LEARN THE
MARKET.
Plain guides to perps, leverage and price games, a glossary with worked examples, and product updates from the Lynx team.
What is a crypto price prediction game?
How up-or-down and price-grid games work, how they settle from live prices, and how they differ from leveraged trading.
Crypto liquidation explained: what happens and who gets the money
What liquidation means in crypto perpetuals, step by step: margin, liquidation price, what happens to your funds, who receives them, and how to reduce the risk.
Introducing Lynx Arcade
Meet Lynx Arcade, where Gridy, Uppy, and Quicky turn live crypto prices into fast multiplayer rounds configured from the live lobby.
ALL GUIDES
- PERPSLeverage, margin, and position size in crypto perpetualsHow leverage, margin, notional value, and position size relate in perpetual futures, with worked examples for sizing a trade with a liquidation buffer.4 min
- PERPSWhat is a perp DEX? Decentralized perpetual exchanges explainedWhat a perp DEX is, how decentralized perpetual exchanges execute and settle trades, and how they differ from centralized futures venues.5 min
- PERPSWhy funding rates go negative (and what it tells you)Why perpetual futures funding rates turn negative, what the mechanics reveal about market positioning, and how to read a negative rate before trading.4 min
- PERPSOn-chain perpetual futures, explainedHow perpetual futures work without an expiry date, what funding and liquidation do, and what changes when execution moves on-chain.5 min
GLOSSARY
The perpetuals terms you'll meet first, each with a worked example.