Contract Order Book Daily|8/21 Price Rises, Open Interest Increases; Stress Test Around the 80,000 Threshold
At 23:00 tonight, <t-2/> $BTC marked price is $77,356.61, up 7.75%. Open contracts rise to $8.277 billion, up 6.2%.
The price is moving faster than open interest, indicating the upside isn’t driven purely by leverage pushing hard; instead, long positions chasing the rally are increasing.
The funding rate is positive at 0.01%. Longs account for 51%, and active buy orders are about 1.04 times active sell orders.
Longs have a slight edge but are not yet extremely crowded. The sentiment value climbs to 72. What really needs guarding against is a sudden acceleration in leverage after a spike higher.
After spot-fund inflows, $80,000 becomes the next liquidity testing point—about 3.4% away from the current price.
If, during the push toward the threshold, both open interest and the funding rate jump sharply in tandem, the order book may shift from a short-squeeze dynamic to a crowded chase. If the price pulls back while $8.277 billion in open interest does not decline, the pressure to de-lever will be more direct.
$TRUMP has not strengthened in sync: the ratio of active buys/sells is only 0.8993, but the long-vs-short ratio has already stacked up to 1.84–2.72.
With relatively weak bids but relatively long positioning—and compounded by 63% of respondents questioning the Trump family’s crypto gains—this looks more like a long “squeeze” point under event risk rather than a simple catch-up structure following <t-2/> $BTC .
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Bearish morning after ~13 hours ago, high-level distribution warning: a recap of the situation—3 of them are currently still tangled, 0 have confirmed that profits have been realized, and they still haven’t broken out of a one-way downswing.
Initial watch recap: the chips are dispersed.
ONG: tangled; the bearish move from the morning hasn’t worked out yet. After the initial call, the price actually rose 0.98%, which means the pullback direction hasn’t been confirmed. Open interest increased by 17.98%; new positions are still in a tug-of-war—there’s no clear thinning of support.
AERO: tangled; although the aggressive buy flow has cooled off, the price hasn’t weakened in sync. The ratio of aggressive buy to sell orders fell from 2.20 to 1.19, indicating that the chase power has clearly contracted. However, the price is still up 0.60%, so you still can’t directly treat the cooling buy flow as bearish realization.
ONT: tangled; there’s a slight pullback, but it’s not enough to confirm a one-way downswing. The price is down 2.06% from the initial call—the closest among the three to the morning direction. Open interest also increased by 15.35%, suggesting that bulls and bears are still tugging, and support hasn’t clearly withdrawn.
Next, jointly watch whether the price can continue to weaken, and also observe whether aggressive buying retreats into weakness, and whether increased positioning can turn into downward pressure—this is the order-flow combination that would further confirm the pullback. If the price lifts back up, aggressive buying rebounds, and support remains steady, that would be a counterargument to the bearish morning view and would require a re-evaluation. $ONG $AERO $ONT #Contract recap
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About 13 hours ago: three bullish contracts in the morning. The second round of review results were 2 take-profits and 1 failure to fire: 2 followed through, and 1 didn’t catch.
Chips are consolidating.
ACE: Failure to fire—the bullish setup in the morning didn’t break through. After the initial entry, the price dropped 9.75%; the trend is already opposite to the bullish direction. Open interest fell in step by 19.14%. Although the active buy volume slightly recovered, it didn’t hold the price up, and the original direction was clearly weakened.
BOME: Take-profit—this bullish setup made it through. After the initial entry, the price continued to rise by 10.59%, confirming the directional judgment with price action. However, open interest declined by 4.63%, and active buy volume didn’t maintain the advantage from the initial entry. Ongoing support still needs to be observed.
NEIRO: Take-profit—this bullish setup also made it through. After the initial entry, the price continued to climb by 10.18%, with the performance staying clear and consistent. Open interest increased by 30.17%, suggesting that when price moved upward, new participants joined to keep it going. But active buy volume has weakened already; whether the strength can be sustained still needs close watching.
Next, we should jointly watch whether the two take-profit targets can maintain prices above the initial entry level, and whether open interest and active buy volume continue to “connect” (remain supportive). This is the key to confirming that this move is still in play. If the price falls back below the initial entry and open interest continues to withdraw, that becomes contrary evidence. For ACE in particular, we need to watch whether price and open interest can repair in sync; otherwise, the bullish view in the morning will still need to be reassessed.
