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Crypto Open Interest Change Screener

Tracked perpetuals across the exchanges in the filters below with at least $1M open interest, ranked by how much its open interest rose or fell over the last 1, 4 or 24 hours or 7 days, next to the price move over the same window. Each move gets a build-up label: new longs, new shorts, short covering or long unwinding.

Over the last 4 hours, 0 perps on Lighter with at least $1M open interest added 5% or more, and 4 shed 5% or more (22 markets have 4h history). The biggest dollar increase is PAXG (Lighter PAXG): $2,368 (+0.14%) with price -0.02%. The biggest drop is ETH (Lighter ETH): -$7.44M (-9.78%). The most common reading across the screen is long unwinding (OI down, price down) on 15 markets.

22 perps with 4h historyOI ≥ $1MServer history: 875 hoursAs of 23:14 UTC

Biggest $ increase 4h
+$2,368 PAXG
Lighter +0.14%
Biggest $ drop 4h
-$7.44M ETH
Lighter -9.78%Long unwinding
OI moves ≥ 5% 4h
▲ 0 ▼ 4
of 22 perps with historyOI ≥ $1M
Most common build-up 4h
Long unwinding
New longs 0New shorts 1Short covering 0Long unwinding 15

Biggest open interest increases · 4h · Lighter

top 1 of 1 by % change · Download CSV
Coin OI 4h Market Open interest OI change $ Price 4h Build-up Funding / 8h Vol 24h Trade
1PAXG +0.14% Lighter PAXG $1.64M +$2,368 -0.02% — 0.0096% $1.01M Trade

Biggest open interest drops · 4h · Lighter

top 21 of 21 by % change · Download CSV
Coin OI 4h Market Open interest OI change $ Price 4h Build-up Funding / 8h Vol 24h Trade
1ETH -9.78% Lighter ETH $68.62M -$7.44M -1.31% Long unwinding 0.0064% $429.61M Trade
2ENA -8.09% Lighter ENA $1.79M -$157K -4.16% Long unwinding 0.0096% $1.32M Trade
3VVV -7.33% Lighter VVV $1.05M -$83K -3.90% Long unwinding -0.0776% $3.00M Trade
4PUMP -6.10% Lighter PUMP $2.49M -$162K -3.50% Long unwinding 0.0096% $3.14M Trade
5AAVE -4.80% Lighter AAVE $4.32M -$218K -2.51% Long unwinding -0.0080% $704K Trade
6XRP -4.77% Lighter XRP $2.08M -$104K -0.95% Long unwinding 0.0096% $9.15M Trade
7ZRO -4.69% Lighter ZRO $4.97M -$244K -3.40% Long unwinding 0.0096% $504K Trade
8NEAR -4.48% Lighter NEAR $5.40M -$254K -3.10% Long unwinding 0.0032% $5.80M Trade
9GRAM -4.41% Lighter GRAM $1.53M -$70K -3.87% Long unwinding 0.0096% $3.04M Trade
10WLD -3.90% Lighter WLD $2.52M -$102K -3.03% Long unwinding 0.0096% $473K Trade
11LINK -3.88% Lighter LINK $1.36M -$55K -2.97% Long unwinding 0.0056% $337K Trade
12SOL -3.75% Lighter SOL $10.83M -$422K -2.08% Long unwinding -0.0024% $38.46M Trade
13HYPE -3.54% Lighter HYPE $21.53M -$789K -2.43% Long unwinding 0.0096% $52.18M Trade
14LIT -3.15% Lighter LIT $36.41M -$1.18M -2.70% — 0.0096% $12.80M Trade
15ADA -2.82% Lighter ADA $1.62M -$47K -1.96% Long unwinding 0.0096% $117K Trade
16ZEC -2.21% Lighter ZEC $11.54M -$260K -2.07% — 0.0096% $59.68M Trade
17BTC -1.90% Lighter BTC $155.06M -$3.01M -0.83% Long unwinding 0.0096% $887.41M Trade
18AVAX -1.51% Lighter AVAX $3.05M -$47K -1.33% — -0.0584% $3.68M Trade
19XMR -1.11% Lighter XMR $2.90M -$32K -0.61% — 0.0096% $2.18M Trade
20WLFI -0.50% Lighter WLFI $1.05M -$5,283 -0.36% — 0.0008% $87K Trade
21BNB -0.37% Lighter BNB $3.26M -$12K -0.95% New shorts 0.0096% $1.32M Trade

How to read it. Each row is one perpetual market with at least $1M open interest; the same coin can appear once per exchange. OI 4h is the change in USD open interest over 4 hours, OI change $ the same in dollars. Build-up labels use contract-equivalent OI (the USD change with the price move removed), so a rally alone doesn't read as new longs; moves under 0.5% OI or 0.1% price get no label.

Stale open interest is excluded from rankings and counts. Stale funding and volume show “—”. Changes come from 5-minute snapshots this site records itself and show "—" until the server has 4 hours of history. For open interest summed per coin see open interest by coin.

Open interest screener FAQ

What is an open interest screener?

Open interest (OI) is the total value of open perpetual futures positions. This screener ranks every tracked perp on the supported exchanges shown in the filters, with at least $1M of OI, by its change over the last 1, 4 or 24 hours (or 7 days for each coin's most liquid perp), so you can spot where positions are piling in or being closed before it shows up in price. Switch the window or exchange with the buttons above the tables.

How do you read open interest together with price?

OI up, price up: new longs are opening. OI up, price down: new shorts are opening. OI down, price up: shorts are covering. OI down, price down: longs are closing or being liquidated. The labels here use contract-equivalent OI, i.e. the USD OI change with the price move removed, because USD open interest rises with price even when nobody opens a position. Moves under 0.5% in OI or 0.1% in price get no label.

Why do some changes show "—"?

Changes come from 5-minute snapshots this site records itself, so a market shows "—" for a window it does not have that much history for yet, such as a new listing. A market also needs a price change for the same window before it gets a build-up label.

Is rising open interest bullish?

Not on its own. Rising OI only says more positions are open; whether longs or shorts are the aggressors shows in the price move and in funding rates. Crowded positions with extreme funding can unwind sharply. Nothing here is financial advice.