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Funding Rate Research and Market Notes

Commentary on funding rates, basis and perpetual futures market structure from the VectorTraders desk.

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Perpetual Futures vs Traditional Futures: What Changes Without an Expiry Date

The difference between perpetual futures and traditional futures is that a traditional futures contract has a fixed expi...

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What Is a Funding Fee? How Perpetual Futures Charge It

A funding fee is the periodic payment exchanged directly between the long and short holders of a perpetual futures contr...

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Crypto Passive Income: What Is Actually Available, and What Each One Costs You

The word doing the most work in "crypto passive income" is passive, and in most cases it is not earning it. Every route...

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Staking, Lending or Funding Arbitrage: What Crypto Yield Actually Pays Now

Every route to crypto yield now pays low single digits. That is a genuine change, and it is worth sitting with before co...

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Funding Rate Arbitrage vs Stablecoin Yield: Which Fits Your Risk Budget?

If you hold dollars in crypto and want them to earn something without taking a view on whether bitcoin goes up, there ar...

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Delta-Neutral Strategies in Crypto: A Practical Guide

What delta measures Delta is the rate at which a position's value changes when the underlying asset's price changes — a...

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What Is a Crypto Funding Rate? How It Works and How to Read It

What a crypto funding rate is A crypto funding rate is a periodic payment exchanged directly between the long and short...

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Funding Rate Arbitrage Risks: Five Ways the Trade Loses Money

When Funding Rate Arbitrage Loses Money The pitch for funding rate arbitrage is that it is market-neutral: you hold spot...

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Funding Rate Arbitrage: The Complete Strategy Guide

What Is Funding Rate Arbitrage? Funding rate arbitrage is a market-neutral strategy that earns the periodic payment exch...