Research Readings Spot/perpetual close basis
Price and volatility
Spot/perpetual close basis
Contract-unit-normalized perpetual close divided by spot close, minus one, for the exact same fully closed Binance one-minute trade bars. Signed fraction. BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT and SOLUSDT only, 2026-08-01T00:01:00Z through 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z inclusive. Missing or zero-trade bars are absent. Descriptive closes cannot establish executable spread, sub-minute lead/lag, flow causation or arbitrage profit.
- Observed
- synchronized_closed_1m_trade_closes
- Unit
- signed_fraction
- Valid range
- -1 to 1000000
Example: A recorded value of 750000 signed_fraction can be used in the editable condition below.
Use in ResearchTechnical details
Field ID
feature.spot_perp_close_basis
Valid query operators
at least, at most, between
Window operators: lowest, highest, average, latest or change in, over a trailing window.
Editable query preset
This preset is derived from the valid range. Edit it before running the search.
{
"schema_version": "research_query.v2",
"normalization_version": "archive_normalization.v1",
"feature_version": "feature_defs.v1",
"target": "record_occurrences",
"where": {
"all": [
[
"feature.spot_perp_close_basis",
"gte",
750000
],
[
"times.anchor_time",
"gte",
"2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z"
]
]
},
"sort": [
"times.anchor_time",
"desc"
],
"page": {
"limit": 5,
"cursor": null
}
}The search reports how often the record held this condition and what followed. It does not decide whether an idea works.
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