-way down move. After the initial call, price pulled back by 0.92%, indicating the upper-range rally’s expansion has narrowed, but the pullback strength is limited. The buy/sell ratio of aggressive orders rose from 0.86 to 0.98; the buy-side has not continued to clearly fade, weakening the current bearish confirmation.
EUL: Fulfilled. The morning high-level distribution warning has already played out. After the initial call, price continued to weaken by 13.9%, directly validating the bearish direction. Open interest fell in parallel by 18.36%, showing that during the pullback, momentum clearly retreated and follow-through/absorption also thinned.
LINK: Choppy action. The morning bearish scenario has not been executed yet; price still keeps oscillating. After the initial call, price actually rose by 0.32%, and a downward breakout has not yet formed. The buy/sell ratio of aggressive orders dropped from 1.26 to 1.04. Aggressive buying has indeed retreated, but not enough to confirm a one-way decline.
Next, the key focus is whether LA and LINK can show synchronized weakness in price and a continued fade in aggressive buying. Also monitor whether EUL’s pullback continues. If LA and LINK continue to maintain price resilience, or if aggressive buying strengthens again, then the morning bearish logic needs to be re-evaluated. Only if all three show price weakness alongside thinning absorption at the same time will it be a signal that this pullback is further confirmed. #LA #EUL #LINK #Contract replay
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About 6 hours ago: That morning set of “Pulling Orders Observation · Bullish” — the 1st post-check. Out of 3, 0 made it through. 2 were tugged around, 1 fizzled out, and none were successfully followed through.
Opening watch recap: The chips are consolidating.
LPT: Tugging around. The morning bullish view didn’t continue into a one-way move; it hasn’t broken out yet. After the opening, the price pulled back by 2.12%, indicating the direction didn’t follow through along the bullish line. Open interest also fell by 3.32%. Position absorption is lagging as well. Although the aggressive bid improved somewhat, it’s still not enough to reverse the current structure.
AERO: Tugging around. The price moved in line with the morning bullish direction, but it still can’t be counted as having broken out. The price rose by 2.87%, while open interest increased by 3.99%, suggesting the rally was met with new positions. However, the aggressive bid is weaker than at the opening. Since price, open interest, and bids haven’t formed consistent upward pressure, it’s still treated as “tugging around.”
ESP: Fizzled out. The morning bullish view didn’t break out; after the opening it had already turned into a downward retreat. The price dropped by 3.14%, directly weakening the morning direction. Open interest actually increased by 9.70%, but the price didn’t move up accordingly. The new positions haven’t formed bullish confirmation yet.
For the afternoon ahead, jointly watch whether price, open interest, and aggressive bids can synchronize again. For LPT, see if price and open interest can stop the directional pullback. For AERO, confirm whether the aggressive bids can be picked up again. For ESP, watch whether the added positions can translate into a price repair. If the price keeps weakening, and open interest/aggressive bids remain out of sync, then this is a refutation of the bullish line for this move—and it needs to be rechecked.
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Futures Order Book Daily Report | 7/27 Longs Are Crowded, Leverage Drops
First thing to handle at midday is the data anomaly: $BTC open interest shows as $0, and the funding rate also has no valid reading. This looks more like a data-source gap; you can’t conclude that leverage has been fully cleared based on this. The 2% decline in open interest can only serve as a secondary signal indicating a position contraction.
In a valid structure, longs make up 62%, and positioning is still clearly skewed to one side. The aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.05, suggesting that aggressive buy orders only slightly outweigh sells—still not enough to absorb the crowded long side. The Fear & Greed Index is only 30. The price is $64,044.87. The current backdrop is relatively weak sentiment with a modest return of bids, but the long positions are not light.
According to reports, Trump has reportedly called off strikes against Iran and left room for negotiations, which is beneficial in the short term for reducing sudden pressure on risk assets. However, this is still title-driven. If the stance becomes inconsistent, futures volatility will likely amplify before fundamentals do.
