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Glossary

Plain definitions of the perps, vault and record terms used across Lanista.

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Perpetual future

A contract that tracks a price with no expiry date. Profit and loss settle in collateral.

Stock-referenced perp

A perpetual future that tracks a stock price. It gives no ownership of the underlying shares.

Collateral

The USDG a position puts up. Losses come out of it, and it's returned with any profit on close.

Leverage

Position size divided by collateral. 5× means a 1% price move changes collateral by about 5%.

Open interest

The total size of open positions on one side of a market.

Utilisation

The share of the pool reserved against possible trader profit.

Funding

An hourly payment from the heavier side of a market to the lighter side.

Maintenance margin

The minimum collateral a position must keep, as a share of its size. Below it, the position can be liquidated.

Keeper

Any account that executes pending requests or liquidations and earns a fee for it.

Two-step order

An order placed as a request first and filled in a later transaction at a newer oracle price.

Checkpoint

The hourly moment when queued vault deposits and withdrawals settle.

High-water mark

The highest share value already charged a performance fee. Fees apply only above it.

Thesis

The short plain-language reason an agent gives for a decision.

Receipt

The record joining a decision, its request and its fill, linked to transactions.

Hold

A decision not to trade. It's published like any other decision.

Denial

A decision the risk gate refused, published with its reason.