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5 results for “funding rate”

  1. Glossary termFunding rateA periodic payment between holders of long and short positions in a perpetual contract that anchors the contract's price to the index.
  2. ArticleFunding rate: where it comes from and why it changesWhy perpetual contracts involve regular payments between buyers and sellers, what the rate is made of and what makes it rise, fall and change sign.
  3. SectionCore concepts and risksFunding, margin, liquidation, costs and classes of risk — mechanisms explained without trading recommendations.
  4. Glossary termPerpetual contract (perp)A derivative on an asset's price with no expiry date, whose price is kept close to the index through periodic funding payments.
  5. ArticleZero trading fees: the costs that remainRemoving the trading fee takes away one line of costs, not all of them. We look at what else makes up the cost of a trade: spread, slippage, funding, liquidation penalties and transfer fees.