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What the futures screener shows
The screener is built for fast derivatives context. A symbol row can show short-term price change, RSI on several windows, open-interest changes, CVD, liquidation pressure, funding and total OI. The anomaly feed then summarizes important events such as quick moves, OI surges, RSI extremes and liquidation cascades.
- Momentum columns show how quickly price is moving and whether RSI is stretched.
- Open-interest columns show whether new futures exposure is entering or leaving the market.
- Flow, liquidations and funding help explain whether the move is organic, forced or crowded.
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How to read open interest with price
Open interest by itself does not tell you direction. It tells you how much futures exposure is open. The useful signal comes from comparing OI with price. When price rises and OI rises, fresh positioning is supporting the move. When price falls and OI rises, new short exposure is likely pressing the market lower. When price moves while OI falls, the move may be driven more by position closing than by fresh commitment.
- Price up plus OI up suggests new longs or fresh risk demand supporting upside momentum.
- Price down plus OI up suggests new shorts or aggressive sellers supporting downside momentum.
- Price up plus OI down often points to short covering; price down plus OI down often points to long exits or liquidations.
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Why RSI needs confirmation
RSI measures how stretched momentum is, but it is not an entry signal on its own. A coin with RSI above 80 can keep rising during a strong trend, and a coin below 20 can keep falling during a liquidation wave. RSI becomes more useful when it is checked against OI, liquidations and flow.
- High RSI with rising OI and short liquidations can mean momentum is still being fueled by new participants.
- High RSI with falling OI can mean the move is mainly short covering and may run out of fuel.
- Low RSI with long liquidations but improving CVD can warn that selling pressure is becoming exhausted.
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What liquidations reveal
Liquidations are forced closes. They can accelerate price because traders are not choosing to exit; the exchange is closing positions for them. Short liquidations can fuel upside squeezes, while long liquidations can fuel downside cascades. The important question is what happens after the forced flow appears.
- Short liquidations during a breakout can push price higher, but the move needs OI or CVD support to last.
- Long liquidations during a selloff can create fast downside, but falling OI may mean leverage is being washed out.
- Large liquidation spikes near an exhausted RSI level can signal peak forced flow, not a clean continuation signal.
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CVD and buy-sell pressure
CVD, or cumulative volume delta, estimates whether aggressive buyers or aggressive sellers are dominating recent trades. It helps separate a price move with real buying from a move caused mostly by thin liquidity or forced liquidations. CVD is especially useful when RSI is extreme and OI is changing quickly.
- Positive CVD means aggressive buying is stronger in the measured window.
- Negative CVD means aggressive selling is stronger in the measured window.
- A price drop with long liquidations but stabilizing or positive CVD can hint that buyers are starting to absorb the pressure.
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A practical screener workflow
Use the screener as a filter before opening a chart or planning a trade. Start from an anomaly or a sorted table row, then ask a small set of questions: Is price moving? Is OI joining the move? Is RSI stretched? Are liquidations forcing the move? Is CVD confirming or disagreeing? Is funding already crowded?
- For breakouts, prefer price expansion with rising OI and supportive CVD rather than price alone.
- For reversal watchlists, look for stretched RSI, peak liquidation pressure and signs that OI or CVD stops supporting the old direction.
- For funding or arbitrage context, treat extreme funding plus rising OI as crowding that may create opportunity and unwind risk.
