Still range bound for the near term. Nice on-chain flow of bullish stablecoins this morning... but that's about it. Nothing to break range yet.
A short position near the 18400 area in terms of OB analysis looks nice. But need to wait to see what on-chain looks like once we get there. Also, the funding rates are heavily skewed. They need to reset a bit for the risk/reward of the trade to make sense.
These funding rates mean the current environment is becoming increasingly difficult for leveraged traders to find an entry that doesn't cost them >10% interest.
This is because DeFi has place a premium on capital, which is now surfacing itself in the leveraged markets. Earning interest on stablecoins is becoming an easier solution for gains at the moment.