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I consistently track the funding rates on Bitmex as a way to understand if one side of the trade is too crowed. This can be a very powerful indicator for identifying squeezes, both long and short, before they happen. This is currently the most important indicator for me in regards to the Bitcoin Price Action.
Almost every metric shows this market as being overbought over the last couple weeks while it has tested the major area of resistance at $5,800 - $6,500. The majority of people did not expect this rally to get past $6,000 before a significant correction and I was certainly one of them. This is exactly the type of environment when one side of the trade will get too crowded and that appears to be what happened over the past week.
The indicator that I'm using can be found under "Bitmex Funding Bars" and it is a great way to illustrate how powerful this tool can be. I drew two horizontal lines which indicate buy and sell signals. The sell signal occurs when longs pays shorts 0.07%+. The sell signal occurs when shorts pay longs 0.08%+. These rates must persist for a week before the signal triggers. The vertical lines represent hypothetical buys / sells based on this indicator. As you can tell it has been a great way to forecast upcoming price movement throughout this bear market.
A good confirmation for this indicator is the futures curve. Backwardation occurs when spot is more expensive that the futures and this confirms a buy. If there is Backwardation while getting a sell signal then the entry is not confirmed. The confirmation was not applied to the hypothetical buys / sells in this chart but it is something to consider.
This post has been marked as Neutral despite getting a confirmed buy signal. That is because I simply cannot stomach buying after a prolonged markup in the price. I strongly prefer to let the market come to me and therefore am waiting to see what happens when we eventually do correct, even if that means paying a higher price. Nevertheless I thought that this is a great indicator that is very important right now. I have been expecting a correction for weeks, but now I see that there is plenty of gas left in the tank for another leg up, despite being overbought at a major level of resistance.
"The sell signal occurs when longs pays shorts 0.07%+. The sell signal occurs when shorts pay longs 0.08%"
you wrote sell signal twice.
UnknownUnicorn5545287
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where is it lol
MrFusion
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The "Bitmex Funding Bars" indicator that I found on TradingView doesn't look at all like what you showed in your chart above. Would you clarify how to find the right indicator and set it up, please?
RILLOMAGIC
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@MrFusion, You can find the indicator under, Public Library. "Bitmex Funding and Premium Index (Neobutane) - Once you find the indicator you need to edit it, set the Precision to 2. You can find that under style in the indicator settings. Then manually add the horizontal rays and edit the coordinates 0.07 / -0.08. Hope this helps and finds you well.