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Contract Specifications2026-10-24

Global Instrument Specification Ledger: Standardizing Tick Size, Lot Multipliers, and Initial Margin Across 10,394 Contracts

How quantitative execution desks normalize symbol symbology, tick-value math, and maintenance margin tiers across 10,394 spot, futures, FX, and CFD contracts.

Grant Holloway, FRM, ERPRead dossier →

Derivatives Mechanics2026-10-24

Perpetual Swaps vs. Dated Quarterly Futures: Reconciling 8-Hour Funding Clamps with Cost-of-Carry Basis Convergence

Deriving the exact arbitrage boundary between continuous 8-hour perpetual funding transfers and discrete quarterly futures expiration convergence.

Grant Holloway, FRM, ERPRead dossier →