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Today, on the top 3 list by 24-hour gain, now to reconcile.
ONG: Pulled out. After the initial launch, the price fell by 31.24%, and the open interest dropped by 23.16% at the same time. Funding rate is still negative. The active sell orders are slightly favored, and the risk of a pullback at higher levels has not yet gone away.
BOME: Cashed out. After the initial launch, the price continued to rise by 14.07%, and the open interest increased by 6.14%. The funding rate remains unchanged. Active buy/sell order dominance shifted from the seller slightly to the buyer slightly.
PEOPLE: Cashed out. After the initial launch, the price continued to rise by 14.95%, and the open interest increased by 29.64%. The funding rate remains unchanged. Active buy orders are dominant, and both price and open interest expand in sync.
In the evening,重点 focus on whether open interest and active buy/sell orders can continue moving in the same direction. ONG should watch for the continuation of the pullback; PEOPLE should watch for amplified volatility after the rapid expansion of open interest. $ONG $BOME $PEOPLE #Contract Recap
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About 6 hours ago, bearish morning recap: high-level distribution warning review—3 out of 0 filled out of the 3, ONGs rebound; AERO and ONT are tugging back and forth, and for now none have broken into a clear one-way downtrend.
Initial post-launch observation recap: the chips are dispersed.
ONG: rebound; the bearish direction in the morning was clearly weakened. After the first call, the price actually rose by 52.17%, indicating that the pullback expectation did not materialize. Open interest also increased by 63.78%, and at least for now the order book has not provided confirmation that support is thinning.
AERO: tug-of-war; the price has not formed a one-way decline. After the first call, the price edged up by 0.73%, suggesting it’s still ranging around the same area. The ratio of aggressive buy/sell orders fell from 2.20 to 0.88—aggressive buying did retreat, but the price has not weakened in sync for the time being.
ONT: tug-of-war; the morning bearish move still hasn’t played out. The price rose by 1.13% while open interest increased by 25.64%; the additional positions have not pushed the price down. Current support has not clearly thinned; we still need to watch whether aggressive buying further exits.
Next, we should jointly monitor whether the price can turn weaker, whether aggressive buying continues to fade, and whether the increase in open interest begins to coincide with a downward move—these are the true confirmation of a pullback. If ONG continues to add positions and move upward, and AERO and ONT continue to hold sideways or lift, then the morning high-level distribution warning will need to be reconsidered.
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About 6 hours ago, during the morning, I observed 3 bullish pullbacks—1 of them has moved out, and 2 didn’t hold.
Initial setup recap: the positioning (chip/lot) is being tightened.
ACE: Stretching/tugging. The bullish move in the morning didn’t break through and move out. After the initial push, the price pulled back by 2.42%, and the trend didn’t continue as expected. Meanwhile, open interest/position size also decreased by 6.58%. Although aggressive buying improved, additional/incremental positioning wasn’t picked up, and the one-way direction still hasn’t been confirmed.
BOME: Stretching/tugging. The price is still above the initial push level, but the strength of the bullish continuation isn’t enough. After the initial push, the price rose by 1.64%—barely enough to defend the direction. Open interest increased, but aggressive buying has shifted from leading to slightly weaker, and follow-through is still not clear.
NEIRO: Realization/taking profits. This bullish move did break out. After the initial push, the price continued rising by 22.19%, and the direction is clearly sustained. Open interest increased in sync by 45.41%, indicating that during the rally, positioning was picked up noticeably. However, aggressive buying didn’t increase simultaneously, so we still need to watch the persistence afterward.
Next, we’ll jointly focus on whether price can maintain—or return to—the level above the initial push, whether open interest can synchronize with the pickup, and whether aggressive buying can regain dominance. If the price weakens and is accompanied by a drop in open interest, that would be a counter-evidence against this continuation, and we’ll need to re-check.
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Contract Order Book Daily|8/21 Squeeze-Run Pushes Up Prices, Open Interest Follows
At 11:30 noon, the marked price for $BTC is $74,602, up 8.17%. It briefly broke above $75,000 earlier and regained the 200-day moving average. More unusual: within 60 minutes, about $1.2 billion in short positions were liquidated. There is a clear component of forced covering within the short-term rally.
After the price surged upward, the open interest of $BTC increased to $8.012 billion, up 5.8%. Funding rates rose to 0.0095%, with longs accounting for 51%, indicating new leverage is being unwound—though it’s not yet one-sided overcrowding. The contradiction is that the ratio of aggressive buying to selling is only 0.9; the aggressive sell side still exceeds the aggressive buy side. Around $75,000, there is still overhead supply.
