Funding rates have gone crazy again. I glanced at my positions and decided not to tough it out for now.

It's actually quite contradictory at times like this — you know it will probably revert, but the word "probably" is meaningless in extreme market conditions. I tried taking the opposite side before, but before I could collect much in funding fees, the price movement buried me first. No matter how clear the flowchart was, my hands would shake when executing.

Now I've learned my lesson — I step aside first. It's not about predicting, but admitting that I can't outcompute the market. Anyway, with interest rate expectations flip-flopping, and sometimes USD and risk assets moving together, the logic is at odds. With my small capital, I won't bother solving the macroeconomic equations.

I'll wait until funding rates cool down. The chart is still the same chart. I'll come back then.