# LINKUSDT: Recorded Market State

Live LINKUSDT price, funding rate and open interest, plus 90 days of funding history and the ByKaranteli derivatives pressure score.

Source: https://bykaranteli.com/symbols/LINKUSDT · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-10-17T08:38:57.003Z.

## Live market

Binance USDT-M perpetual, read 2026-10-17 08:38 UTC.

| Mark Price (USD) | Index Price (USD) | Funding Rate (% per interval) | Basis (%) |
| ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 12.245 | 12.254 | -0.0002 | -0.076 |

## Derivatives pressure

Computed 2026-10-17 08:38 UTC. Score is 0 to 100; the side is the one adding pressure.

| Score | Side | Regime | OI 1h (%) | OI 4h (%) | OI 24h (%) | Funding (%) | Basis (%) |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 0 | NEUTRAL | Balanced · low derivatives stress | -0.08 | +0.34 | +1.9 | -0.000 | -0.07 |

## LINKUSDT Funding Rate History

270 settlements over the last 90 days, average +0.0055% per settlement. Positive funding means longs pay shorts.

| Settlement window (UTC) | Settlements | Avg funding (%) | Positive share (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 00:00 | 90 | +0.0058 | 91 |
| 08:00 | 90 | +0.0056 | 87 |
| 16:00 | 90 | +0.0052 | 86 |

## Perp vs index basis · 30d

Daily closes, mark against index. Average -0.050%, high +0.003%, low -0.079%.

| Date (UTC) | Mark close (USD) | Index close (USD) | Basis (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-18 | 12.227 | 12.227 | +0.003 |
| 2026-09-19 | 12.417 | 12.420 | -0.023 |
| 2026-09-20 | 12.516 | 12.521 | -0.037 |
| 2026-09-21 | 13.178 | 13.183 | -0.043 |
| 2026-09-22 | 13.044 | 13.045 | -0.005 |
| 2026-09-23 | 12.348 | 12.356 | -0.063 |
| 2026-09-24 | 13.215 | 13.221 | -0.043 |
| 2026-09-25 | 13.925 | 13.930 | -0.031 |
| 2026-09-26 | 14.140 | 14.150 | -0.070 |
| 2026-09-27 | 14.015 | 14.023 | -0.059 |
| 2026-09-28 | 15.439 | 15.446 | -0.044 |
| 2026-09-29 | 14.598 | 14.606 | -0.052 |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.361 | 14.366 | -0.039 |
| 2026-10-01 | 14.376 | 14.385 | -0.061 |
| 2026-10-02 | 13.787 | 13.796 | -0.064 |
| 2026-10-03 | 14.108 | 14.116 | -0.052 |
| 2026-10-04 | 14.270 | 14.279 | -0.064 |
| 2026-10-05 | 13.847 | 13.855 | -0.061 |
| 2026-10-06 | 13.952 | 13.959 | -0.047 |
| 2026-10-07 | 13.319 | 13.328 | -0.062 |
| 2026-10-08 | 12.702 | 12.707 | -0.043 |
| 2026-10-09 | 12.804 | 12.812 | -0.063 |
| 2026-10-10 | 13.005 | 13.010 | -0.042 |
| 2026-10-11 | 13.337 | 13.348 | -0.079 |
| 2026-10-12 | 12.619 | 12.625 | -0.048 |
| 2026-10-13 | 12.877 | 12.884 | -0.060 |
| 2026-10-14 | 12.428 | 12.436 | -0.063 |
| 2026-10-15 | 12.456 | 12.461 | -0.043 |
| 2026-10-16 | 12.341 | 12.349 | -0.064 |
| 2026-10-17 | 12.245 | 12.254 | -0.074 |

## Market Profile

Daily TPO profile from our own one-minute bars of the Binance USDT-M perpetual, closed UTC days up to 2026-10-16: 30-minute periods, buckets of 0.05% of the day's open, value area 70% of the TPO marks, initial balance the first hour UTC. Recorded since 2026-08-21; the page shows the last 30 days.

| Date (UTC) | POC (USD) | VAL (USD) | VAH (USD) | IB low (USD) | IB high (USD) | Volume POC (USD) | Close (USD) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-16 | 12.327 | 12.237 | 12.580 | 12.429 | 12.488 | 12.334 | 12.341 |
| 2026-10-15 | 12.088 | 11.874 | 12.415 | 12.395 | 12.476 | 12.076 | 12.456 |
| 2026-10-14 | 12.906 | 12.452 | 13.077 | 12.876 | 13.030 | 12.423 | 12.426 |
| 2026-10-13 | 12.912 | 12.796 | 13.105 | 12.249 | 12.626 | 12.925 | 12.876 |
| 2026-10-12 | 13.367 | 12.977 | 13.497 | 13.316 | 13.391 | 13.340 | 12.618 |

Naked points of control: POCs of the last 60 recorded days that no later closed day has traded through (today is not compared).

| Date (UTC) | POC (USD) | From last close (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-15 | 12.088 | -2.05 |
| 2026-10-14 | 12.906 | +4.58 |
| 2026-10-12 | 13.367 | +8.31 |
| 2026-10-05 | 14.165 | +14.78 |
| 2026-10-02 | 14.386 | +16.57 |
| 2026-09-18 | 11.812 | -4.29 |
| 2026-09-16 | 10.812 | -12.39 |

## After a liquidation sweep

What LINK's price did in the hours after each of the four map patterns, from our own hourly archive since 2026-08-06; a pattern with fewer than 30 events shows no number.

| Pattern | Events | Median move 1h | Median move 4h | Median move 24h | Base rate | Continued | Reverted in 4h |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Cluster within reach | 357 | 0.42% (any hour 0.40%) | 0.77% (any hour 0.71%) | 2.28% (any hour 2.16%) | 49.5% | 54.4% (median +0.10%) | · |
| Lopsided fuel | 507 | 0.44% (any hour 0.40%) | 0.79% (any hour 0.71%) | 2.29% (any hour 2.16%) | 49.5% | 48.5% (median -0.02%) | · |
| Thin side | fewer than 30 events | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Swept level | 231 | 0.61% (any hour 0.40%) | 0.89% (any hour 0.71%) | 2.50% (any hour 2.16%) | 49.5% | 48.5% (median 0.00%) | 40.4% |

- Median move: the median size of the price change 1, 4 and 24 hours after the pattern, either direction; below it, the same median over every hour of the same coins.
- Continued: the share of events in which the price kept going the way the pattern points over 4 hours; below it, the median 4 hour move in that direction (+ is the pattern's way).
- Base rate: the share of all hours after which the price rose over the next 4 hours, the coin flip to hold Continued against.
- Reverted in 4h: swept levels only, the share of events with the price back across the level 4 hours later.
- A pattern with fewer than 30 events shows no number; · marks a value without data.

151,305 map frames of 201 coins since 2026-08-06; computed 2026-10-17 08:35 UTC. A frame is written each hour and reads the price about 40 minutes into the hour; a move is the change in the perpetual's last price from one frame to a later one.

Open the LINK liquidation map: /liqmap/link

Not investment advice. LINKUSDT data reflects what our recorders captured for that instrument only. Market data is not a forecast, and past readings do not guarantee future prices.

## Related

- https://bykaranteli.com/symbols/LINKUSDT/markets
- https://bykaranteli.com/symbols/LINKUSDT/funding
- https://bykaranteli.com/liqmap/link
- https://bykaranteli.com/pressure
- https://bykaranteli.com/symbols

Everything in one fetch: https://bykaranteli.com/llms-full.txt
