Perpetuals 101: A Beginner's Guide
Learn the fundamentals of perpetual futures contracts, how they differ from traditional futures, and why they've become the most popular trading instrument in crypto.
📚 Learning Center
Master perpetual futures trading with our comprehensive guides and insights
📈
📖
Essential Perpetuals Terminology
Master the language of perpetual futures trading. From funding rates to mark price, understand every key term you'll encounter on your trading journey.
🏆
How to Find Top Traders on the Leaderboard
Discover how to use PerpsTracker's leaderboard metrics to identify consistently profitable traders. Learn which stats matter most and how to interpret them.
🛡️
Risk Management Strategies for Perpetual Futures
Master the essential techniques that separate profitable traders from those who blow up their accounts. Learn position sizing, stop losses, and leverage management.
💰
Understanding Funding Rates in Perpetual Futures
Learn how funding rates work, why they exist, and how to profit from this unique mechanism. Master arbitrage strategies and funding rate trading.
⚠️
7 Deadly Perpetual Trading Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Learn from others' expensive mistakes. Discover the seven errors that have blown up more accounts than bad market calls ever will, and how to avoid them.
⚡
Understanding Liquidations: How to Avoid Getting Rekt
Master the mechanics of liquidation in perpetual futures. Learn how to calculate your liquidation price, understand the liquidation process, and most importantly—never get liquidated.
🧠
Trading Psychology & Emotional Discipline
Master the mental game of trading. Learn to recognize your emotional triggers, beat FOMO and revenge trading, and develop the discipline that separates profitable traders from the rest.
📋
Building Your Complete Trading Plan
Transform from random trading to systematic success. Learn how to create a comprehensive trading plan covering strategy, risk management, psychology, and performance tracking.
👥
Copy Trading: How to Follow Top Traders
Learn how to leverage PerpsTracker's leaderboard to identify profitable traders worth copying. Discover proper allocation strategies, risk management, and common pitfalls to avoid.
⚡
Leverage Explained: Choosing the Right Multiplier
Understand leverage mechanics, calculate safe leverage for your strategy, and learn why less leverage often equals more profit. Includes formulas for every trading style.
📈
Reading Price Action & Market Structure
Master the art of reading raw price movements. Learn to identify trends, support/resistance, reversal patterns, and make high-probability trades without relying on indicators.
💰
Position Sizing: The Key to Long-Term Success
Master the most overlooked aspect of trading. Learn proven position sizing methods including Fixed Fractional, Kelly Criterion, and Fixed Ratio to maximize returns while protecting your capital.
🏆
Using Leaderboards to Find Alpha Traders
Discover how to use PerpsTracker's leaderboard to identify genuinely skilled traders. Learn to analyze Sharpe ratios, max drawdowns, and consistency metrics to separate luck from skill.
⛓️
On-Chain Metrics: What Top Traders Watch
Learn to track the data that professional traders monitor daily. Master Open Interest, Funding Rates, CVD, Long/Short Ratios, and other critical on-chain signals for better trade timing.