Position Sizing and Stop-Losses: Risk Management for Crypto F&O
Position size is calculated by dividing the amount you are willing to lose by the distance to your stop. That single sentence contains most of what separates accounts that survive from accounts that do not. Almost every trader has a process for deciding direction. Far fewer have a process for deciding size, and size is […]
Leverage in Crypto Derivatives: How to Use Up to 25x Without Blowing Up
Leverage is the ratio between the size of a position and the margin posted to hold it. It is almost always described as a multiplier of profit, which is half the story and the less useful half. Structurally, leverage multiplies exposure, and exposure cuts in both directions with perfect symmetry. Understanding it properly means understanding […]
INR-Settled Crypto Trading: What It Means and Why It Matters
INR-settled crypto trading means the entire lifecycle of a trade happens in rupees: you deposit rupees, your margin sits in rupees, profit and loss accrues in rupees, and you withdraw rupees. No stablecoin sits in between. That sounds like a small operational detail, and it is routinely treated as one. In practice, settlement currency determines […]
Crypto Tax in India 2026: How Derivatives Are Treated vs Spot
Income from transferring a virtual digital asset in India is taxed at a flat 30%, with only the cost of acquisition deductible, no set-off of losses against other income, and no carry-forward of losses to later years. A separate 1% TDS applies to the gross value of a transfer. Whether that same regime applies to […]
From BankNifty to Bitcoin: What Equity Derivatives Traders Need to Unlearn
An equity derivatives trader arriving at Bitcoin brings two things: a risk framework that transfers almost perfectly, and a set of calendar habits that do not transfer at all. The risk framework is the valuable part, and it is why F&O traders tend to pick up perpetual futures faster than almost anyone else. The calendar […]
BTC Perpetuals vs Nifty Futures: A Side-by-Side Guide for Equity F&O Traders
If you trade Nifty or BankNifty futures, a Bitcoin perpetual contract is closer to what you already do than almost anything else in crypto. It is a cash-settled derivative on an underlying you never take delivery of, it uses margin rather than full notional capital, and it marks to market continuously. The grammar is the […]
How to Short Crypto in India: Long vs Short Explained
Going long means opening a position that profits when price rises. Going short means opening a position that profits when price falls, without ever owning or borrowing the underlying asset. Both are done the same way on a perpetual futures contract: you are trading the contract’s value, not the asset itself, so the contract can […]
Funding Rate Crypto: How Perpetual Futures Track Spot
A funding rate is a small, periodic payment exchanged directly between traders holding long and short positions in a perpetual futures contract, not paid to the exchange. It exists because perpetual contracts have no expiry date, so there is no settlement day to force the contract’s price back in line with the spot market. Funding […]
Mark Price vs Last Traded Price: Why Your Liquidation Depends on It
Mark price and last traded price are two different numbers and exchange tracks for the same contract, and confusing them is the single most common source of “why was I liquidated” questions. Last traded price is whatever the most recent trade on this order book printed at. Mark price is a smoothed, manipulation-resistant reference price […]
What Are Crypto Perpetual Futures? A Complete Guide for Indian Traders
Crypto perpetual futures are derivative contracts that let you trade the price of an asset like Bitcoin, long or short, with leverage, without owning it and without an expiry date. A funding rate mechanism keeps the contract’s price anchored to the spot market.That is the short answer. The rest of this guide unpacks every word […]