Structure de marché

Perpetual futures

A perpetual contract tracks an asset without expiry.

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Overview

A perpetual contract tracks an asset without expiry.

Margin, mark, funding and liquidation add risks absent from spot custody.

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Structure de marché

Funding helps align a perpetual contract with its reference market, but it also changes the cost of holding a trade.

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The chain and contract or mint establish which token is being discussed.

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Profitable positions are reduced when the venue cannot absorb another account's deficit.

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One economic position is split across many addresses to imitate distribution.