Track cryptocurrency futures, options, and perpetual swaps with funding rates, open interest, liquidations, and comprehensive derivatives market analysis. Use when monitoring derivatives markets, analyzing funding rates, tracking open interest, finding liquidation levels, or researching options flow. Trigger with phrases like "funding rate", "open interest", "perpetual swap", "futures basis", "liquidation levels", "options flow", "put call ratio", "derivatives analysis", or "BTC perps".
Aggregate funding rates, open interest, liquidations, and options data across CEX and DEX derivatives exchanges to produce actionable trading insights.
Supported Markets: Perpetual Swaps (Binance, Bybit, OKX, Deribit, BitMEX), Quarterly Futures, Options (Deribit, OKX, Bybit), DEX Perpetuals (dYdX, GMX, Drift Protocol).
Check funding rates across exchanges to identify sentiment and arbitrage opportunities:
python derivatives_tracker.py funding BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py funding BTC ETH SOL
python derivatives_tracker.py funding BTC --history 7d
Analyze open interest to gauge market positioning and trend strength:
python derivatives_tracker.py oi BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py oi BTC --changes
python derivatives_tracker.py oi BTC --divergence
Monitor liquidations to find support/resistance clusters:
python derivatives_tracker.py liquidations BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py liquidations BTC --recent
python derivatives_tracker.py liquidations BTC --min-size 100000 # 100000 = minimum USD liquidation size filter
Analyze options market for IV, put/call ratio, and max pain:
python derivatives_tracker.py options BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py options BTC --pcr
python derivatives_tracker.py options BTC --expiry 2025-01-31 # 2025 = target expiry year
Calculate basis for spot-futures arbitrage opportunities:
python derivatives_tracker.py basis BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py basis BTC --quarterly
python derivatives_tracker.py basis --all
Run full dashboard for comprehensive derivatives overview:
python derivatives_tracker.py dashboard BTC
python derivatives_tracker.py dashboard BTC ETH SOL
python derivatives_tracker.py dashboard BTC --output json
The skill produces structured reports per market type:
See ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/implementation.md for detailed output format examples.
| Error | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
ERR_RATE_LIMIT | Too many API requests | Reduce frequency or add API key |
ERR_EXCHANGE_DOWN | Exchange API unavailable | Try alternative exchange |
ERR_SYMBOL_INVALID | Wrong symbol format | Use BTC, ETH (not BTCUSDT) |
Morning derivatives check - Scan funding, OI, and liquidations for top assets:
python derivatives_tracker.py dashboard BTC ETH SOL
Funding rate arbitrage - Alert when funding exceeds threshold for cash-and-carry:
python derivatives_tracker.py funding BTC --alert-threshold 0.08
Pre-expiry options analysis - Check max pain and IV before Friday expiry:
python derivatives_tracker.py options BTC --expiry friday
Basis trading scan - Find all pairs with annualized yield above 5%:
python derivatives_tracker.py basis --all --min-yield 5 # 5 = minimum annualized yield %
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/implementation.md - Detailed output formats, options/basis guides, key concepts