The Fear & Greed Index is already at 72. The funding rate for $SOL and $ETH has also risen to 0.01%, and mainstream perpetual contracts have overall shifted to longs paying. Meanwhile, the funding rate for ONG is as low as -1.592%, showing prominent short-side overcrowding. On the other end, CSOPSKHYNIX2L reaches +0.418%, meaning even high-fee longs face the risk of a reverse liquidation.
Next, we only watch two boundary conditions. If price regains and holds above $75,000 and the aggressive buy/sell ratio returns to above 1, any new open interest is more likely to be active follow-through. If price remains pressured, open interest keeps rising, and aggressive sells continue to dominate, the new longs after the short squeeze will first expose risk.
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Contract 24h Gainers Board · Deep Dive into the Top 3
At 10:00 Beijing time, the current top 3 on Binance’s 24-hour contract gainers board are, in order: ONG, BOME, PEOPLE. This time, we only look at one verifiable signal: whether price increases are accompanied by an expansion in open interest.
ONG is currently at 0.12958, up 107.99% in the past 24 hours, with trading volume of about $492 million. Open interest is around $13.4663 million, up 147.7% over 24 hours. In the last hour alone, it still increased by 25.7%. The most obvious point is that the price rise and the increase in open interest move in sync. However, the funding rate is -1.3564%, and the contract premium rate is -10.1185%. If open interest shifts from increasing to decreasing, this accumulation signal becomes invalid.
BOME is currently at 0.0011628, up 33.32% in the past 24 hours, with trading volume of about $524 million. Open interest is around $17.8466 million, up 110.5% over 24 hours, but in the last hour it has already fallen by 4.2%, meaning the continuation of the accumulation is starting to weaken. If open interest continues to contract in the last hour, the 24-hour open-interest increase will no longer validate the size of the gain.
PEOPLE is currently at 0.010573, up 31.7% in the past 24 hours, with trading volume of about $76.6734 million. Open interest is around $8.1120 million, up 55.0% over 24 hours, but in the last hour it fell by 1.0%. At the same time, the relative strength indicator is 70.2, placing it in the overbought zone. Across the three, what we’re jointly observing is the change in open interest at high levels. If open interest continues to pull back in the short term, the risk of the common high-level retracement behind such gainers board moves will rise accordingly.
**Contracts that may see a mild dip and pullback today**
Slightly biased toward a slow grind lower and pullback. These coins’ prices may still be rising, but the structure has already loosened—don’t just look at the green percentage gains. What’s worrying isn’t that they won’t rise; it’s that as they rise, the order book/liquidity support gets thinner. Next, watch for confirmation of the pullback and weakening acceptance/support.
ONG current price 0.08579, up 40.89%. Open interest in the past 24 hours increased by 100.1%, but the contract premium rate is -26.1057%. Rapid inflow of positions coexists with deep negative premium. Price may still rise, but the structure has become loose. Liquidity is dispersed. The counterpoint is that the funding rate is -2.0%: shorts have paid for 3 consecutive periods. A squeeze is still possible.
AERO current price 0.4798, up 8.87%. Open interest in the past 24 hours decreased by 0.9%, and the funding rate has been paid by longs for 7 consecutive periods. Price is moving upward, but open interest has not expanded in sync. Chasing the price upward may leave you trapped—both a rebound and a pullback could hit at the same time. Liquidity is dispersed. The counterpoint is that the active buy/sell ratio is 2.2, and the super trend is still upward. Active buy orders have not yet disappeared.
ONT current price 0.0494, up 22.82%. Open interest in the past 24 hours increased by 119.7%, and the active buy/sell ratio is 0.94. The gain and position size are both expanding rapidly, but active sell orders have a slight edge. Next, watch whether the price will turn back. Liquidity is dispersed. The counterpoint is that the funding rate is -1.1305%: shorts are paying. There is still a possibility of squeeze-like disturbances.
If support continues to thin, this pullback line is already in motion; if it re-accumulates volume and holds steady, then this assessment needs to be rechecked. #ONG #AERO #ONT #Contract observation
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In this tape, I’m looking at price moving up in sync, open interest increasing noticeably, and the aggressive buying/selling not being weaker overall.
Next, watch whether price continues in trend, whether open interest growth can be sustained, and whether the aggressive buy orders can keep getting confirmed.
