This indicator was made to streamline finding the optimal entry to cash and carry/hedge on a futures contract when margin trading.
Explanation of the indicator: This indicator has built-in alert conditions that you can use to give you email alerts, in-browser sound alerts, or SMS alerts. These alerts are based upon futures prices being in contango or backwardation. From top to bottom, the grid shows XBTU18, XBTZ18, OkEx's Quarterlies (OKCOIN:BTCUSD3M), and CME's futures.
Red: Futures are trading above your defined range (default 1%) of spot
Maroon: Futures are trading above twice your defined range of spot
Lime: Futures are trading below your defined range (default 1%) of spot
Green: Futures are trading below twice your defined range of spot
What's configurable:
% to trigger
Grid size
Bar color toggle
Label toggle
Spot/index source (Bitfinex's BTCUSD, BitMEX's XBTUSD, and BitMEX's XBT Index are available)
Pricing: Currently this standalone indicator is 0.007 BTC for lifetime use.
Example of use: On 4 May 2018, BitMEX's XBTU18 was trading >2% above perpetual swap. The grid alerts signaled that and if one were long on bitcoin spot on any exchange, then it would have been a good idea to hedge a short on XBTU18. Eventually from there the premium gap was closed while bitcoin fell.
Here is the indicator shown with bar coloring and labels.
Access to this script is restricted to users authorized by the author and usually requires payment. You can add it to your favorites, but you will only be able to use it after requesting permission and obtaining it from its author. Contact NeoButane for more information, or follow the author's instructions below.
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