Funding
Everything about the funding rate: how it is calculated, intervals, negative funding and how to take advantage of it.
Positive vs Negative Funding Rate: What It Means
When the funding rate is positive or negative, who pays and who receives, and how that shows up in arbitrage opportunities between exchanges.
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Funding Intervals: 1h, 4h or 8h Explained
Why funding is paid at different intervals across exchanges and coins, and how that changes the math of an arbitrage between them.
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How to Calculate Funding Arbitrage Profit
Step-by-step guide to calculating the net result of a funding arbitrage: funding received, fees, spread and opportunity cost, with an example.
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High Funding Rate: Opportunity or Trap?
A very high funding rate grabs attention but can hide risk. See the warning signs: low liquidity, volatility, spread and funding that disappears.
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Mark Price vs Index Price and the Funding Rate Explained
Learn the three prices of a perpetual contract (last, mark and index), what each one is for and how they affect the funding rate and liquidation.
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