Funding Rate
Funding rate of the perpetual for each funding period, showing whether longs or shorts are paying to hold their positions.
How to read it
- Positive funding: longs pay shorts, the market leans long.
- Negative funding: shorts pay longs, the market leans short.
- Extreme readings show crowded positioning that can unwind sharply.
Good to know
- Drawn in its own pane below the chart.
- The length of a funding period depends on the venue.