Crypto trading, defined
Every indicator, derivatives term, and risk concept used across JR TradeHub — written in plain English for traders who want to understand what they're looking at.
Indicator
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is a momentum oscillator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes on a 0–100 scale.
Read definitionMoving Average (MA)
A Moving Average (MA) is a smoothed trend line computed as the average price over a rolling window.
Read definitionDivergence
Divergence occurs when price and an indicator (typically RSI) move in opposite directions, signalling a potential reversal.
Read definitionBUY / SELL / HOLD Signal
A signal is JR TradeHub's automated trade-direction call (BUY / SELL / HOLD) computed from RSI, MA crossover, and recent trend.
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Derivatives
Funding Rate
Funding rate is a periodic payment between long and short perpetual holders that keeps the perp price tethered to spot.
Read definitionPerpetual Futures (Perp)
A perpetual future (perp) is a futures contract with no expiry date, kept tethered to the underlying spot price by funding payments.
Read definitionOpen Interest (OI)
Open interest is the total notional value of unsettled perpetual contracts currently open in the market.
Read definitionLong / Short Ratio
The long-short ratio is the ratio of long-positioned accounts to short-positioned accounts on a perpetual contract.
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