$SNXX A day lost five sixes, with the price hovering around 23 with a zero trailing. The old dog pulled the data: trading volume was 26 million, and turnover doesn’t look especially quiet, but something weird happened—funding rates somehow dropped to zero. Both long and short sides don’t want to pay overnight fees. There’s clearly liquidity in the arena, yet no one can pry open the other. A stalemate where the funding rate is zero—at least in the old dog’s memory—has happened before. Last time, it was when the U.S. stock futures on the Binance chain first launched. After waiting about two weeks, it then shot up in a big bullish candle of more than 30 points. This time, though, the context is far from the same.
Digging deeper: the open interest is over 43,000 contracts. For this instrument, that’s not small, and there’s no obvious retreat—meaning the capital is still sitting in there, just nobody wants to show their cards first. A zero funding rate can be interpreted in two ways: one is that the market has no emotion; the other is that both longs and shorts believe they can win, so they’re waiting for the opponent to be the first to break and pay. The old dog leans toward the second. Since the price has dropped by five or six points, a positive funding rate would be normal. But now it’s zero—meaning the shorts don’t dare to add more to grab that funding premium. Looking at the sell-off trend, they’re actually being cautious and hesitant. Within the past 24 hours, the low only brushed around 22.8. That area just happens to be the lower edge of the previous heavy trading zone. The longs have been quietly placing bids to hold it up, and the shorts haven’t organized any real-looking dumping. With this kind of structure, if tonight’s U.S. stock market opens and sentiment warms up, the shorts won’t be too crowded, but they’re likely to trip themselves up—then end up lifting the chair for the longs.
The old dog’s response is straightforward: 23 is a watershed. If the four-hour candle can’t reclaim 23, my long position gets cut down to basically just the margin/base position. If price breaks through 22.5—the lower edge of the last platform—I’ll clear everything cleanly, with no lingering hopes. Some people think shorting along the downtrend is safe, but I think a zero funding rate has already stripped the shorts of their best cost-effectiveness. Entering now to chase a short could easily mean you’re right at the place where someone else has just been forced to liquidate. My current position is light—like a brand-new rookie who just entered the game. No leverage; I only hold a bit of spot and watch the direction. I’ll add size only after the funding rate moves first and the open interest changes sharply.
Last month, the old dog also fell into this kind of trap. Funding rates stayed at zero for five days. In the end, he couldn’t resist and flipped to short, only to get blown up directly by a midnight surprise attack. No matter how bad the dog’s memory is, it still remembers that pain. This time, I’d rather move slower and not get myself stuck on the five-minute line with the thinnest liquidity.
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