What Is Open Interest (OI), and How Can It Help Us Track Changes in Market Leverage?

In crypto derivatives markets, rising prices do not necessarily mean market risk is falling, and falling prices do not necessarily mean all traders are exiting. In addition to price and trading volume, open interest (OI) is also an important indicator for analyzing market structure.

First, what is OI?

OI refers to the number of contracts, or their corresponding value, that have not yet been closed out or settled at expiry. It reflects the contract exposure that still exists, but is not directly equivalent t

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How do you calculate a reasonable position size? Why should you set your stop-loss before deciding how much to buy?

In crypto trading, many people decide how much to buy first and only then consider where to place their stop-loss. This sequence can make position risk difficult to control. A more reasonable approach is to first determine the maximum loss you are willing to take on a single trade, then calculate the position size based on the stop-loss distance.

First, set your risk budget. Suppose your account equity is 10,000 USDT and you plan to limit the risk on a single trade to 1% of you

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🔥【U.S. October CPI Preview】Will inflation data rewrite rate-cut expectations?

📌 Tonight at 20:00 (UTC+8), a livestream breaking down CPI's impact on the market:
• Which is most likely to come in above expectations: energy, housing, or services prices?
• What kind of inflation data would change the market's view of the Fed's December rate decision?
• After the data is released, how should we read the first moves in U.S. tech stocks and BTC?

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The US October CPI will be released at 21:30 Beijing time. The market generally expects headline CPI to rise 0.3% month over month in October, a marked slowdown from 0.6% in September. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, is expected to rise 0.2% month over month, below September’s 0.30%.

One unusual aspect is that data for the month is missing because of the 2025 federal government shutdown, so the Bureau of Labor Statistics cannot establish a base period for its calculations. As a result, it will not release year-over-year figures for either headline CPI or core CPI, and year-over-year

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