On the other hand, long-quiet Bitcoin activity has fallen to a four-year low, meaning there’s no sign that older lots are temporarily concentrated into outflows. This can ease spot sell pressure, but it can’t replace new buying. The Senate’s push for the crypto market structure bill still leaves only about a two-week window, and it will continue to generate event-driven volatility.
Next, watch whether aggressive buy orders can remain consistently above the current level, and whether the 62% long share starts to decline. If bids weaken while the crowded long positions do not unwind, liquidation risk remains high. If positions keep contracting while the price holds around $64,000, it will be closer to healthy turnover. #FuturesOrderBook
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24h Contract Gainers Ranking · In-depth Breakdown of the Top 3 At 10:00 Beijing time, the top 3 contracts by 24-hour percentage gain are ESP, SAFE, and CROSS. Here’s a quick run-through of the public order book for those watching closely.
① ESP: Up 52.86% in 24 hours, with trading volume of about $246 million, the highest among the three. Open interest is about $10.09 million, up 461.1% over the past 24 hours. In the last hour alone, it continued to rise by 17.3%, showing a clear expansion in leveraged positions. Funding rate is -0.1256%. It has seen 4 consecutive rounds of shorts paying. The ratio of aggressive buy to aggressive sell is 1.06, but the relative strength indicator has reached the overbought zone at 78.6.
② SAFE: Up 36.02% in 24 hours, with trading volume of about $22.55 million. Open interest is about $2.28 million, up 83.1% over 24 hours, and up 4.5% in the last hour. Aggressive buy vs aggressive sell ratio is 1.08. Long positions account for 60%. The relative strength indicator has risen to 90.3, also in the overbought zone.
③ CROSS: Up 27.11% in 24 hours, with trading volume of about $43.53 million. Open interest is about $1.92 million, up 107.7% over 24 hours, and up 4.6% in the last hour. Funding rate is -0.0118%, with 3 consecutive rounds of shorts paying. The relative strength indicator is 60.2, still in the neutral zone. The supertrend remains upward, and its technical position is not as extreme as the other two.
A shared observation: when the prices of all three rise, their open interest expands noticeably, and the contract premium rates are all negative. The leading names in the gainers list are likely to see sharp pullbacks at high levels. Going forward, pay special attention to volatility amplification caused by rapid contraction in open interest and shifts in aggressive buying/selling. #ESP #SAFE #CROSS #contract order book
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Contracts that may see a mild pullback and downturn today
Leaning toward a slow drift lower. These coins’ prices may still be rising, but while there is upside, the structure is loosening—don’t look only at the green % increase figures. What to fear isn’t that it doesn’t rise; it’s that as it keeps rising, the order book support thins out. Then watch whether the upcoming pullback will reverse and confirm.
For LA: current price 0.07574, up 14.1%. Open interest increased 21.0% over the past 24 hours, but in the most recent 1 hour it decreased by 1.6%. The aggressive buy/sell ratio is only 0.86. After the position inflow, short-term aggressive buy support hasn’t strengthened in sync. Chasing the higher-priced order book is prone to being hit by both a snapback and a pullback at the same time. Liquidity is dispersed among the chips. The counter-signal: the SuperTrend is still pointing upward. The relative strength indicator at 60.0 is neutral, and the rebound structure hasn’t been fully broken yet.
For EUL: current price 2.259, up 11.52%. Open interest increased 24.4% over the past 24 hours, but in the most recent 1 hour it decreased by 2.3%. Aggressive buy/sell ratio is 0.95. In the short term, the buy side hasn’t taken control. The contrast is that price is rising while open interest is falling. Liquidity is dispersed among the chips. The counter-signal: the funding rate is -0.2769%, with short positions paying for 8 consecutive rounds. The order book/mark price may squeeze shorts, so still watch for another volume-expanding snapback.
For LINK: current price 8.82, up 5.29%. The relative strength indicator reaches 81.4, already entering the overbought zone. Long/short ratio is 1.65, with longs at 62.0%. The long/short ratio for the top accounts is 1.64. The structure is somewhat crowded—risk from chasing higher prices is increasing. Liquidity is dispersed among the chips. The counter-signal: aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.26, and the SuperTrend is still rising. The bids haven’t fully stepped away—for now.
