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Open interest counts outstanding derivatives contracts. It is useful context, but it does not reveal direction, leverage, liquidation levels, or the next price move by itself.
Understand funding payments, venue-specific contract terms, and the checks to make before holding a crypto perpetual position.
Perpetual contracts trade continuously and can react to weekend news, but no verified evidence supports using them as an 89% predictor of Wall Street's Monday open.
A venue-neutral guide to perpetual derivatives: index and funding rules, margin and liquidation paths, order execution, custody boundaries, and the checks to make before collateral leaves your wallet.
