
SOON dropped 15% in 24 hours as $58 million left perpetuals. On Binance, top traders are accumulating longs, funding rate stays positive, setting up a potential squeeze.
SOON [SOON] dropped 15% in 24 hours, pushing capital out of both spot and perpetual markets. The decline follows a 35% weekly gain, leaving the market split between bearish price action and bullish positioning on the exchange that holds the largest share of open interest.
CoinGlass data shows open interest in SOON perpetuals fell by $58 million over the past day. Net outflows from the perpetual market reached $1.85 million in the same window. The spot market recorded roughly $306,000 in net selling. The selling has been a consistent theme over the past 10 days as investors took profits during the rally.
On Binance, the picture is different. Binance holds $50.83 million in total volume and $10.02 million in open interest for SOON. The Long/Short Ratio on the exchange sits above 1, meaning buy volume exceeds sell volume among both top traders and retail users. The ratio specifically tracks whether perpetual-market volume tilts toward longs or shorts.
The broader market tells a different story. The overall Long/Short Ratio across all exchanges has slipped to 0.98, a slight edge for short sellers over the past 24 hours.
That gap between Binance and the rest of the market is where the tension sits. Binance top traders are accumulating. The rest of the market is leaning bearish.
The funding rate offers another clue. At roughly 0.0050%, it remains positive, meaning long-position holders are paying short-position holders to keep their trades open. That positive rate, even after a 15% drop, suggests the majority of the $40.16 million in open perpetual contracts still bets on the upside.
A positive funding rate during a price decline is unusual. It typically appears when traders expect a reversal and are willing to pay to hold their longs through the drawdown. If Binance's buy volume sustains and the broader funding rate holds positive, the setup carries the elements of a squeeze if spot selling exhausts.
The price action favors the bears. The capital flows favor the bulls on the biggest exchange. That tension, not the direction itself, is the story. The gap between Binance's long accumulation and the broader market's bearish tilt has not narrowed. The funding rate remains positive, suggesting longs are still paying to hold.
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