I’m attempting to determine the construction of perpetual futures utilizing the instance of the BTC USDT pair. I believe I perceive how this instrument theoretically works. Nevertheless, in apply, there have been nuances that I hadn’t even thought of. And so they confuse me.
To determine it out, I arrange an account for mock buying and selling on Binance. I longed 0.01 BTC/USDT perpetual futures with x1 leverage (On Binance this implies no leverage).
Primarily based on the idea, funding charges needs to be paid thrice a day (00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 UTC): if the funding price is constructive, then longs pay shorts and vice versa.
Nevertheless, on this demo mode, I additionally acquired an inscription within the decrease proper nook with fields “Margin ratio”, “Maintence Margin” and “Margin Stability” (though I don’t take leverage on this place, and I don’t have different positions). And these numbers change just a little bit (lower than 100$) on a regular basis.
As well as, on this mock buying and selling regime, I’ve an quantity left after shopping for futures – and this quantity additionally modifications barely each few seconds (though funding is paid solely as soon as each 8 hours).
On this regard, I’ve a query in regards to the association of perpetual futures (with out leverage!). Can modifications within the stability of the quantities on my demo account be associated to the revaluation of the contract (analogous to mark-to-market)? Or, for instance, in perpetual futures, along with funding charges, a variation margin can also be used?
Please assist me determine these apply issues out.