If the support continues to thin out, the pullback line is already underway. If volume increases again and price holds above it, then this view needs to be reconsidered.
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Bias is upward. In these three coins, their 24-hour prices are all strengthening, and open interest is also increasing in sync. Chips are being locked in. Next, watch whether strength in price can continue to be confirmed by further growth in open interest and by ongoing aggressive buy orders.
LPT current price 1.508, up 6.2% in 24 hours. Open interest is about $3.9792 million and has increased 79.6%. Funding rate is -0.1376%, with shorts paying for 6 straight periods. This suggests positions are rushing in quickly, and the order book conditions for a further short squeeze may be in place. The counterpoint is that the Supertrend is still trending downward, and the technical direction has not fully turned bullish.
AERO current price 0.4291, up 3.55% in 24 hours. The ratio of aggressive buys to sells is 1.43, and the Supertrend remains upward. This indicates price and aggressive buy orders are aligned, and short-term momentum still has room to continue. The counterpoint is that open interest has increased by only 2.9% over 24 hours—position-follow-through still needs further confirmation.
ESP current price 0.10954, up 46.48% in 24 hours. Open interest is about $7.8893 million and has increased 377.3%. Funding rate is -0.1594%, with shorts paying for 4 straight periods. This suggests that while price is surging strongly, positions are concentrating and flowing in, making squeeze conditions relatively more prominent. The counterpoint is that the Relative Strength indicator has reached the overbought zone at 76.6, and short-term volatility may expand noticeably.
For this board, what I’m watching is whether price strength and open interest can continue to resonate together. If price stays strong and open interest keeps following through, this line will likely keep moving; if price weakens along with a drop in open interest, then this direction needs to be reassessed.
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Contract Order Book Daily|7/27 Bid Backflow as Leverage Ebbs
The last signal was fear not receding and leverage increasing; the current outcome shows a change. On $BTC , the price rose 1.62%, but open interest fell to 6.878 billion USD, down 0.7% from the prior value. This suggests this round of price lifting did not come with new leverage piling in; some crowded positions have already exited.
The ratio of active buy orders to sell orders rose to 1.51, with buyers clearly in control. However, longs still account for 63%, and the funding rate is positive at 0.0051%. The price increase has not fully worked off the long congestion. What’s happening now looks more like bids absorbing deleveraging rather than the risk being truly resolved. The Fear & Greed Index is only 26, meaning sentiment and order-book direction are still misaligned.
Three events are providing support to this structure. First, Trump was reported to have paused the originally planned Iran strike action, which reduced the sudden shock to risk assets in the short term. Second, with only two weeks left, the U.S. Senate is pushing the “Crypto Markets Clarity Act”; policy expectations may continue to amplify news-driven volatility. Third, the movement volume of long-dormant Bitcoin has dropped to a four-year low. Selling pressure from older lots is relatively quiet for now, but it also can’t be equated directly with new demand.
Among smaller-cap coins, extreme funding rates are more worth watching closely. For VANRY, the funding rate is as low as -1.19%, meaning the cost for shorts is clearly out of balance and passive covering is prone to occur. For KORU, the funding rate reaches +0.163%, indicating longs are paying too much; if buying strength weakens, liquidations may become more concentrated.
The morning validation points are clear: if price continues to rise, open interest stops declining, and active bids remain strong, then the post-deleveraging absorption is truly established. If open interest starts increasing again but active bids fall and the long share remains near 63%, then this rebound will likely revert to crowded trading.
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Today’s hot tokens—just watch these three. The most worth validating in the morning isn’t the price increase, but whether the open interest (position volume) can keep expanding.
$ESP +47.3%, with open interest surging by 297.1%—not a pulse created by a light position. Next, only watch whether new positions can keep connecting and stacking up. $EUL +37.5%, open interest up 87.5%; the heat is there, but the position-expansion intensity is lower than ESP. Once the incremental flow stops, this burst of strength is likely to cool down. $DIA +32.7%, open interest rockets 304.7%—among the three, this is where the position inflow is the most aggressive. The order book is interesting, but the speed of the retreat after being crowded could also be the fastest.
