BitMEX Perpetual Contract Funding Rate

Description

The funding rate is a fee paid by one side of the perpetual contract to the other. When the funding rate is positive, Longs pay Shorts. When the funding rate is negative, Shorts pay Longs.

More details on BitMEX web-site.

Access

Restricted Access.

Measuring Unit

Ratio

Data Type

Timeseries Data

Change Metrics

Change Metrics

Frequency

Eight-Hour Intervals

Latency

Price Latency

Available Assets

Available for these assets

SanAPI

Available under the bitmex_perpetual_funding_rate name.

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{
  getMetric(metric: "bitmex_perpetual_funding_rate") {
    timeseriesData(
      slug: "bitcoin"
      from: "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z"
      to: "2020-04-07T00:00:00Z"
      interval: "8h"
    ) {
      datetime
      value
    }
  }
}

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Full list of metrics

The full list of Bitmex Perpetual Funding Rate metrics is: