Strategies

Information on Gamma's Perp Strategies

Sentiment Edge

  1. Description - A trading strategy that uses sentiment data to identify tokens to long and short, and balances positions to maintain market neutrality.

  2. Benefits -

    1. Market-neutral: Balances long and short positions to cancel directional risk.

    2. Sentiment-driven: Capitalizes on market psychology and crowd behavior.

    3. Exotic: Uses alternative data beyond traditional candlesticks.

  3. Risks

    1. Data: Sentiment data may not always correlate with price movements.

    2. Timing: Sentiment shift may precede price action by a varying amount of time.

    3. Funding: Funding rate causes a loss if more paid than received.

Momentum Edge

  1. Description - A trading strategy that uses price momentum data to identify tokens to long and short, and balances positions to maintain market neutrality.

  2. Benefits -

    1. Market-neutral: Balances long and short positions to cancel directional risk.

    2. Momentum-driven: Capitalizes on trend strength.

  3. Risks

    1. Data: Momentum data may not always correlate with future price action.

    2. Funding: Funding rate causes a loss if more paid than received.

Switch

  1. Description - A directional strategy that fully switches long or short based on a binary signal.

  2. Benefits

    1. Adaptative: The strategy can profit from both upward and downward trends.

    2. Algorithmic: The strategy is executed automatically to avoid human error.

  3. Risks

    1. Signal: May be false or delayed, causing loss.

    2. Liquidity: Poor liquidity on the order book increases slippage loss

    3. Funding: Funding rate causes a loss if more paid than received.

    4. Leverage: Amplifies losses.

Shift

  1. Description - A directional strategy that shifts exposure based on a continuous score.

  2. Benefits

    1. Adaptative: Designed to profit from both upward and downward trends.

    2. Algorithmic: Executed automatically to avoid human error.

  3. Risks

    1. Score: May be wrong or delayed, causing loss.

    2. Liquidity: Poor liquidity on the order book increases slippage loss.

    3. Funding: Funding rate causes a loss if more paid than received.

    4. Leverage: Amplifies losses.

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