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Crypto CFDs · 25 articles
How Shorting Bitcoin With a CFD Works — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

How Shorting Bitcoin With a CFD Works

Shorting a bitcoin CFD lets you profit if bitcoin falls without borrowing coins. How it works, a 0.2 BTC example, the costs and why short risk is open-ended.

How to Hedge Crypto Holdings With CFDs — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

How to Hedge Crypto Holdings With CFDs

Open a short CFD sized to the coins you want to protect, keep margin, track financing and close when the risk passes. Hedging crypto, with a 0.5 BTC example.

Funding Rates vs Overnight Financing — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

Funding Rates vs Overnight Financing

Perpetuals use funding between longs and shorts every 8 hours; CFDs charge overnight financing set by the provider. How each works and how the costs compare.

What Is an Ethereum CFD? — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

What Is an Ethereum CFD?

An Ethereum CFD tracks the price of ether without holding it. How it differs from owning ether, what moves its price and what you give up, such as staking.

What Is a Crypto Index CFD? — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

What Is a Crypto Index CFD?

A crypto index CFD tracks a basket of large cryptocurrencies in one position, so one coin's move matters less. How these indices are built, weighted and traded.

Crypto CFDs vs Crypto Futures and Perpetuals — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

Crypto CFDs vs Crypto Futures and Perpetuals

Crypto CFDs are provider contracts with financing; perpetuals trade on exchanges with funding every 8 hours and liquidation engines. How they compare.

Crypto CFDs vs Buying Crypto — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 6 min

Crypto CFDs vs Buying Crypto

Buying crypto gives you coins to hold, move and use; a crypto CFD gives price exposure with leverage and shorting but no coins and financing costs. Compared.

Why Crypto CFD Spreads Widen at Certain Times — OTCN Research cover
Crypto CFDs 13 Oct · 7 min

Why Crypto CFD Spreads Widen at Certain Times

Crypto CFD spreads widen when liquidity thins: weekends, quiet hours, major news, crashes and smaller coins. Why it happens and how to plan your trades for it.