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Perpetual swap analytics for funding, OI, and price dynamics.

Pre-computed derivatives metrics — funding rates, open interest, basis, and mark/index prices — built from high-frequency exchange snapshots and aggregated into research-ready intervals.
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Shown: the share of each venue’s open interest closed since 20:49 UTC on 10 Oct 2025, valued at 20:49 prices, per minute until 21:39 UTC, with 60% filling a band; the biggest one-minute step, Hyperliquid at 21:19 UTC (14.8 points), is orange · built with open_interest 1m

Derivatives Datasets

Basis

Pro

Perpetual futures mark price premium over index price (basis) and last trade price, in absolute and basis-point terms.

  • Basis·
  • Basis (bps)·
  • Mark-Price Spread (bps)·
  • Mean Basis

Funding

Pro

Funding rate and update frequencies for perpetual futures contracts.

  • Funding Rate·
  • Funding Rate Update Frequency·
  • Avg Funding Rate Update Interval

Open Interest

Pro

Open interest values with percentage change, volatility, and OI/price change ratio.

  • Open Interest·
  • Open Interest % Change·
  • Open Interest Volatility·
  • OI/Price Change Ratio

Derivative Price

Pro

Snapshot of mark, index, and last trade prices with interval percentage changes and pairwise divergence ratios.

  • Last Price·
  • Index Price·
  • Mark Price·
  • Mark/Index % Change Ratio

Highlighted Metrics

basis_bps

Basis (bps)

Basis in basis points measures the relative premium or discount of the derivative against its reference market.

This makes it a core signal for carry, positioning pressure, and cross-market dislocations.

mark_price_spread_bps

Mark-Price Spread (bps)

Mark-Price Spread in basis points shows the gap between the exchange mark and the traded market price on a relative scale.

The spread matters because mark prices influence liquidation engines, risk controls, and PnL calculations even when the last trade wanders.

basis_mean

Mean Basis

Mean Basis summarizes the average premium or discount sustained through the interval rather than at a single moment.

That makes it helpful for distinguishing persistent carry conditions from brief spikes or flickers.

basis_bps_std

Basis Std Dev (bps)

Basis Std Dev in basis points measures how unstable the relative pricing relationship was inside the bar.

A high reading suggests basis was moving around materially, which can complicate hedging and carry strategies.

mark_price_spread_bps_std

Mark-Price Spread Std Dev (bps)

This metric tracks the variability of the mark-price gap, not just its average level.

That distinction matters because some markets spend long periods close to fair value but occasionally experience sharp internal repricing.

funding_rate

Funding Rate

Funding Rate is the clearest running price of directional crowding in perpetual futures markets.

Positive rates usually mean longs are paying shorts to hold exposure, while negative rates imply the opposite.

funding_rate_update_frequency

Funding Rate Update Frequency

Funding Rate Update Frequency tells you how often the venue refreshed its funding observations during the interval.

Operational details like this matter because faster or noisier update cadence can affect how traders interpret prediction signals.

open_interest

Open Interest

Open Interest tracks the total outstanding derivatives exposure and serves as the balance-sheet backdrop for price action.

Rising open interest means new positions are being opened or expanded, while falling open interest suggests risk is being reduced or closed out.

open_interest_pct_change

Open Interest % Change

Open Interest % Change shows how quickly positioning expanded or contracted over the interval.

This is often more informative than the raw level because it makes sudden positioning events immediately visible.

open_interest_volatility

Open Interest Volatility

Open Interest Volatility measures how unstable outstanding positioning was inside the bar.

High values can indicate frequent leverage adjustments, position recycling, or stress-driven churn rather than steady accumulation.

oi_price_change_ratio

OI/Price Change Ratio

OI/Price Change Ratio compares how much positioning changed relative to the magnitude of the price move.

It helps answer whether price action was accompanied by substantial leverage participation or happened mostly without new positioning.

mark_price

Mark Price

Mark Price is the exchange reference price used for risk, liquidation, and many internal controls.

It often matters more than the last traded print when you care about margin behavior or the true state of the derivatives venue.

index_price

Index Price

Index Price represents the external reference basket that the derivative is ultimately trying to track.

It provides the cleanest anchor for judging whether the contract is rich, cheap, or simply reacting to the broader market.

last_price_pct_change

Last Price % Change

Last Price % Change gives the immediate traded move seen by market participants on the venue.

It is the most reactive of the price-change measures and therefore tends to pick up local bursts before slower references catch up.

mark_index_pct_change_ratio

Mark/Index % Change Ratio

This ratio compares how quickly the mark price moved relative to the underlying index reference.

Values above or below one indicate that the venue mark is leading or lagging the external market move.

mark_last_pct_change_ratio

Mark/Last % Change Ratio

Mark/Last % Change Ratio compares the stability-focused mark with the more reactive last trade.

When the two diverge meaningfully, the venue is effectively saying that the latest print should not be taken fully at face value for risk purposes.

Use Cases

Funding rate regime analysis

Detect crowded positioning and carry opportunities by monitoring funding rate levels and predicted-vs-realized spread dynamics.

Open interest divergence signals

Identify leverage build-up and potential liquidation cascades from OI/price divergences before they materialize.

Basis trading & arbitrage

Model perp-spot basis and mark-to-trade spread to evaluate and monitor basis trading strategies in real time.

Market stress indicators

Aggregate OI volatility and funding rate extremes into composite stress indicators for risk management overlays.

Directional prediction from mark/index dislocations

Use mark-to-index price change ratios as leading indicators of short-term directional pressure in perp markets.

Get started in minutes

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aperiodic-io/cli/main/install.sh | bash
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# Install the Aperiodic CLI into ~/.local/bin
mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aperiodic-io/cli/main/install.sh | INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin" bash
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

# Fetch the preview slice as Parquet into ./data — no API key needed
aperiodic flow --preview \
  --exchange binance-futures \
  --symbol perpetual-BTC-USDT:USDT \
  --interval 5m \
  --timestamp exchange \
  --start-date 2025-05-01 \
  --end-date 2025-05-31 \
  --output-dir ./data && echo "Saved to $PWD/data"
Preview · binance-futures · perpetual-BTC-USDT:USDT · 1h · 2024-01-01 → 2024-01-31
df.head() · 5 × 37
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Shown: minute lows of the 465 Binance perpetuals, 20:40–22:00 UTC on 10 Oct 2025, with BTC’s path traced · built with ohlcv 1m

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