What Is the Funding Rate? Why Can Holding a Perpetual Contract Also Generate Ongoing Extra Costs?

In the cryptocurrency market, some traders get the direction right but find their final returns are lower than expected. In addition to fees and slippage, there is another easily overlooked factor: the funding rate.

The funding rate is a mechanism in perpetual contract markets that helps keep contract prices linked to spot market prices. It can affect the cost of holding a position and whether traders are willing to hold a position in a particular direction over the long term.

First, what exact

Vincent2FromWanchain an hour ago

The person at the helm of ByteDance’s SeeDance is a ’97-born 4-2
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DragonFlyOfficial an hour ago

#JensenHuangResigns

Jensen Huang Resigns from NVIDIA: The Man Behind the AI Revolution Is Gone, What Happens Next?

Yesterday Was Business as Usual. Today, Everything Has Changed.

For years, Jensen Huang was more than just NVIDIA's CEO. He was the face of the company's rise, the leader behind its AI strategy, and one of the most influential figures in the global technology industry.

NVIDIA became a central force in the artificial intelligence boom under his leadership. Its graphics processors became essential tools for training AI models, building data centres, and powering the next genera

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HighAmbition 2 hours ago

#WhiteHouseSubmitsCFTCAndSECNominations
⚖️ The White House Nominates New SEC and CFTC Commissioners: A Turning Point for U.S. Crypto Regulation, Cross-Asset Markets, and Institutional Capital Flows
The United States financial regulatory landscape has entered one of its most consequential transitional phases in years. The White House formally submitted a bipartisan slate of four nominees to the United States Senate to fill long-standing vacancies at the two primary watchdogs governing American capital and digital asset markets: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Fut

GateSquare2026-11-13 03:47:46

⚖️ The White House Nominates New SEC and CFTC Commissioners: Will Crypto Regulation See New Changes?
The White House submitted nominations for 4 regulatory commissioners to the Senate, 2 each for the SEC and CFTC. They are still awaiting confirmation.
As the regulatory team gradually takes shape, the market is once again focused on the next steps for U.S. crypto asset regulation. 👀
Will clearer regulatory rules drive institutions to enter the market faster, or will the market still have to wait for specific policies to take effect?
💬 Are you more looking forward to clear boundaries for crypto asset regulation, or progress on approvals for products such as ETFs and derivatives?
Come to Gate Square with #白宫提交CFTC与SEC两党委员提名 to share your views.

EgragCrypto an hour ago

#BTC - ARE WE LIVING IN MATRIX:

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BlockchainTuogean hour ago

$BARD Up 70.9% in 24h, and I got out at 0.089. I have to own this one in my trade recap.
The day before yesterday, I bought the dip near 0.085 as planned, with a stop-loss at 0.078 and a first take-profit target at 0.105. Yesterday, it surged to 0.11, automatically taking profit on half my position. I thought I’d let the profits run on the other half, but closed it all at 0.142 this morning—selling too early, below 0.1492. One lesson: a coin that’s surging isn’t worth trying to hold for the bigger picture. If you stick to your rules, you only take the part you planned for.
It’s now at 0.1468,

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WishForColdWeather an hour ago

Why Are Traders More Likely to Take Excessive Risks After a Winning Streak?

In the cryptocurrency market, there is an easily overlooked risk: after a string of wins, people may actually become less cautious.

After making profits on several consecutive trades, traders can develop the illusion that they have mastered the market’s rhythm and will probably be able to correctly predict what comes next. As a result, they start increasing their position sizes, relaxing their entry criteria, and even ignoring the stop-loss rules they used to follow strictly.

But the market won’t guarantee you’ll be

WishForColdWeather an hour ago

Why Is Position Sizing More Important Than Simply Lowering Leverage?

In cryptocurrency trading, when many people think about reducing risk, their first thought is to lower leverage. But a more important question is often overlooked: How large a position have you actually opened, and how much could this trade cost your account at most?

Leverage determines how capital is used, while position size directly affects how price movements impact profit and loss. Lowering leverage without controlling position size does not necessarily reduce risk effectively.

