【BROCCOLI714: The Calm Before the Storm】

The strangest thing has happened—the funding rate is only 0.00125%, almost no difference from the perpetual rate, and both bulls and bears are acting as if everything is fine. But what about the market? The 24-hour high soared to 0.09096, and the low dropped to 0.01242—this range is enough to scare anyone to death.

A single needle stabbing straight in and then dropping vertically, with trading volume exploding to a massive 19.9 billion—single trade volume hitting 4.9 billion USDT. This scene looks very lively, but think about it—how much of this is genuine demand, and how much is just people paying for others’ games?

**Why is the rate still dozing off?**

This is the most worth analyzing. With prices so volatile, normally, longs should be proud, and shorts should be trembling. The funding rate should be bouncing around too. But what do we see? An eerily quiet scene. What does this mean? Either there are no real traders left—they’ve all been scared away. Or someone is holding large positions, locking in their trades early, and isn’t afraid of volatility at all.

**The secret behind the massive trading volume**

Spending 4.9 billion USDT on a single coin—are retail traders suddenly FOMO-ing en masse, or are big institutions coordinating with each other through wash trading? The long upper shadow is also very telling—did the pump fail, or was it a deliberate spike to wipe out stop-loss orders?

**What’s next?**

The SUPERTREND indicator still looks bullish, but the price has already been halved from the high. Is this the legendary golden dip waiting for buyers, or a big trap set to swallow the last remaining traders?

Honestly, the real show will only begin when the funding rate truly spikes. The current strange calm is often just the last prelude before the storm.