Public derivatives data
Crypto open interest
Open interest is the value of derivative contracts that are still open. The asset pages compare the USD notional of outstanding perpetual contracts across six exchanges, state how each exchange's figure was converted to USD, and show seven days of hourly history. Unavailable values are never shown as zero. No login required.
Data by asset
- Bitcoin open interest
BTC perpetual open interest by exchange in USD, with the conversion used and seven days of hourly history.
- Ethereum open interest
ETH perpetual open interest by exchange in USD, with the conversion used and seven days of hourly history.
Calculators
- Leverage calculator – Open interest shows the leverage the market carries; this shows your own margin and liquidation price.
- Liquidation calculator – Estimate a liquidation price with stored margin tiers.
Courses
- Open interest without shortcuts
Reconstruct contract changes, normalise reporting conventions and test what open interest can really tell you about positioning.
- Audit open-interest data before interpreting it
Five original data audits covering account counts, venue coverage, record availability, volume consistency and weighted holder ratios.
Articles and studies
- Open Interest in Crypto Futures, Explained (With a Live Read of BTC, ETH and SOL)
- Open Interest vs Volume: What Each Signal Really Tells You
- Open Interest One Side or Both, and Most Venues Never Say Which
- Open Interest in Coins vs Dollars: Why the Same Crypto OI Can Rise and Fall at Once
- Open Interest by Exchange: Where Crypto's Leverage Actually Sits
- Bitcoin Open Interest Concentration: What the HHI Says About Venue Risk
- Open Interest and Price: How to Read the Four Regimes of a Crypto Move
- The Long/Short Ratio and Open Interest: Reading Crowd Positioning in Crypto Futures
- Bitcoin Futures Roll: the Next Quarter Fills Before the Front One Drains
- How to Read the Crypto Options Market: Implied Volatility, Put/Call Ratio, and Open Interest
- Volume is Dead: How to Trade Crypto Ranges Using Open Interest Profiles
Sources and related data
How the exchange figures are collected, converted and dated is documented in the methodology and data sources. Reproducible studies with downloadable data are listed under research.
See also: Crypto funding rates.