What are the Bitcoin Futures Calculator and Futures Trading Data? How to Use Them?
1. Futures Calculator
If you are not familiar with calculating your futures returns, and are unsure at what price you need to close your position to achieve ideal returns or stop loss, you can use the futures calculator to simplify your calculation process
Return calculation:
You need to select your futures type: long position or short position. Then select your leverage multiplier. Enter your opening price, closing price, and opening quantity. Click start calculation, and you can calculate the margin required for your opening, as well as your returns and return rate.
For example: You have a BTCUSD this-week futures long position with 4x leverage. Your opening price is 7164 USD/BTC, and your opening quantity is 1 BTC, which converts to 7164 * 1 /100 = 71 contracts
The contract value is 100 USD per contract, rounded down.
Then your margin = contract value * contracts / opening price / leverage multiplier = 71*100/7164/4 = 0.2477 BTC
When you want to close at 8000 USD, your return = (contract value * contracts / opening price – contract value * contracts / closing price) = (71*100/7164 – 71*100/8000) = 0.1035
Return rate = return / margin = 0.1035/0.2477 = 41.80%
Maker fee = contract value * contracts * closing price * fee rate
The fee rate is related to your user level
You can click fee schedule to view the fee standards
Closing price calculation:
You need to select your futures type: long position or short position. Then select your leverage multiplier. Enter your opening price, opening quantity, and your expected return. Click start calculation, and you can calculate the closing price required to achieve your desired return.
Click to switch to return rate, and you can calculate the closing price to achieve your desired return rate by setting an ideal return rate
For example: You have a BTCUSD this-week futures long position with 4x leverage. Your opening price is 7164 USD/BTC, and your opening quantity is 1 BTC, which converts to 7164 * 1 /100 = 71 contracts
The contract value is 100 USD per contract, rounded down.
When you hope for a return of 0.5 BTC, your closing price is calculated as follows
Return = (contract value * contracts / opening price – contract value * contracts / closing price)
0.5 = (71*100/7164 – 71*100/closing price)
Closing price = 14458.33
Estimated liquidation price calculation:
You need to select your futures type: long position or short position. Then select your leverage multiplier. Enter your opening price, opening quantity, and the amount of additional margin you added. Click start calculation, and you can calculate your estimated liquidation price.
For example: You have a BTCUSD this-week futures long position with 4x leverage. Your opening price is 7164 USD/BTC, and your opening quantity is 1 BTC, which converts to 7164 * 1 /100 = 71 contracts
The contract value is 100 USD per contract, rounded down. You added an additional 0.2 BTC
Liquidation price = (maintenance margin rate + 1 - fee rate) / (1/opening average price/leverage multiplier + 1/opening average price + additional amount/contract value/contracts)
Estimated liquidation price = (0.5%+1) / (1/7164/4+1/7164+0.2/100/71) = 4961
2. Trading Data
Trading Data is a series of futures indicators launched by the platform. You can click here to view
You can select the futures coin you want to view
BTC Long/Short Ratio shows the ratio of the total number of users holding long positions to the total number of users holding short positions for the corresponding coin futures within a certain time period. The statistical data includes the sum of this week, next week, and quarterly delivery contracts as well as perpetual contracts. (Long/short direction is calculated based on the user's net position direction for this coin)
Futures Basis shows the changes in the spot index price and futures price at the same moment, as well as their difference. The basis at a certain moment = futures price - spot index price.
Total Futures Open Interest: The sum of long and short open interest for delivery and perpetual contracts of the corresponding coin at that moment. Futures Trading Volume: The total trading volume of delivery and perpetual contracts for that coin within a unit of time.
Futures Active Buying/Selling: Active buying volume: Shows the trading volume of active buy orders (taker eating maker orders) within a unit of time, i.e., fund inflow. Active selling volume: Shows the trading volume of active sell orders (taker eating maker orders) within a unit of time, i.e., fund outflow.
Long/Short Elite Trends: This indicator reflects the long/short ratio of the net positions (net positions) of the top hundreds of ranked elite trader accounts with positions. (Only accounts with positions are used to calculate the position ratio; one user counts as one vote, regardless of the specific position size)
Long/Short Elite Average Position Ratio: This indicator reflects the average real-time status of margin utilization by experienced trader accounts ranked in the top hundreds. Unlike the Elite Trends indicator, the position ratio is not calculated using a voting model, but rather using the average value of fund utilization for each position account.
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