MSTR funding: questions and answers
What is the MSTR funding rate on Lighter now?
-0.0013% per hour, or -11.4% APR: shorts pay longs; funding on Lighter is paid every hour.
How does MSTR funding on Lighter compare with Binance and Bybit?
Binance: -62.5% APR (paid every 8 h), Bybit: -76.2% APR. The difference between Lighter and Binance is +51.1% per year.
What has MSTR funding been on average?
On Lighter: -1.3% APR over 24 hours, 5.0% over 7 days and 8.8% over 30 days. Longs paid in 93% of the hours over the last 30 days.
What does high or negative MSTR 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.