ກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້ ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າ conducted by CryptoSlate suggested the Ethereum Merge would be a buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news event.
With that coming to pass, as ETH sunk 20% over the last seven days, what does a current analysis of the derivatives market reveal?
Ethereum Futures ອັດຕາການໃຫ້ທຶນຕະຫຼອດໄປ
Perpetual Funding Rates refer to periodic payments made to or by derivatives traders, both long and short, based on the difference between perpetual contract markets and the spot price.
ໃນລະຫວ່າງໄລຍະເວລາທີ່ອັດຕາເງິນທຶນເປັນບວກ, ລາຄາຂອງສັນຍາຕະຫຼອດໄປແມ່ນສູງກວ່າລາຄາທີ່ລະບຸໄວ້. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, ພໍ່ຄ້າຍາວຈ່າຍສໍາລັບຕໍາແຫນ່ງສັ້ນ. ໃນທາງກົງກັນຂ້າມ, ອັດຕາເງິນທຶນທາງລົບສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າສັນຍາຕະຫຼອດໄປມີລາຄາຕໍ່າກວ່າລາຄາທີ່ໄດ້ກໍານົດໄວ້, ແລະພໍ່ຄ້າສັ້ນຈ່າຍສໍາລັບໄລຍະຍາວ.
They differ from standard futures contracts in that the perpetual element means traders can hold positions without the contract expiring. But the purpose of funding rates is to serve as a mechanism for keeping contract prices in line with spot markets.
The chart below shows that as the Merge approached, traders were paying almost 1,200% annualized funding rates to short Ethereum. The scale of shorting surpassed the levels seen during the height of the covid crisis.
Post-Merge, the funding rate has reverted to near neutral, suggesting short-term speculation is over, and the funding premium has vanished accordingly.
Options Put vs. Call Open Interest
Open Interest refers to the number of active options contracts. These are contracts that have been traded but not yet liquidated by an offsetting trade or assignment. A put option is the right to sell at a specific price by a specified date, whereas a call is the right to buy at a particular price by a specified date.
The chart below showed both put and call options have sunk post-Merge. Calls remain elevated, with more than $5 billion still in force, whereas puts remain relatively muted.
This suggests traders are still willing to go long despite the post-Merge price correction.
Source: https://cryptoslate.com/state-of-ethereum-derivatives-market-post-merge/