🚨 Funding Fees Are Killing Your Profitable Trades 😱 (Most traders realize this too late)
Yes — FUNDING FEES. Not bad entries. Not bad strategy. Your trade can be green and still lose money because of funding.
Your trade is in profit ✅ The chart looks perfect ✅ Yet your balance is slowly bleeding 🩸 That’s funding fees doing silent damage.
💣 Hidden truth about funding fees:
• Long in a bullish market? You are PAYING. When funding is positive, longs pay shorts every 8 hours.
• High leverage = silent killer. At 10x–20x leverage, funding eats profits faster than you think.
• Sideways market + funding = slow death. Price doesn’t move, your balance does.
• Holding trades overnight = tax on patience. The longer you hold, the more funding you pay.
😵 Real example: +5% trade profit −2% funding fees −1% trading fees → Real profit: only 2% 🤡
🧠 What smart traders do:
✔️ Check funding rate before entering
✔️ Avoid extreme funding
✔️ Use spot for long-term holds
✔️ Control leverage
⚠️ Remember: The market isn’t stealing your money — funding fees are.
If you trade futures and ignore funding, you’re not a pro… you’re just lucky (for now).
