$NEAR single day surge of 15%, with contract trading at 600 million, but I didn't jump in.
The contract/spot trading ratio is 4.0x, which is quite interesting. Spot trading is at 149 million, while contracts are just over 600 million, indicating that today's volume is mainly driven by contracts. Funding rate +0.01%, not high, with an open interest of 48 million NEAR—no abnormal accumulation in positions, and the bulls aren't overheating noticeably.
From this structure, what I'm reading is: short-term contract funds are chasing, but spot isn’t synchronously increasing to take the bids. On the spot gainers list, it's #10, and on the trading volume list, it's #5; the numbers look decent, but the 149 million spot volume corresponding to a 15% increase means the market isn't deep, making it easy to push up but also easy to crash down.
Today's high was 2.749, and it’s currently hovering near that high. I'm not chasing this position.
If it pulls back to the 2.45-2.50 range, with spot trading decreasing and the funding rate remaining positive but not continuing to climb, I will consider opening a 3% spot position to go long. Stop loss around 2.28, just below today's low. I'm not touching contracts; when the rate is positive, going long on contracts isn’t worth the risk-reward ratio.
I haven't seen a clear fundamental catalyst for this NEAR surge; it feels more like sector sentiment driving it or funds sweeping. In this kind of market, it's easy to jump in but hard to get out.
I've already set my orders for the pullback.
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I might be wrong too, trust your own judgment.