Old dog checked the $DRAM today, noting a 4.769% pump, with the price climbing to 72.06. But what’s really caught my eye for the past two weeks is the funding rate at 0.00011404. It may look small, but I've been around long enough to know that this thing has been positive for three consecutive days. Bulls are paying the bears daily, adding up gradually, and over seven days, that’s an annualized rate of about four to five percent. The bulls in the market are getting a bit crowded, with an open interest of 620k USDT sitting there, and the volume isn’t small either; a daily trading volume of 87.37 million USDT shows someone is really active.
With the recent movements in the semiconductor chain, I tend to look back a bit. The last cycle was at a similar position, and after a prolonged positive funding rate, open interest piled up to over 650k, and usually, a reversal happens within a week. DRAM is in this semi sector, and as long as the cycle kicks off without a major drop in BTC, the institutions loading up will likely push it up steadily. So far, I haven’t seen any extreme changes in wallet concentration on-chain, but the holdings of the top fifty addresses have indeed increased recently, and the turnover rate of medium wallets has nearly doubled from last month. To put it simply, someone is quietly accumulating at this level rather than dumping.
I’ve calculated that the current consensus in the market is all shouting that semiconductors have peaked, saying the positive funding rate is just a bull trap. But I actually think this wave is different. Compared to the same sector, whether it’s logically tied to AI computing power or storage concepts, DRAM's current trajectory is more solid than last round. In the previous cycle at a similar position, the funding rate of 0.008% caused a drop, but now this moderate positive rate, combined with a gentle rise, feels more like building momentum halfway up rather than a FOMO top. The market is waiting for it to pull back to 68 to buy the dip, but what we might actually see is a direct breakout above 75, forcing the bears to handle the negative funding.
My own take is clear: if DRAM stays sideways here at 72 for more than two days without open interest dropping below 500k, I’ll reduce my position from half to 30%. If it breaks out above 75.1 with funding turning negative, I’ll chase back half my position and hold out for above 80. If it drops below 67.2, I’ll close my position and take a break, indicating I misjudged this cycle completely. At this position, I’m neither adding nor reducing, holding half my position, not shorting nor chasing long, just watching how open interest and funding play out.
Last time I took a hit in the semiconductor concept, I was watching a similar on-chain US stock for two weeks, and then a piece of fake news shattered all my logic, and I had to stop-loss out with a face full of red.
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