Funding rates for OKX, Binance, Bybit, Deribit, HTX, and BitMEX vary significantly, reflecting different trading behaviors. Positive FR means longs pay shorts, indicating a preference for long positions, while negative FR means shorts pay longs, indicating a preference for short positions.

Seeing the funding rates drop again, it looks like we are in a phase of waiting to see when this will end. I expect we will need to watch the market while taking breaks.

Written by nino