$RIVER wasn’t cheap to hold - around $450 paid in funding fees - but the trade still closed clean at $1,230.90, leaving a solid $780.90 net. Fees matter, structure matters, but execution still pays. 📊
$RIVER offers good price movement and I’ve made solid profits trading it over the past few weeks. However, the funding fees are excessive and consistently cut into returns, even on correct trades. Fees are part of futures trading, but when they feel this aggressive, it raises concerns about how the pair is structured. Because of that, $RIVER isn’t ideal for consistent trading despite the opportunities it presents.
This trade of mine is clear, real-time proof of how this coin operates. Price action is engineered around funding fees, not organic demand.
Every single cycle is the same: price spikes just before funding, retail gets trapped, funding is charged aggressively, and then price is dumped to reset. Rinse and repeat.
This is not trading volatility — this is systematic extraction of traders’ funds.
I’ve monitored it, tested it, and paid the price. Funding fees bleed you slowly even when price looks “stable.” That’s how most people lose here — not via liquidation, but by death by funding.
If you think you’re smarter and can outplay this, think again. The coin’s mechanics are designed to win against you. No genuine volume, no real trend, no long-term winners — just a constant transfer of money from traders to the house. I’m posting this so others don’t make the same mistake.
Stay away from RIVER.
Don’t burn your funds the way I did. Lesson learned the hard way — and I’m done with it.