WHAT IS FUNDING FEES IN FUTURES TRADING?

Ever wondered how perpetual futures stay aligned with the spot market price? Enter the FUNDING FEES!

How it works?

Funding fee is a periodic payment between long and short position holders, based on the funding rate.
- If the funding rate is positive, longs pay shorts.
- If the rate is negative, shorts pay longs.

When is it charged?

It happens every 8 hours (or as per your exchange’s interval). The fee is either deducted from your futures wallet or added to it, depending on your position.

Example... You hold a $10,000 long position.
- If the funding rate is 0.01%, you'll pay $1.
- If it's negative, you'll earn $1 instead.

⚠️ PRO TIP: Always keep an eye on the funding rate in your futures trading dashboard. It directly impacts your PNL.

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COMMON ERRORS A TRADER COULD COMMIT IN A BULL MARKET:

1. Closing positions too early, leaving potential profits on the table.

2. Relying on guesswork to short the market without proper confirmation.

3. Being unprepared for major pullbacks, which typically happen 3-5 times during a bull run.

4. Jumping into new trends or narratives at the wrong time.

5. Getting overwhelmed by following too many groups or channels.

6. Letting greed drive decisions instead of strategy.

$SWARMS H2 Bullish Idea.

Potential TRBO if price is able to push towards the bullish pivot at $0.2404.

Bearish ABCD possible retracement towards 162% extended Fib level. Pattern invalidation if price goes below $0.1615.

H2 EMA GX after approximately 5 days & 10 hours since its DX play last 11th of January.

Bu-FVG popped out, strengthening bullish confluence.

Price currently poised for a VAH breakout, which could lead to a test of the upper resistance.

Trading above bullish NT.

Economic Reports (1/15/2025, UTC+0)

⏱ 8:30 AM

🟢 Consumer Price Index (December)
➡️ Prev. 0.3% | Forecast 0.3%

🟢CPI YOY
➡️ Prev. 2.7% | Forecast 2.9%

🟢Core CPI (December)
➡️ Prev. 0.3% | Forecast 0.3%

🟢Core CPI YOY
➡️ Prev. 3.3% | Forecast 3.3%

🟢Empire State Manufacturing Survey (January)
➡️ Prev. 0.2 | Forecast 1.0

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🟢Richmond Fed President Barkin Speech

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🟢New York Fed President Williams Speech

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🟢Chicago Fed President Goolsbee Speech

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🟢Fed Beige Book

$TRB D1 Analysis.

• Price Action & Key Levels •

Current Price: $57.58

Major Resistance Levels:

$80 – Previous major swing high, key psychological level.

$100 – Long-term resistance from prior market cycles.

Key Support Zones:

$50 – Recent low and horizontal support level.

$40 – Historical support zone during accumulation phases.

Order Blocks: $90–$100 – Likely area of institutional selling during previous spikes.

• Trade Setups •

Swing Trade

Entry Point: $50 – Strong support level with confluence from historical lows.

Take Profit Targets (TP):

TP1: $80 – First major resistance and previous high.

TP2: $100 – Next significant resistance and psychological level.

Stop Loss (SL): $45 – Below the key support zone to invalidate the trade setup.

Risk/Reward Ratio: 1:4 (Entry: $50, SL: $45, TP1: $80).

Day Trade

Setup: Wait for a breakout above $60 with strong volume.

Confirmation: Look for a bullish candlestick close above $60 with a volume spike and RSI confirmation.

Targets:

TP1: $70 – Short-term scalp target at minor resistance.

TP2: $80 – Extended target at the next major resistance level.

• Risk Management •

Leverage: Max 3x given potential volatility.

Position Size: Limit to 2–3% of portfolio to manage risk.

Stop Loss Placement: Below $45 to cap downside risk.

Macro Risk Score: 7/10 – Moderate-high due to recent volatility spikes and market conditions.

• Technical Notes •

RSI Reading: Likely neutral based on chart.

Trend: Lower highs and higher lows forming a potential wedge pattern since recent peaks.

Fair Value Gap: Identified between $75–$80, which could act as resistance.

Volume Profile: Decreasing volume suggests consolidation, with accumulation around $50–$60.

Confidence Rating: 6/10 for long setup due to strong support at $50 providing a favorable risk/reward and historical resistance levels offer clear profit-taking zones.

$HIVE H1 Bullish Idea.

Price is trading within a clear downtrend channel.

Interacted with the Bu-FVG, providing a potential support area.

Price is near the 50%-62% retracement zone, signaling a key decision point.

Potential GX in short-term EMAs, suggesting reversal momentum.

High trading activity around $0.563 suggests this is a strong S&R level.

If price breaks above the channel and clears $0.565, it may test Fib golden zone levels at $0.606 or $0.621.

FOMC tomorrow, 2:00 PM UTC+0, expect possible volatility and trade safely.

I'll be off the charts for quite sometime, I'm not feeling well and I need to fix personal stuffs.

Just when everyone thought $HIVE was exhausting, it goes ballistic again. As of the posting, funding has gone back to a maxed -2.0% so I advice those who are leaning to swing short it to think THRICE before getting your dreams shattered.

I'd love to short $AGLD right now based on its htf, but it has a funding of this as of the posting.

Crazy on this maxed out negative funding on $HIVE. Every 4-hour cooldown.

$HIVE looks very promising, NGL.

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🔴LONGS: $62.45M
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$BIO M30 Bullish Idea.

The dip earlier has created a new VAL, currently situated at $0.7179. Price has made its way back above the POC.

Above bearish NT.

Potential EMA GX if bullish reversal strengthens.

Watching for a golden fan zone breakout here as price is already flirting with it.

In case of a VAH breakout, looking for a new local high creation to break the bullish pivot at $0.8678.

HARSI looking good, but still has yet to strengthen the reversal as it hasn't crossed the median.

Invalidation if market takes another dip below VAL.

$MOVE H6 Bullish Idea.

Crucial part here as it already summed to 76.51% retracement from its recent uptrend, a very discounted bounce for a reversal.

Currently trading above bearish NT.

EMA GX imminent.

VAL holding strongly and acting as a good support.

Bullish momentum still needs to pickup though to mitigate the closest Be-OB and retest a POC breakout.

In case of a continuous buying pressure, looking for the ranging golden zone targets on the right for potential targets.

Invalidation if it trades below the bearish NT currently valued at $0.8822 as of this posting.

$VANA H6 Bullish Idea Update.

Still currently inside this huge consolidation zone.

Trading within golden fan zone, with it's plot from the recent candle that touched the VAL.

In a tight squeeze situation right now between a narrow POC-VAL gap.

Wanting to see how market reacts once price trades above EMAs for a potential GX, if it will finally breakout this conso.

Watching closely for a sustained trade above $18.4.

Bullish key pivots still the same.

$PENDLE H4 Bullish Idea.

In depeth analysis HERE.

$HIVE M5 Bullish Idea.

Ranging targets prediction?

Still above EMA200.

Worthy to note funding is at a negative max as of this posting.

$FTM D3, retest or breakdown?

$PENDLE $5.4517 breakout could catapult price.

$ZEC next H1 bullish pivot @ $65.55.