ACE: up 32.92% in the last 24 hours; open interest up 27.8% in the last 24 hours; up another 2.4% in the last 1 hour.
Price and positioning are moving in the same direction, and the Super Trend remains upward.
However, the contract premium is -0.1661%. If price strength pulls back, the current logic will be weakened.
BOME: up 33.2% in the last 24 hours; open interest up 104.2% in the last 24 hours; aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.11.
The increase in positioning is clear, and aggressive buying has the upper hand while the Super Trend stays upward.
The counterpoint is that there have been 8 consecutive periods with long-paying activity, and the long/short ratio for top accounts has reached 1.56. Pay attention to whether the long structure becomes further concentrated.
NEIRO: up 30.84% in the last 24 hours; open interest up 111.7% in the last 24 hours; the Super Trend remains upward.
Price and positioning are still expanding together, but the aggressive buy/sell ratio is 1.00, so the bid side has not formed a clear advantage yet.
At the same time, the relative strength indicator is 82.9 and in the overbought zone—this is the most direct counterpoint right now.
If price follows through, open interest keeps increasing, and the aggressive buying remains strong enough to stay valid, this line will continue.
If price turns weaker, the momentum of open interest growth breaks, or aggressive selling gains the upper hand, then this direction needs to be reassessed.
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Contract Order Book Daily|8/21 After a Short Squeeze, Positions Keep Rising
In the morning, mark price for $BTC was $72,658.29, up 4.96%. Total open interest rose to $7.781 billion, increasing 4.4% as well, indicating that after the squeeze, new leverage is still entering—not just short-covering. Aggressive buy orders are 1.28 times sell orders, but long-side share is only 49%. Buyers are chasing price, yet the account structure has not clearly tilted toward longs.
In the past 30 minutes, the two wallets combined were liquidated for $45.77 million, including 521 BTC and 3,738 ETH. At the same time, $BTC has returned above the 200-day moving average for the first time since last November, and the Ministry of Finance’s expanded share buybacks provided a further catalyst for risk assets. Price breaks out, shorts get liquidated, and open interest expands all at once—short-term strength is sufficient, but leverage is also rapidly refilling.
Funding rates have not broadly overheated yet. $BTC is +0.0031%, while $BNB has reached +0.0157%, meaning the latter has a noticeably higher long-side funding pressure. The fear/greed index is 62, sentiment is somewhat optimistic, but it hasn’t reached the extreme euphoria zone.
Next, just watch two boundaries. First, whether $BTC can hold the 200-day moving average. Second, when open interest keeps increasing, whether aggressive buy orders can stay above 1. If price stalls, open interest continues to rise, and aggressive buy orders weaken, new leverage will shift from being a driving force to becoming liquidation fuel.
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Here are the only few contract-market setups worth watching today. The gainers’ leaderboard is heating up in a focused way, but short-squeeze and long-squeeze pressure are both happening at the same time—high momentum, and the structure is even more aggressive.
$ONG +69.6%, current price 0.10374, 24h turnover 248 million USD, spiking from the low of 0.05908 up to 0.1265. Open interest surged 193.7%, funding rate is down to -2.0%, and the shorts are still paying to hold it down. This kind of order book—where price gains, volume, and open interest all expand at the same time—is the strongest squeeze structure today.
$AVAAI +46.6%, current price 0.019781, turnover 89.93 million USD. Open interest rose 106.8%, with buy-side orders slightly in control; surprisingly, the number of longs isn’t crowded—this isn’t a momentum spike without volume. $SANTOS +46.5%, current price 0.7199, already close to the 24h high of 0.7292. Active buy orders are clearly stronger, but the number of longs is already crowded; follow-through and how fast longs give back are both worth watching.
SCRT is down 20.9%, yet open interest is up 16.2%; longs are still paying a 0.05% fee. The more the price drops, the more positions add—this is clearly a long-positions-under-pressure structure. UNITREE is down 15.2%, with open interest up 44.5%; the funding rate has risen to 0.202%. The costs borne by longs are heavier, and the long-squeeze pressure is more extreme than a typical pullback. Rank #4 through #10 are PEOPLE up 36.9%, BOME up 29.7%, ACE up 29.2%, NEIRO up 29.1%, COLLECT up 27.7%, ONT up 24.2%, and ENA up 20.2%.
