Swaps will offer far more stable financing costs than perps.
Most swaps will have their carry costs benchmarked to USD borrow rates, currently resulting in a flat ~4.5% annual cost.
Read more about swaps, our new instrument designed to bring TradFi liquidity on-chain 👇
We’re hosting the third Variational TradFi trading competition with $20,000 in prizes!
The competition will rank users based on a “Competition Score” (PnL on TradFi Markets × √Volume on TradFi Markets) over a period of two weeks.
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The competition will start at 7/17/26 at 0:00 UTC and end at 7/31/26 at 00:00 UTC.
Read the full details of the competition (including terms and conditions) in the docs: docs.variational.io/omni/trading-c…
Happy trading!
Today, more improvements were pushed to Omni:
➡️ Buy/sell icons on charts
➡️ Improved PnL share cards
➡️ Chart settings persist more reliably across sessions
➡️ Portfolio balance shown in main screen on mobile
The new UI continues to be further shaped by trader feedback!
"We're excited to see how much usage picks up when ... we start to list more exotic and new assets that crypto just hasn't seen before."
- Variational Head of Product @JustinCBram
As a thank you to all traders in the second Variational TradFi trading competition, we've dropped an additional 20,000 points to all competitors proportional to their volume on TradFi markets during the competition period.
Check the points page to see your distribution!
This week, $TSM and $NFLX will report earnings. Next week, $TSLA, $INTC, $NOK, $GOOGL, and $BX will do the same.
Track upcoming earnings and dividend payments for all TradFi markets listed on Variational with a brand-new dedicated channel in the Variational Discord.
Join the Variational Discord: discord.gg/variational
All dates and information provided in the channel are estimates, and should not be considered a commitment that dividend payments, earnings calls, or any other events will occur at a specific date or time. Always directly
The second Variational TradFi trading competition has come to an end.
If you placed in the top 20 by total score, open a support ticket in the app to claim your share of the $20,000 prize pool!
The Trading Competition Score is calculated as follows:
Score = A × √B
A = PnL on TradFi markets since the beginning of the competition
B = Trading volume on TradFi markets since the beginning of the competition
PRIZES 💰
🥇1st Place: 5,000 USDC + Variational VIP Merch Box