Overall, it’s a high-volatility “funds huddling” type of coin. For continuity, first watch ESP. For strength validation, only open interest matters. Rankings #4 to #10 are, in order: CROSS up 30.3%, 4 up 24.9%, SAFE up 23.7%, UB up 23.6%, SOON up 21.3%, BANK up 17.5%, BOME up 16.9%.
ESP, EUL, and DIA have all entered “short-squeeze candidate” territory, but their invalidation conditions are also very clear. As long as open interest stops expanding and turns into an obvious decline, the current strong structure can be considered invalid. #合约市场 #热门币
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Today’s hot tokens—just look at these few. At 02:00 a.m., funds concentrated on names with strong price gains and new increases in open interest. The top three all show a contradiction: paid short activity alongside a sharp jump in open interest.
$EUL is up 56.2% to 2.3582, with $814 million in trading volume; both the price move and volume are expanding at the same time. Open interest increased by 144.2%, funding rate fell to -0.454%, and active sell orders are still slightly in the lead—while shorts continue to pay to stubbornly hold their ground. $DIA is up 37.0% to 0.1363. Open interest directly surged by 368.6%—this isn’t a slow buildup. Long accounts are clearly more numerous, yet active sell orders are slightly ahead. With $124 million in trading volume, this round of volatility isn’t short on liquidity. $ESP is up 26.6% to 0.09499, with open interest up 214.9% and $111 million in trading volume. The funding rate has dropped to -0.354%. Active sell orders are stronger, but the price is still holding a big rise—there’s a heavy squeeze feeling on the order book.
From ranks 4 to 10, the spread continues: CROSS up 24.5%, KAITO up 21.8%, B up 18.6%, BANK up 15.6%, LA up 15.5%, BOME up 14.5%, SAFE up 14.2%. On the downside, the drop is more direct: ESPORTS down 49.7% with open interest down 50.9%, DEXE down 22.6%, SYN down 15.2%. Clear signs of capital retreat.
Overall, the mood is that money is clustering in a small number of high-volatility coins. The key is whether they can continue to absorb after open interest explodes. The shorts in EUL and ESP are already bearing extremely harsh costs. The longer this structure drags on, the more likely the volatility will expand. For continuity, first focus on the EUL trading volume and open-interest changes. $EUL $DIA $ESP #合约市场 #Hot tokens
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Daily Contract Order Book Report|7/26 Fear Has Not Left Yet, Bulls Still Crowded
At 23:00, the most important reminder is position $BTC ’s structure. Price is up 0.79%, contract open interest is about $6.957 billion, but it increases by only 0.1%, indicating that money is not clearly chasing the price to add leverage. The proportion of aggressive buy orders is 1.05, giving buyers a slight edge, but 63% of accounts are net long—positions are already not light.
The sentiment index is still in the fear zone at 26, while the funding rate for $BTC rises to +0.74%. This suggests market sentiment is relatively cold; however, contract longs show relatively high willingness to pay. For further upside, stronger spot demand is needed to keep it going, otherwise crowded positions may be cleaned up first. The funding rate for $BNB is even higher, reaching +1.17%. A high funding rate itself is a risk boundary.
There are two points in the news flow that help support risk appetite. Reportedly, Trump has ordered a halt to the planned strikes against Iran, which eases safe-haven pressure in the short term. Meanwhile, a major U.S. brokerage, Charles Schwab/Schwab?(嘉信理财)? is pushing the Senate to take up a clear bill for the crypto market, slightly improving regulatory expectations. At the same time, the amount of Bitcoin transferred after a long period of dormancy has fallen to a four-year low, temporarily reducing sell-pressure from older holders. But currently, the increase in contract open interest has not yet been verified as funds fully returning.
Next, watch whether the aggressive buy orders for $BTC can continue staying above 1, and whether open interest expands in sync with the price. If price rises while buy orders weaken, the 63% net-long ratio will first become a volatility amplifier.
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