Overall, it’s a high-volatility coin group huddling together: strong side is getting squeezed up, while the weak side is getting squeezed out on the long side. The fee burden on the ONG shorts is already extreme—this kind of structure, once it drags on, becomes even more likely to continue the move. First, watch whether its turnover and open interest can keep up. #ONG #AVAAI #SANTOS #Futures/Contracts market
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Today’s contract hotspots—only these three where both the price increase and open interest surge together.
AVAAI is up 47.6%, with open interest jumping 100.4%, and the newly added chips have more than doubled. The price has surged to 0.019539—this isn’t just a price spike; there’s real capital following through.
ACE is up 44.3%, with open interest increasing in sync by 44.3%; both the price and newly added chips are lifted at nearly the same pace. These order books aren’t about slowly accumulating—this is concentrated capital rushing in. ONG is up 39.5%, with open interest rising 51.4%, and the latter is moving faster than the price. When the price is near the 24-hour high of 0.0845, newly added chips are still clearly coming in—the continuation is worth watching.
Overall, it’s capital grouping up in a small number of high-volatility coins. Whether AVAAI’s open interest can keep increasing is the most critical point. Places 4 through 10 are, in order: BOME up 33.1%, PEOPLE up 30.9%, NEIRO up 29.2%, XRP up 23.4%, COLLECT up 22.4%, MAGMA up 22.0%, and MET up 20.1%. The invalidation conditions for this signal are very clear: if the price stays elevated but open interest keeps falling, it means new chips are starting to withdraw, and the squeeze’s continuation will be discounted. $AVAAI $ACE $ONG #Contract hotspots
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Contract Order Book Daily|8/20 Bullish price push; leverage follows
23:01, the marked price for $BTC returned to $71,786, up 8.96%. Open interest rose in tandem by 7% to $7.827 billion, suggesting the rally is not just short covering—new leverage is also chasing the price. However, the ratio of passive to active orders is only 0.92, with sell executions still holding the upper hand. If this ratio moves back above 1 and open interest does not quickly drop, then this divergence can be considered invalid.
After Trump promoted the “Clear Act,” $BTC briefly broke above $72,000. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows added $517 million net in a single day, with policy expectations and spot capital providing aligned support. The risk boundary is $72,000: if price fails to reclaim and hold that level for a long time, and subsequent spot flows turn into outflows, the bullish drive will degrade into leverage accumulation.
It has been reported that Trump and the U.S. commodities futures regulatory agencies support Hyperliquid entering the U.S., which is a clear signal of rising compliance expectations for the derivatives platform. The invalidation condition is that there is no further formal regulatory progress afterward, or the market only trades the expectation without additional capital coming in to absorb.
Right now, the long/short ratio is exactly 50/50. The funding rate is positive at 0.01%. There is no extreme one-sided positioning yet, but the sentiment index has reached 62. What truly needs guarding is open interest continuing to rise while active bids remain consistently below 1. That means the higher the price goes, the weaker the internal absorption becomes.
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About 6 hours ago, among the 3 contracts of the morning “High-Level Distribution · Bearish” alert, the current performance is 2 fulfilled and 1 lingering/tugging: RED and LA have started to weaken, while KAITO has not yet broken out into a one-sided downtrend.
First-Issuance Observation Recap: The chips are dispersing.
RED: fulfilled. The bearish move from the morning alert has already played out. After the first issuance, price continued to weaken by 5.11%, and open interest fell in sync by 17.23%, with both order replenishment and participation heat shrinking. The buy/sell order imbalance ratio (active buy vs. active sell) dropped from 0.84 to 0.56, and active buy orders retreated further.
KAITO: lingering/tugging. The morning bearish thesis has not yet formed a one-sided downside confirmation. After the first issuance, price only pulled back 0.41%; volatility remains close to its prior level, and short-seller follow-through is insufficient. However, the active buy/sell imbalance ratio fell from 1.07 to 0.83—bids have weakened—so we still need to monitor whether replenishment can hold.
LA: fulfilled. After the morning high-level distribution alert, price began to decline. After the first issuance, price weakened by 3.21%, while trading volume increased by 41.52%; the volume-backed pullback validates the bearish direction. But the active buy/sell imbalance ratio is still 1.09, meaning active buys have not noticeably withdrawn, so the “fulfilled” strength is weaker than RED.
