SSTRUCTURE LENS

STRUCTURE LENS RESEARCH LIBRARY

Crypto market indicators, explained for real decisions.

Each guide moves from definition to calculation, regime interpretation, failure modes and a repeatable decision workflow. The aim is not to predict every tick; it is to make risk observable before capital is committed.

5 in-depth guides3 languagesPrimary source links
Futures

Bitcoin funding rates: how to read crowding, carry and liquidation risk

Learn how Bitcoin funding rates work, how to combine funding with price and open interest, and how to identify crowded futures positioning.

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Futures

Crypto open interest: the investor’s guide to leverage and conviction

Understand crypto open interest, the price-and-OI matrix, notional normalization, turnover, and how leverage changes liquidation risk.

10 min readRead guide
Options

Bitcoin options open interest: reading put walls, call walls and volatility

Learn how to interpret Bitcoin options open interest by strike and expiry, put/call ratios, volatility smiles, and the limits of dealer-gamma assumptions.

11 min readRead guide
Sentiment

Crypto Fear and Greed Index: a disciplined way to use sentiment

Learn what the Crypto Fear and Greed Index measures, when extreme readings matter, and how to combine sentiment with price, leverage and liquidity.

8 min readRead guide
Market Structure

Bitcoin dominance: how to read capital rotation across crypto

Learn what Bitcoin dominance measures, why BTC.D rises or falls, and how to combine it with BTC price, total market cap and ETH/BTC.

9 min readRead guide

EDITORIAL METHOD

A research library built around evidence, not keywords.

Every article separates observed data from interpretation, identifies the companion indicators needed for confirmation and states the conditions that can invalidate a reading. Source links point to the underlying exchange or data-provider methodology wherever possible.

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