1. What Is Funding?
Funding is a payment exchanged periodically between long and short traders in perpetual-futures markets. Settlement usually occurs every eight hours.
Funding is a mechanism for keeping futures prices aligned with spot prices.
2. Positive vs. Negative Funding
💡 Interpreting Funding
Positive (+0.01% to +0.1%) → Longs pay shorts; an overheated market with too many longs
Negative (-0.01% to -0.1%) → Shorts pay longs; a depressed market with too many shorts
Near 0% → A balanced state
3. Funding and Market Sentiment
- Funding above 0.1% — Extreme greed; possible correction; a potential short opportunity?
- Funding from 0.01% to 0.05% — A healthy uptrend
- Funding from -0.01% to -0.05% — A healthy downtrend or a possible bottom area
- Funding at or below -0.1% — Extreme fear; possible rebound; a potential long opportunity?
4. Calculating Funding Costs
Position: $10,000 LONG
Funding rate: +0.03% every eight hours
Cost per settlement: $10,000 × 0.03% = $3
Daily cost: $3 × 3 = $9
Monthly cost: $9 × 30 = $270 (about 32% annually!)
→ Funding can eat into returns during long holding periods.
5. How AI Manages Funding
NOONOO TRADING optimizes position holding times to minimize the funding burden. The guide describes most trades as closing within a few hours, limiting funding settlements to no more than one.
🃏 AI Trading with Funding Managed
AI optimizes holding periods to minimize funding costs.
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