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Funding Rate

A periodic payment exchanged between long and short traders on perpetual futures contracts. Positive funding means longs pay shorts (bullish positioning), while negative funding means shorts pay longs (bearish positioning). Funding rates help keep perpetual futures prices anchored to spot prices.

Definition

A periodic payment exchanged between long and short traders on perpetual futures contracts. Positive funding means longs pay shorts (bullish positioning), while negative funding means shorts pay longs (bearish positioning). Funding rates help keep perpetual futures prices anchored to spot prices.

Live Data Example </> API
# Funding Rate live data
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/spreads?coin=BTC
Endpoint: /v1/signals/spreads?coin=BTC
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Current Funding Rate data from the Algo Tick API:

{
  "spreads": [
    {
      "coin": "BTC",
      "spread_bps": -175.2,
      "funding_rate": -1.6e-05,
      "funding_zscore": -0.24,
      "mark_price": 69849.0,
      "regime": "backwardation"
    }
  ],
  "timestamp": "2026-03-12T18:56:27.069Z"
}
# Fetch this yourself:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/spreads?coin=BTC

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