At 3 a.m., the funding rate spiked again to an outrageous +0.3%, and my position size was still pushing higher. In moments like this, I actually half-close my computer—not because I’m afraid, but because I’m afraid I’ll get an itch to “take the other side and collect funding.”

That modular blockchain setup? Developers talk about it like crazy, but I don’t understand it at all. The DA-layer narrative sounds like the same old story poured into a new bottle. If I don’t understand something, I don’t touch it—this rule is tougher than any strategy.

I’ve tried flipping to open shorts during extreme funding rates before. Out of ten times, six times I got killed by momentum, and the other four times’ profits weren’t enough to make up for those six losses. Now I’ve learned—when the funding rate is abnormally high, I go wash my face first. If I still want to open a trade when I come back, then I’ll open it—most of the time, I’ll probably decide not to.

Volatility is someone else’s problem—I guard my own position.