Watch: the daily chart check
The daily candle
Chainlink closed the October 2 daily candle at $13.79, down 4.10% on the day, after trading between $13.19 and $14.64.
Moving averages
The close of $13.79 is 6.2% above the 20-day average ($12.98).
The close of $13.79 is 15.4% above the 50-day average ($11.94).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 57.0, 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 0.7943 against a signal line of 0.7367, 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 0.98 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 $10.37 to $15.59, 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.