Futures Trading

Futures contracts track an asset at a future date. Crypto perpetuals stay open indefinitely using funding payments between longs and shorts.

Futures Trading
What Is Futures Contract?

What is a futures contract? An agreement to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a future date, used for hedging and s…
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What Is Perpetual Futures?

What are perpetual futures? Crypto derivatives with no expiry date that use funding rates to anchor price to spot.…
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What Is Funding Rate?

What is a funding rate in crypto? Periodic payments between perpetual futures longs and shorts that keep contract price …
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What Is Open Interest?

What is open interest? The number of outstanding derivative contracts not yet closed, and what rising or falling OI sugg…
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