Crypto futures trading guides: open interest, funding, CPR, VWAP & more
Plain-English guides to the data professional futures traders watch, each with a live chart and ready-to-use scan conditions.
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How to read open interest in crypto futures
What open interest is, how to read it alongside price, the four OI states every futures trader should know, common mistakes, and how to scan OI across 900+ crypto perpetuals.
Read the guide 7 min readCrypto funding rate explained: positive vs negative
What the funding rate on crypto perpetual futures is, why it exists, what positive and negative funding mean, how to calculate the cost, and how traders use it to spot crowded positioning.
Read the guide 8 min readCPR trading strategy for crypto: the Central Pivot Range
How the Central Pivot Range (CPR) and floor pivots are calculated, what narrow and wide CPR mean, virgin CPR, and practical CPR setups for crypto futures on daily, weekly and monthly pivots.
Read the guide 7 min readVWAP and anchored VWAP for crypto traders
How VWAP is calculated, what VWAP standard-deviation bands mean, how anchored and auto-anchored VWAP work, and practical VWAP and opening-range setups for crypto futures.
Read the guide 7 min readLiquidity sweeps explained: how stop hunts work
What a liquidity sweep is, why price runs stops beyond equal highs and lows, how to tell a sweep from a breakout, and how sweeps combine with fair value gaps and market structure in SMC trading.
Read the guide 6 min readMulti-timeframe analysis for crypto: a practical framework
A simple three-timeframe framework for crypto trading: which timeframes to pair, how to align trend, momentum and trigger, how to avoid look-ahead, and how to turn it into one scan.
Read the guide 6 min readHow to calculate funding fees on crypto futures
The funding fee formula for crypto perpetual futures, why it is charged on position size, not margin, and worked examples for 8h, 4h and 1h intervals.
Read the guide 6 min readOpen interest vs volume: what each one tells you
Open interest vs volume: what each measures, how to read the four combinations, and how to tell real trends from churn and liquidation flushes.
Read the guide 6 min readLong/short ratio explained: reading the crowd
What the crypto long/short ratio measures, why it isn't 1:1 when every long has a short, how traders read it, and why funding and OI are clearer.
Read the guide 7 min readWhat is CVD? Cumulative volume delta for crypto traders
What cumulative volume delta (CVD) is, how taker buy and sell volume build it, and how to read CVD with price, divergences and absorption.
Read the guide 7 min readCrypto pump and dump: how to spot one before it dumps
How crypto pump and dump schemes work, the warning signs in price, volume, open interest and funding, and how a pump differs from a real breakout.
Read the guide 7 min readHow to track whale activity in crypto futures
How to spot whale activity in crypto futures: open interest jumps, volume climaxes, CVD shifts, volume walls, stop runs, and what whale alerts miss.
Read the guide 8 min readWhat is liquidation in crypto? How it works and how to avoid it
What liquidation means in crypto futures, how to calculate your liquidation price, why liquidation cascades happen, and how to keep your positions away from it.
Read the guide 7 min readLiquidation heatmap explained: how to read it
What a crypto liquidation heatmap shows, how it is estimated, how to read the bright zones, liquidation vs liquidity heatmaps, and how traders use them.
Read the guide 7 min readWhat is a short squeeze in crypto? How it starts and how it ends
How a short squeeze works in crypto futures, the warning signs in funding rate and open interest, how squeezes end, and how to scan for squeeze setups.
Read the guide 8 min readLeverage trading in crypto: how it really works
How leverage works in crypto futures, how it changes margin, profit and liquidation distance, and how to size positions by risk instead of leverage.
Read the guide 6 min readCross margin vs isolated margin: which should you use?
The difference between cross margin and isolated margin in crypto futures, how each affects liquidation, worked examples, and which mode suits which trader.
Read the guide 7 min readPerpetual futures explained: how crypto perps work
What perpetual futures are, how they differ from dated futures, how funding, mark price and index price work, and what to watch when trading crypto perps.
Read the guide 8 min readFair value gap trading: how to find and trade an FVG
What a fair value gap is, how to identify bullish and bearish FVGs, which gaps are valid, the best timeframes, and how to trade them with structure.
Read the guide 8 min readOrder block trading: how to find and trade order blocks
What an order block is, how to identify bullish and bearish order blocks, which are valid, how to trade the retest, and order blocks vs breaker blocks.
Read the guide 7 min readBreak of structure vs change of character: BOS vs CHoCH
BOS vs CHoCH: the difference between a break of structure and a change of character, how to spot each on a chart, and how to use them for entries.
Read the guide 8 min readCrypto scalping strategy: three setups and the maths behind them
How crypto scalping works, the costs that make or break it, three repeatable scalping setups on 1–5 minute charts, risk rules, and how to pick the right coins.
Read the guide 7 min readBitcoin dominance and altcoin season explained
What bitcoin dominance is, how it is calculated, what dominance level signals altcoin season, and how the altcoin season index works.
Read the guide 9 min readHow to trade crypto futures: a beginner’s guide
A step-by-step beginner's guide to crypto futures: how perpetuals work, long vs short, leverage, margin, order types, risk rules and a first-trade checklist.
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