406Course · Practitioner

Perpetuals and Derivatives

On-chain leverage.

The Course

On-chain leverage. Funding rates, oracle-based versus order-book perps, and the counterparty questions specific to on-chain venues.

Outcomes
  • 01

    Explain funding rates.

  • 02

    Read an oracle-based perpetual.

  • 03

    Assess counterparty risk on-chain.

Prerequisites
  • DEXs and AMMs.
Pacing

~3 hours.

A Note from the Faculty

Funding rate is the mechanism perp traders most often ignore.