Derivatives Market
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A market for derivatives which are instruments such as futures or options whose value is derived from an underlying asset.
Bitcoin is one of the most popular underlying asset for derivative instruments which range from options, futures to perpetual swaps.
Related Terms
Stop-loss Order
Conditional market order to sell at the next available price, excuted if the price of an asset falls below set-upon limit
Rug Pull
Sudden removal of liquidity which typically leads to asset prices crashing from the lack of liquidity to absorb buy/sells.
Wei
The smallest fraction of an Ether, with each Ether to 1000000000000000000 Wei.
Block Confirmation
Refers to the number of confirmation a particular block has. Each block ahead of the referenced block adds one block confirmation to it.
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