AAOI funding: questions and answers
What is the AAOI funding rate on Lighter now?
0.0004% per hour, or 3.5% APR: longs pay shorts; funding on Lighter is paid every hour.
How does AAOI funding on Lighter compare with Binance and Bybit?
Binance: 40.2% APR (paid every 8 h), Bybit: 100.9% APR. The difference between Lighter and Binance is -36.6% per year.
What has AAOI funding been on average?
On Lighter: -29.6% APR over 24 hours, -1.1% over 7 days and 2.3% over 30 days. Longs paid in 100% of the hours over the last 30 days.
What does high or negative AAOI funding mean?
High funding means the market is crowded with longs: holding a long is expensive and a fall can trigger a long squeeze. Negative funding means crowded shorts. Check who exactly is positioned and where their liquidations are on the whale positions page and the liquidation map.