APEX funding: questions and answers
What is the APEX funding rate on Lighter now?
0.0012% per hour, or 10.5% APR: longs pay shorts; funding on Lighter is paid every hour.
How does APEX funding on Lighter compare with Binance and Bybit?
APEX is not listed on Binance, Bybit: 10.9% APR.
What has APEX funding been on average?
On Lighter: 10.5% APR over 24 hours, 11.0% over 7 days and 36.7% over 30 days. Longs paid in 100% of the hours over the last 30 days.
What does high or negative APEX 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.