Watch: the daily chart check
The daily candle
Cardano closed the October 2 daily candle at $0.2443, down 0.73% on the day, after trading between $0.2366 and $0.2590. What stands out on the daily chart: MACD crossed below signal.
Moving averages
The close of $0.2443 is 4.7% above the 20-day average ($0.2334).
The close of $0.2443 is 13.0% above the 50-day average ($0.2161).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 58.0, between 30 and 70, neither extreme. RSI compares the size of recent up days with recent down days on a 0 to 100 scale.
MACD (12, 26, 9) is 0.01046 against a signal line of 0.01088, so the MACD line is below its signal. MACD measures the gap between a fast and a slow exponential average.
Volume and range
Volume on the day was 0.99 times its 20-day average. Volume counts how much traded; a move on heavy volume involved more of the market than one on light volume.
The Bollinger Bands (20 days, 2 standard deviations) run from $0.1920 to $0.2747, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $0.2587 and the lowest $0.1952.
What it costs to hold a position
Anyone holding a ADA perpetual future pays or receives funding every settlement, and the rate differs by exchange. Today's rates across venues are on the ADA funding page.