The old dog took a quick look:
$MVLL is currently at 27.90000, up 3.679% over the past 24 hours. The trading volume is 2362161.9553, and the open interest is 88565.66. The price has elasticity and positions are present, but the funding rate is still 0.00000000. This combination is more interesting than just looking at the single upward percentage—at least for now, there’s no obvious one-sided funding pressure.
On-chain U.S. stock futures contracts and crypto market moves are resonating together; transmission usually starts from risk appetite. As the crypto market strengthens, capital is willing to increase leverage and extend holding periods. Perpetual contracts with a shadow of U.S.-stock-style pricing are also more likely to gain incremental liquidity. But if the overall market then shrinks in volume and weakens, these contracts may also see faster drawdowns due to trading sessions, liquidity conditions, and liquidation from leverage. With
$MVLL currently rising while the funding rate is zero, it suggests that the 3.679% rally has not yet been built by longs that are being consistently paid for.
Remember the direction: if the funding rate is greater than 0, longs pay shorts—meaning longs are crowded; if the funding rate is less than 0, shorts pay longs—meaning shorts are crowded. Right now it’s exactly zero. I won’t force a squeeze or do a long liquidation frenzy; I’ll focus only on whether the price and the open interest continue to expand together.
My contrarian view is: when the market sees a rise, people rush to call it overheated—I don’t agree for now. The funding rate doesn’t show longs being crowded, and the open interest of 88565.66 can only prove that there are positions already in the market; it can’t, by itself, prove a top has formed. My actions are very specific: keep
$MVLL at 27.90000; as trading volume continues, open interest should keep rising—I’ll maintain a light position and consider adding up to half. If it falls back below 27.90000 and open interest still increases, I’ll reduce position first, to prevent new positions from turning into trapped longs. If the price drops and open interest also falls, I’ll simply observe—I won’t take on leverage as it declines.
Since there’s no comparable data from similar assets, I won’t force together a “top riser” conclusion using other instruments. The old dog used to love treating zero funding rates as absolutely safe, but later it still got stuck and couldn’t get out of the volatility.
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