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Funding Rate Scorecard

The periodic payment between long and short perpetual futures holders, reflecting the cost of leverage and market directional bias.

Signal Quality

PeriodAccuracySamplesSignificance
7d 58% 2,016 ✅ Significant
30d 59% 8,640 ✅ Significant
90d 57% 25,920 ✅ Significant

Calibration: Measured as contrarian hit rate: extreme funding (|z| > 2) predicting mean-reversion within 4h.

Current Reading

Current Value
0.6829
alpha_funding_zscore
Methodology Version
v1.3 (2026-01)
Current z-score vs 30-day distribution.

24h History

500 data points · alpha_funding_zscore

Strengths & Weaknesses

✅ Strengths

  • Strong contrarian signal at extremes
  • Good sample size
  • Well-studied in literature
Best regime: neutral (mean-reverting)

⚠️ Weaknesses

  • Weak in trending markets (fights the trend)
  • Slow signal (8h cycles)
  • Can stay extreme longer than expected
Worst regime: risk-on (strong trend)

Methodology Changelog

DateVersionChange
2026-01 v1.3 Added funding velocity (rate of change) component
2025-09 v1.2 Expanded to multi-exchange funding aggregation
2025-04 v1.0 Initial launch with HyperLiquid funding only

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