# Funding Payments

**Mechanism** Continuous funding to keep perp prices aligned with spot.

**Calculation** Funding Rate = (Mark Price - Index Price) / Index Price

**Settlement**

* Accrued continuously
* Settled at each batch interval
* Long positions pay shorts (and vice versa)
* Fair time-weighted calculations

**Caps** Maximum funding rates to prevent extreme scenarios.


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