contango

While working on the Terramatris crypto hedge fund I came up with an idea once in a month to re-invest the total value of the fund into the so-called Bitcoin contango trades. As the total value of the fund was about $74 at the end of September that's capital I put in work with bitcoin futures. Without further ado: On September 29, 2023, I bought Bitcoin perpetual futures worth 0.135 BTC at $27,162.50 per Bitcoin and simultaneously sold October 27, 2023 expiry bitcoin futures worth 0.134 BTC…

There are several ways to trade and invest with cryptocurrencies. During the several years since I've been exposed to the crypto market, I have learned quite a lot. Starting simple buy and hold, margin trading, lending, short selling, crypto options, crypto futures, and more. In today's article, I will share some lesser-known, market-neutral, and almost zero risk trade, we use at Terramatris crypto hedge fund to grow our portfolio. Meet - The Contango trade. What is the Contango? Contango is…

We use bitcoin contango trades occasionally at TerraMatris crypto hedge fund and look at them as short-term deposits with high returns. In today's article I'll share one such trade, we did recently On September 14, 2023, I bought Bitcoin perpetual futures worth 0.2 BTC at $26,365.90 per Bitcoin and simultaneously sold December 29, 2023 expiry bitcoin futures worth 0.2 BTC at $26,704.50. This is the so-called futures spread with a width of $338.6 and a holding period of 106 days. The closer…