Watch: the daily chart check
The daily candle
Chainlink closed the September 30 daily candle at $14.36, down 1.64% on the day, after trading between $14.04 and $14.81.
Moving averages
The close of $14.36 is 12.8% above the 20-day average ($12.72).
The close of $14.36 is 22.4% above the 50-day average ($11.73).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 62.8, 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 0.8698 against a signal line of 0.688, so the MACD line is above its signal. MACD measures the gap between a fast and a slow exponential average.
Volume and range
Volume on the day was 1.17 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 $10.10 to $15.35, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $15.44 and the lowest $10.88.
What it costs to hold a position
Anyone holding a LINK perpetual future pays or receives funding every settlement, and the rate differs by exchange. Today's rates across venues are on the LINK funding page.