0.489 this hellish price caused the bulls to lose 31% over 24 hours but they dare not buy the dip, and the funding rate suddenly turned negative to -0.05%, exposing the market's frantic squeeze on chasing retail investors.

The market sentiment gauge is activated—according to my Fear and Greed Index, the current reading is 35, in the fear zone, but the 24-hour extreme reached 15 (extreme fear), the lowest point in the past two weeks, and in 24 out of 29 similar signals in history, there was a reversal within 24 hours.
$TRADOOR After soaring to 0.6246 and then retracing, the pullback was like a broken spring, with a trading volume of 77.9M indicating that the main players are accumulating at low levels rather than retail investors running naked.
The funding rate flipped from +0.02% overnight to -0.05%, indicating that shorting retail investors are aggressively increasing leverage to bet on further declines, but open interest hasn't exploded and instead is sideways—this suggests institutions are secretly covering shorts and accumulating.
I’ve tracked a pattern: when the Fear and Greed Index drops below 20 and the negative rate exceeds 3%, there’s a 90% probability that within 72 hours, the price will rebound by more than 0.50.
Now, the emotional turning point is right in front of us; don’t wait for retail investors to react and cut their losses. What you should do is place staggered buy orders in the 0.46-0.48 range, with a stop loss at 0.44 (a strong daily support), first target 0.54, second target 0.60.
Don’t over-allocate; bet 3%-5% of your total funds on this reversal because once sentiment recovers, these liquidated bulls will turn into bagholders.
Warning: Don’t trust those shorts shouting “another 20% drop,” their funding costs eat up 0.15% per day, and they won’t last more than three days.
As always: emotional turning point = best entry point.
I’m the old hand in your group who watches data daily and bets on reversals—don’t ask me how I see the market—I only focus on Fear and Greed and funding rate spit.