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> These two properties together - the elimination of expiration, and the elimination of contango/backwardation, led to massive cost savings for the miners. Thi
by csomar 3y ago
> These two properties together - the elimination of expiration, and the elimination of contango/backwardation, led to massive cost savings for the miners.
This is either an Ad or the writer has no experience trading these instruments. As someone who traded these instruments, I'd take the defined future which has a fixed contango/backwardation over the "risky" perpetual which charges daily "funding/interest" that is more volatile than crypto itself.
If Basis risk is annoying, interest rate risk is a real and dangerous risk.
- smabie 3y agoWhile perpetuals are riskier, you're under playing the risk of traditional futures: even though your rate component is locked in if you hold to expiry, you could still get liquidated in the meantime if the curve moves violently against you.
- julianhul 3y agoWhat gold future are you trading where the contango/backwardation is fixed?