What Is the Funding Rate, and How Does It Affect Trading?

In crypto futures trading, many people focus only on BTC price movements every day and overlook an important metric: the funding rate.

Sometimes, BTC keeps rising, yet traders who are long have to keep paying funding fees. How does that work?

First, the funding rate is a fee periodically paid between longs and shorts in perpetual futures markets. Its main purpose is to help keep futures prices close to spot prices.

When the funding rate is positive, it usually means the perpetual futures price is relatively high, and longs pay fundi

AMD is smiling, and NVIDIA is panicking? Jensen Huang is leaving, and the AI chip arena may be in for a major shake-up!

NVIDIA's CEO is gone. Has AMD finally got its chance to turn things around?
The market's reaction this time is quite interesting: NVIDIA faced a sell-off, while AMD and Broadcom rose against the trend. Capital markets seem to have already started looking for the next winner in the AI chip sector.
But don't rush to declare AMD the winner.
NVIDIA's biggest advantage isn't just GPU performance, but its CUDA ecosystem. A large number of developers, software companies, and AI fir

Fear & greed just hit 20!
$BTC is ~$69.3K and still fighting to reclaim its 2021 high. $1.45B in longs got wiped out today!
Lowest fear reading in 4 months. Buying here or waiting for lower? 👇

Many people have experienced this: when a bull market arrives, BTC rises 10%, while some altcoins can gain 30% or even more. But when the market starts falling and BTC pulls back 10%, some altcoins may drop 30% or even more.

Why does this happen?

First, the difference in market capitalization is a key reason. Compared with BTC, many altcoins have smaller market caps and relatively limited market depth, so even modest inflows or outflows can cause more pronounced price swings.

Second, altcoins are more sensitive to market sentiment. When prices are rising, investors are willing to take on mo

This set of data lays bare how young people in China have shifted their anxieties and recalibrated their risk-avoidance strategies over the past eleven years.

The Ministry of Education just announced that 3.47 million people registered for the 2027 graduate entrance exam, up slightly by 40,000 from last year’s 3.43 million.

Many people think the graduate exam craze is making a comeback. But compare the data over the past eleven years with the national civil service exam, and the truth is exactly the opposite.

From 2015 to 2023, the number of graduate exam applicants surged from 1.649 millio

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#黄仁勋辞职 #每周来晒 33 Years, $4 Trillion, An Overnight Curtain Call: The End of the Jensen Huang Era—Where Does Nvidia Go from Here?

01 Breaking: First CEO Change in 33 Years
On November 12, U.S. Eastern Time, Nvidia published an announcement on its website: co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as president, chief executive officer, and board member, effective immediately.
The announcement gave no reason and provided no transition period. This is the first CEO change since Nvidia was founded in 1993. In the days before, reports concerning his personal affairs continued to gain traction, and Nvidia’s bo

Ages 18 to 73? Did I hear 73 wrong?
Still working hard at 73.
Why does it look to me like they’re at retirement age but still have to keep working?

Can Nvidia hold onto its gains at the open? Only if Nvidia stabilizes and US stocks stay in the green can they drive Bitcoin higher in a rebound.

Yesterday, Nvidia dragged the entire AI sector down at the open, and Bitcoin followed. Developments during the opening session triggered concentrated selling. Bulls stayed on the sidelines, and prices quickly broke lower. By the close, the most panic-inducing bearish news had been exhausted; everyone who was going to sell had sold, and dip-buyers stepped in. Nvidia opened lower and closed higher.

AMD, which took in funds flowing out of Nvidia yeste

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How should you read on-chain data? How can large transfers reveal market trends?

In the cryptocurrency market, many people watch candlestick charts and trading volume every day, but overlook a very important source of information: on-chain data.

Especially when Bitcoin sees a large transfer, many traders immediately speculate: Is a whale preparing to sell? Are institutions buying in large amounts?

But do large transfers really mean that prices are about to change?

First, distinguish between funds flowing into and out of exchanges. A large amount of BTC transferred to an exchange may mean h

$BTC
This Bitcoin move is pretty much over. All the big players who were due for liquidation have been liquidated!
Be cautious about shorting now, just as the veteran trader kept reminding you to be cautious about going long at 82k!
If you haven’t bought the dip yet, now’s the time. If it pulls back to 68888, take an initial position and slowly buy the dip. This move is still targeting 92k!

More and more traders are using AI and quantitative models to predict cryptocurrency market trends. Some models can even give an 80% probability of a price rise. But here’s an interesting phenomenon: even when trading signals seem highly accurate, many people still end up losing money.

Why is that?

First, a probability forecast is not a guarantee of profit. An 80% probability of a rise means the model estimates that the market is more likely to go up under specific conditions. It does not mean the next trade is guaranteed to make money.

Second, markets can change at any time. Breaking news,

Why Does a Larger Position Make It Easier to Lose Money in the Right Market?

In cryptocurrency trading, many people believe that as long as they correctly predict the market, they should make their position as large as possible. After all, with the same price movement, a larger position means more profit.

But reality is often much harsher: sometimes, even when you correctly predict the market direction, an oversized position forces you out before the market really takes off.

Why does this happen?

First, the larger your position, the more sensitive your account is to price movements. Suppos

Many traders analyzing BTC price action focus only on candlesticks and trading volume, while overlooking a very important metric: order book depth.

The order book records the number of buy and sell orders at different price levels in the market, helping us observe the current state of buy and sell orders.

So, how should you read order book depth?

First, observe the size of the bids and asks. If there are many buy orders in a certain price range, that area may have potential buying support; if a large number of sell orders cluster above, they may create short-term price pressure.

Second, wa

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🚨 QNT: SELLERS ARE IN CONTROL, BUT IS A RELIEF BOUNCE COMING?

The interesting part of QNT's current structure is the battle between bearish momentum and oversold conditions.

Losing both MA7 and MA25 suggests buyers are struggling to regain short-term control. Bitcoin's weakness is adding further pressure, making the $150–$147 zone an important area to watch.

However, there's another side to this setup: RSI is deeply oversold. That means chasing the downside without confirmation could be risky. A relief bounce toward resistance might offer a better opportunity to evaluate a short setup.

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In cryptocurrency trading, many people watch BTC’s price fluctuations every day, but they don’t realize that what’s often worth paying attention to are several key price zones: support and resistance.

What is support?

Simply put, support is an area where buying pressure may gradually increase as the price falls. When BTC approaches an important price range, repeated rebounds may indicate strong buying demand in that area.

What is resistance?

Resistance is the opposite: an area where selling pressure may increase as the price rises. If BTC repeatedly rises to a certain level but cannot brea