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I recently noticed some quite interesting signals for ADA. Cardano is currently trading around $0.25, down 1.78% in 24 hours but up 0.24% over the past week, so it seems the market is trying to find balance. The most notable thing is that the SAR Parabolic has just shifted to an uptrend, currently around $0.2549, and the funding fee has also turned positive. These are early signs that the downward momentum may be weakening.
Cardano appears to be trying to establish a bottom in the $0.26 - $0.29 range. If ADA stays above this SAR level, the bullish structure will be confirmed, but if it falls back below that zone, these signals will also lose validity. Volatility has slightly decreased, with the ATR around 0.0198, meaning the price is more stable and less volatile than before.
Looking at the derivatives market, the funding rate has fluctuated wildly between positive and negative over the past two weeks. Deep negative funding rates below -0.0100 in mid-February indicated traders were heavily betting on ADA continuing to decline. But now it has shifted to positive, approaching +0.0100, which could signal that short positions are being squeezed. If ADA maintains its upward momentum with a sustained positive funding rate, that would be a strong signal. The current market capitalization of Cardano is $9.15 billion with a trading volume of about $8.15 million, and liquidity remains stable as everyone waits to see if ADA can sustain a steady upward trend.