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Never again will I blindly short when the funding rate is negative.
The weekly bear flag topping pattern is deadly.
Funding rate > technical pattern.
A negative funding rate must be strictly prohibited from blindly topping out and shorting.
A sustained deep negative funding rate is the most critical market signal currently. This indicates that retail investors are generally obsessed with shorting, and market law states "retail investors' directions are often wrong," with negative funding rates continuously fueling short squeeze momentum.
Even if the pattern seems to suggest a decline, as long as the funding rate remains negative and the price stays above the key support line, shorting should be approached with extreme caution, and the market may even develop a strong trend different from historical patterns.