Next, we should jointly watch whether price can continue to weaken and whether active buying keeps fading out—both moving in sync will count as further confirmation of the pullback. If price returns back near the first issuance level, and the active buy/sell imbalance ratio also goes back above 1 together with open interest rising—especially if KAITO shows this set of changes—then the morning judgment needs to be re-evaluated.
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About 6 hours ago morning pullback observation · Bullish recap: In the morning there were 3 that looked bullish, 1 broke out, and 2 didn’t get properly taken.
Chips are tightening.
EDEN: Tug-of-war; price is slightly trending upward, but a one-sided continuation for the morning bullish setup hasn’t formed yet. After the initial launch, price rose 1.12%, but the upside momentum is limited. Meanwhile, open interest actually fell by 0.8%, and the aggressive buy volume weakened compared with the initial launch, indicating that follow-through did not keep up with the breakout.
ALLO: Tug-of-war; the morning bullish move hasn’t managed to break out yet, and price as well as capital structure are still stuck in a stalemate. Open interest increased by 0.67%, suggesting there hasn’t been a clear withdrawal of positions, but the incremental addition isn’t strong. The aggressive buy/sell indicator dropped to 0.89, meaning the buy side can’t take the upper hand, which weakens confirmation for further upside.
ACE: Execution/realization—this bullish setup has broken out; price and open interest are continuing in sync. After the initial launch, price kept climbing by 6.19%, clearly aligning with the morning observation. Open interest rose in tandem by 11.37%, and volume also expanded, indicating that this upswing received new-position participation.
In the afternoon, keep watching whether the three can show synchronized confirmation of: price moving up, open interest increasing, and aggressive buying strengthening. If price stalls and open interest declines, that would be a rebuttal to the morning bullish thesis, and the line needs to be rechecked. #EDEN <t-1/>#ALLO #ACE #Contract recap
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Contract Order Book Daily | 8/19 Longs Pay for Positioning; Sell Orders Pile Up Above
At 11:31 noon, mark price 64326.2 was tagged by $BTC , up 0.39%; active buy orders exceeded by 1.04, with buyers holding only a slight edge. But longs account for 59%, and the funding rate has risen to 0.26%, indicating that chasing long positions is now bearing higher costs. Only if the long ratio falls back near 50% and the funding rate cools in tandem will the crowding signal truly be considered invalid.
Open interest remains at $6.798 billion, with no change. Yet the price is rising without any fresh leverage confirmation. Meanwhile, around 65,000 there are approximately $62 million worth of sell orders; the short-term distance is less than $700. Only if price breaks above 65,000 and open interest increases at the same time will this sell-order pressure signal be invalidated.
$SOL is even more extreme: while it’s up 2.15%, its funding rate reaches 0.87%, the highest among the four major contracts. This is not trend confirmation, but rather a rapid buildup of long costs. If the funding rate drops noticeably and price fails to break above the area near 76.97, the overheating risk would ease.
News-wise, it leans supportive but can’t replace order-book confirmation: MicroStrategy, this week, has not sold any Bitcoin and has added $150 million in cash reserves. In the U.S., the securities regulator proposes a token “safe harbor” and financing exemptions, but prospects for the Digital Assets Market Structure Act remain divisive. The Fear & Greed Index is only 46, meaning sentiment hasn’t caught up with the long positions. The current boundary is still whether 65,000 can be truly broken through via real additional buying.
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Contracts that issued high-level distribution warnings today
High-level distribution warning. RED, KAITO, and LA prices may still be rising, but the structure is already loosening—don’t only look at the green percentage increase numbers. What to fear isn’t that it won’t go up, but that as it keeps rising, the buy-side support/holding gets thinner; then watch whether the subsequent pullback unfolds and whether the support continues to weaken.
RED current price: 0.092, up 5.99%, open interest increased 133.7% over the past 24 hours. The rate of position inflow is clearly faster than price advance; after the structure loosens, chasing higher can be tortured by both a rebound and a pullback at the same time. Chips/capital are scattered. The counter-evidence is that the funding rate is -0.2122%, with short fees paid for 5 consecutive periods; there could still be liquidation/short-squeeze disturbances.
KAITO current price: 0.3374, up 3.18%, but the contract premium rate is -0.254%. Price is still rising, but the contract remains at a discount—its rise isn’t synchronizing with strengthening in the structure. Chips/capital are scattered. The counter-evidence is that the Super Trend is still trending upward; the current pullback structure has not been fully confirmed yet.