First, actual risk exposure is what trul

ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

What exactly is the difference between limit orders and market orders? Many people get it wrong from the start

In cryptocurrency trading, placing an order may look like simply clicking buy or sell, but different order types affect how trades are executed, price control, and execution risk. Understanding limit and market orders is an important step toward building trading discipline.

First, limit orders: prioritize price control.

A limit order lets you specify the highest price you’re willing to pay to buy or the lowest price you’re willing to accept to sell. For example, if Bitcoin is curre

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ThisIsTranslateContent:Qiyu 2 hours ago

What Is Trading Expectancy? How Can Win Rate, Average Profit and Loss, and Trading Costs Help Determine Whether a Strategy Has a Long-Term Edge?

In cryptocurrency trading, making money with a strategy in the short term does not mean it will work over the long term. One lucky big trade can mask problems with the strategy itself. Trading expectancy helps us evaluate a strategy as a whole, rather than judging it based on just a few wins or losses.

First, what is trading expectancy?

Trading expectancy is the average profit a strategy may generate per trade when used repeatedly. It takes into ac

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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

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Shani556556 36 minutes ago

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WishForColdWeather an hour ago

What is a long liquidation? Why can the market experience a cascading decline when prices fall?

In the cryptocurrency market, prices sometimes initially dip only slightly, then suddenly accelerate downward. In addition to selling pressure in the spot market, one possible cause is long liquidations.

Understanding the liquidation mechanism helps traders recognize leverage risks and analyze why some market moves can become unusually volatile in a short period of time.

First, what is a long liquidation?

Long traders buy assets or open bullish contract positions, expecting prices to rise. When

CryptoBigShotan hour ago

$Wealth and Prosperity 0xceebf25b318201f1f949be2fabbfcee231737139
Keep dollar-cost averaging and building Wealth and Prosperity!
PONS’s burn progress has reached one-third. The on-chain market will eventually recover, and Chinese narratives will be the main theme of the next meme bull run. Wealth and Prosperity will be the first Chinese meme on Robinhood Chain!
Buy, hold, wait, and become rich and prosperous.

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Looking at the 1-hour timeframe, the market structure has shifted from a clear bearish downtrend into a low-volatility consolidation phase. The price previously made a sharp drop, bottoming out at 49.530, and has since been grinding sideways in a tight range. The K-lines are currently printing small bodies, indicating indecision and a battle between buyers and sellers. Price is currently hovering at 50.034, wedged right in the middle of the Bollinger Bands (UB: 50.505, LB: 49.787) and slightly below the middle band (MB: 50.146). The moving averages (WMA5, WMA10, WMA20) are clustered

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BtcsosSignalSharing 2 hours ago

📡 Signal Card Repost | Aesthetic_Meow
Ticker: $PLUME Long entry: 0.0135 Targets: 0.013603 / 0.013658 / 0.013706 Stop-loss: 0.013363
Come to think of it, earlier today (11-13), sis had just reposted this person's $OPEN trade, and here they are again. Pretty active 😂
Just so we're clear: sis only reposts these. Whether to follow and how much to put in is up to you. The market can go crazy, but risk management can't.
Personal record shared, not investment advice. #英伟达冲击千亿美元季度营收纪录 NVDA +2.35% xNVDA +2.17%

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ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

Why Can Following a Popular Trend Be More Dangerous When Funding Rates Are High?

In the cryptocurrency market, when a coin keeps rising, discussions on social media grow increasingly heated, and perpetual contract funding rates continue climbing, many traders may think: With so many people bullish, there should still be an opportunity to get in now.

But the more crowded the market gets, the more important it is to pay attention to risk. High funding rates are not a definitive signal that a market reversal is imminent, but they may indicate that holding costs and market expectations have chan

GateUser-fcd5a053 2 hours ago

Iran says it took out a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain. My first reaction: Did it actually hit the target or not? Can someone give us a straight answer?
The Revolutionary Guard unilaterally claimed success. The Associated Press noted that the claim could not be independently verified; when AP reported the story, U.S. Central Command and Bahrain’s Information Ministry had not immediately responded to requests for comment.
The Revolutionary Guard said the operation was in response to a U.S. attack on a telecommunications facility in Sirik, southern Iran; AP noted that the claim could not be

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