Glossary

Below is a index of terms commonly seen on Vortex Markets

Market Info

Term
Description
Example

Mark Price

Price of the asset on Vortex

$100

Oracle Price

Price of the underlying asset

$101

Funding Rate

1/24 the average premium paid every hour. If +, longs pay shorts. If -, shorts pay longs. See Funding Rates for more info

.0015%

Open Interest

Total size of all positions (Long and short) in the market

300 ATOM

24h Volume

Total volume traded in past day in the market

$5.05M

Position Terms

Term
Description
Example

Market

A base/quote asset pair

ATOM/USDC

Direction

The position’s bet on price change

LONG,SHORT

Size

The position’s base asset value

3.5 ATOM

Notional

The position’s quote asset value

$1000

Entry Price

Average price paid (cost basis) for acquiring the position

$100

Exit Price

Average price realized if closing the entire position

$102

Liquidation Price

Soft estimate of price where liquidation of account will occur

$75

P&L (Profit and Loss)

Profit and/or Loss of position Calculated on difference between exit price and entry price

Exit Price - Entry Price $2 (following the above example)

Margin Call

Leverage is larger than the inverse of margin requirement ratio. (Position may be liquidated)

Trader receives a warning that collateral ratio is too low. If unresolved, position and collateral may be liquidated.

User Account Terms

Term
Description
Example

Total Collateral

The total USD value of collateral (Account Balance +/- Unrealized P&L)

110

Unrealized P&L

Sum of Unrealized P&L in all open positions

10

Unrealized Funding P&L

Unrealized amount collected/paid for funding payments. (Automatically realized upon a new user action)

.02

Free Collateral

The value of collateral that can be used to open new risk-increasing positions

5

Leverage

Total Notional Position Size/ Total Collateral

3x

Margin Ratio

Total Collateral/ Total Notional Position Size

50%

Margin Debt

For a long position is the amount of cash borrowed to open the position, for a short position is the proceed from the short sale

300$

Portfolio Equity

The sum of equities of all components in the portfolio: Balances, Long & Short Positions, Open Orders

100$

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