diff --git a/pkg/query-service/app/metrics/v4/cumulative/timeseries.go b/pkg/query-service/app/metrics/v4/cumulative/timeseries.go
index cf5020b51d..4089cb64a0 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/app/metrics/v4/cumulative/timeseries.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/app/metrics/v4/cumulative/timeseries.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cumulative
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/app/metrics/v4/helpers"
 	"go.signoz.io/signoz/pkg/query-service/constants"
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ import (
 const (
 	rateWithoutNegative     = `If((per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) < 0, nan, If((ts - lagInFrame(ts, 1, toDate('1970-01-01')) OVER rate_window) >= 86400, nan, (per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) / (ts - lagInFrame(ts, 1, toDate('1970-01-01')) OVER rate_window)))`
 	increaseWithoutNegative = `If((per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) < 0, nan, If((ts - lagInFrame(ts, 1, toDate('1970-01-01')) OVER rate_window) >= 86400, nan, (per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window)))`
+
+	experimentalRateWithoutNegative     = `If((per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) < 0, per_series_value, (per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) / (ts - lagInFrame(ts, 1, toDateTime(fromUnixTimestamp64Milli(%d))) OVER rate_window))`
+	experimentalIncreaseWithoutNegative = `If((per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window) < 0, per_series_value, (per_series_value - lagInFrame(per_series_value, 1, 0) OVER rate_window))`
 )
 
 // prepareTimeAggregationSubQueryTimeSeries prepares the sub-query to be used for temporal aggregation
@@ -151,14 +155,22 @@ func prepareTimeAggregationSubQuery(start, end, step int64, mq *v3.BuilderQuery)
 		subQuery = fmt.Sprintf(queryTmpl, selectLabelsAny, step, op, timeSeriesSubQuery)
 	case v3.TimeAggregationRate:
 		innerSubQuery := fmt.Sprintf(queryTmpl, selectLabelsAny, step, op, timeSeriesSubQuery)
+		rateExp := rateWithoutNegative
+		if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("EXPERIMENTAL_RATE_WITHOUT_NEGATIVE"); ok {
+			rateExp = fmt.Sprintf(experimentalRateWithoutNegative, start)
+		}
 		rateQueryTmpl :=
-			"SELECT %s ts, " + rateWithoutNegative +
+			"SELECT %s ts, " + rateExp +
 				" as per_series_value FROM (%s) WINDOW rate_window as (PARTITION BY fingerprint ORDER BY fingerprint, ts)"
 		subQuery = fmt.Sprintf(rateQueryTmpl, selectLabels, innerSubQuery)
 	case v3.TimeAggregationIncrease:
 		innerSubQuery := fmt.Sprintf(queryTmpl, selectLabelsAny, step, op, timeSeriesSubQuery)
+		increaseExp := increaseWithoutNegative
+		if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("EXPERIMENTAL_INCREASE_WITHOUT_NEGATIVE"); ok {
+			increaseExp = experimentalIncreaseWithoutNegative
+		}
 		rateQueryTmpl :=
-			"SELECT %s ts, " + increaseWithoutNegative +
+			"SELECT %s ts, " + increaseExp +
 				" as per_series_value FROM (%s) WINDOW rate_window as (PARTITION BY fingerprint ORDER BY fingerprint, ts)"
 		subQuery = fmt.Sprintf(rateQueryTmpl, selectLabels, innerSubQuery)
 	}