The daily candle
Chainlink closed the October 18 daily candle at $12.03, up 0.43% on the day, after trading between $11.52 and $12.09.
Moving averages
The close of $12.03 is 9.3% below the 20-day average ($13.26).
The close of $12.03 is 4.9% below the 50-day average ($12.65).
Momentum: RSI and MACD
The 14-day RSI reads 40.8, 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 -0.1962 against a signal line of 0.03151, 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 0.64 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 $11.61 to $14.91, and the close is inside the bands.
Over the previous 30 days the highest close was $15.44 and the lowest $11.98.
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.