LA current price: 0.05667, up 14.14%, open interest increased 13.4% over the past 24 hours. As the gains widen, positions continue to flow in—chasing after the move increases risk as the structure loosens. Chips/capital are scattered. The counter-evidence is the aggressive buy/sell ratio of 1.11; the aggressive bid side has not clearly ebbed yet. If the support continues to thin, the line represented by the pullback is already being drawn; if it regains volume and holds steady, then this judgment needs to be reconsidered.
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Bullish. For this order book, I’m looking at three things: the 24-hour prices of all three are trending upward, and the SuperTrend is moving up in sync. In addition, the open interest for EDEN and ACE has increased noticeably, with EDEN’s active buy orders clearly leading. Next, keep an eye on whether price strength, open interest, and active buying can continue to be confirmed.
EDEN current price 0.0511, up 7.56% in the last 24 hours. Open interest is $4.5943 million and has increased 26.7% over the last 24 hours. Active buy/sell ratio: 1.26. Funding rate is -0.0971%, with short funding paid for 6 consecutive periods. This means positions have been continuously flowing in during the upswing, and there may be a squeeze structure. Chips are tightening (accumulating). The counterpoint: the premium rate is still -0.397%, and the relative strength indicator at 48.5 is neutral. Short-term volatility is high—verify by the public order book.
ALLO current price 0.30184, up 2.51% in the last 24 hours. SuperTrend is rising, and the active buy/sell ratio is 1.02. Retail long/short ratio is 0.54; only 35% are long. This suggests that when price moves slightly with the trend, the long side has not become crowded. Chips are tightening (accumulating). The counterpoint: open interest is $12.4583 million, but it has decreased 2.5% over the last 24 hours and 0.5% over the last 1 hour—position follow-through is temporarily insufficient. Short-term volatility is high—verify by the public order book.
ACE current price 0.22668, up 46.37% in the last 24 hours. Trading volume is $565 million, and open interest is $18.4685 million, up 73.4% over the last 24 hours. Funding rate is -0.2058%, with short funding paid for 8 consecutive periods. This indicates that price and open interest are expanding together, and there may be a squeeze structure. Chips are tightening (accumulating). The counterpoint: the active buy/sell ratio is only 0.98, meaning active buy orders have not yet gained the upper hand. Short-term volatility is high—verify by the public order book.
If price continues moving with the trend, with open interest following through and active buying remaining supported, this path should keep running. If price turns weak, open interest contracts, or active buying continues to lag below sell orders, then this direction needs to be reassessed.
Live disclosure: This account currently holds $FOGO long positions. The related views match the actual position.
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Contract Order Book Daily Report|8/19 Sentiment is relatively cold; buyers add leverage
In the morning, the anomaly was mainly concentrated in $BTC : mark price at $64,599.90, up 0.52%. Contract open interest rose to $6.882 billion, an increase of 0.4%. The ratio of aggressive buy orders to aggressive sell orders rose to 1.15, and the long-side share reached 58%. This suggests that while the rebound is happening, new leverage is also being added—not just pure short covering. The Fear & Greed Index is still at 41, and spot sentiment has not warmed up in sync. Such divergence can amplify short-term volatility.
$$SOL rose 1.62%, and the funding rate increased to 0.01%, clearly higher than $$BTC ’s 0.0012% and Ethereum’s 0.002%. On-chain monitoring also shows that an address dormant for more than two years has bought approximately $3.6 million worth of $SOL again. Price, funding, and large purchases are moving in the same direction; but once the funding rate continues to rise, long positions’ cost basis will accumulate faster as well.
On the policy front, there are two key support expectations: US securities regulators have proposed a token-financing safe harbor and exemption framework, and the US accounting standards-setting body is considering treating eligible stablecoins as cash equivalents. However, progress on the “Clear Act” is still disputed. Some industry insiders believe the probability of passing it before the mid-term elections is only 10%. For now, policy expectations cannot be directly taken as a realized outcome.
Risk boundaries are clearer: HOME’s funding rate is as low as -0.477%, with shorts crowded; this makes a reverse squeeze more likely. FWDI’s funding rate is as high as +0.701%, and long costs are already at an extreme. For mainstream perpetual contracts, focus on whether open interest in $BTC can continue to rise and whether aggressive buy orders can stay above 1. If price weakens while open interest keeps increasing, the 58% long share—currently support—could turn into liquidation pressure.
Trade log: This account currently holds a long position in $FOGO . As long as the underlying logic remains unchanged, we continue to hold.
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