Glossary

Basis Spread Monitor

A basis spread monitor tracks the price difference between a futures market and its reference spot market.

Tracks futures and spot gap

Plain-English meaning

Basis Spread Monitor is used here to describe tracks futures and spot gap. In the daily board, the word is grouped by the role it performs rather than by spelling or market popularity.

You may encounter it in a product interface, technical document, risk report, policy paper, or market dashboard. The term is included for recognition and comparison, not as a product recommendation.

Why it belongs with Perpetual Futures Risk

These concepts help explain market imbalance, funding cadence, futures basis, and loss allocation in perpetual futures systems.

When solving the puzzle, compare the job this term performs with nearby cards. A correct group usually shares a function, risk type, workflow, or market structure rather than simply sharing similar wording.

Where you might see it

You might encounter this term while reading educational explainers, product documentation, risk disclosures, market dashboards, or beginner guides. Always separate vocabulary learning from financial decision-making.

Educational vocabulary only. This definition does not provide investment, tax, legal, product, or trading advice.