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the sentence2026-09-20 00:13Z
short PONS for 60 days, PONS funding at 69% APR (longs paying shorts)
Ticketfunding harvest

Harvest PONS funding (no spot market - capped short with a stop)

shortPONSfunding harvestcarrymonthsstructure: code
metricvalue
max loss$199.94
deployable / total$10,000 (nominal)
funding / day+$1.80
loss at stop$199.94
gap through stop$299.90
structure fitcode
reader299 ms
Proposed transactions
#sidecoinkindnotionalqtyleventrystoptp 1tp 2liq pxfunding/d
1shortPONSperp$799.741,3501x cross0.5924 market0.7405 +25.00%+$1.80
1shortPONSperp
notional
$799.74
qty
1,350
entry
0.5924 market
stop
0.7405 +25.00%
tp 1
tp 2
lev
1x cross
funding/d
+$1.80
liq px
Yield quotes
projectsymbolapytvlwindow
hyperlend-pooledUSDC5.04%$20.23Mtoday
This asset right now
mid0.59418
24h-10.21%
7d-0.65%
atr 1h3.38%
range 48h14.10%
funding apr+82.31%longs pay
open interest$55.95M
the steps
no plan was made for this thesis — the ticket was priced on its own
Warnings & versus holding
5thin marketgap riskstop clampedno spot marketno wallet
versus holding USDC
raw JSON
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    "A stop is not a guarantee. Crypto gaps through levels on weekends and around news; the fill can be far worse than the price shown.",
    "The stop this horizon's volatility asks for is wider than the 25% this prototype allows, so it was capped. The stop therefore sits closer than the asset's own range implies and the position is larger than the ATR rule alone would give: ordinary noise can take it out before the idea is wrong. PONS: stop clamped at 25%; the ATR rule gave 66.2%.",
    "There is no spot market for this asset on Hyperliquid, so the carry cannot be hedged here: the short leg alone is a naked short, not a funding harvest. PONS has no USDC spot pair, so what is left is a naked short: this ticket caps it at $799.74 (5x the risk budget) and puts a stop on it rather than pricing a carry that cannot be built here.",
    "No wallet was supplied, so every dollar figure is scaled to a nominal. Connect a wallet to size this for real. (a clause naming what the wallet holds was cut)"
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        "note": "$799.74 here pays about $3.31 over 30 days at today's APY (not a promise; the rate moves). Of that, 5.04% is base yield and none reported is reward emissions, which stop when the programme does."
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      }
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      "mid": 0.59418,
      "markPx": 0.59418,
      "fundingApr": 82.3051056,
      "oiUsd": 55951464.753000006,
      "vol24hUsd": 32463977.32311,
      "maxLeverage": 3,
      "szDecimals": 0,
      "atrPct1h": 3.3754548736109893,
      "ret24hPct": -10.205376977830161,
      "ret7dPct": -0.6537477637144851,
      "rangePos48h": 0.14098515201508366,
      "hi30d": 0.98652,
      "lo30d": 0.301,
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    },
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      "mid": 81320,
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    "trace": {
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      "answers": {
        "warn_funding_cost_high": {
          "value": 0.15,
          "confidence": 0.15
        },
        "warn_low_liquidity": {
          "value": 0.64,
          "confidence": 0.64
        },
        "warn_gap_risk_stops": {
          "value": 0.71,
          "confidence": 0.71
        },
        "warn_unhedged_window": {
          "value": 0.08,
          "confidence": 0.08
        }
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  "compare": {
    "holdUsdcNote": "Versus just holding USDC: this risks $199.94 (2.00% of a nominal. The same $799.74 of USDC lent instead pays about $3.31 over 30 days at APY 5.04% at $20.2M TVL on hyperlend-pooled (DefiLlama, today) - that is the opportunity cost of the margin, at today's APY. (a clause naming what the wallet holds was cut)"
  }
}
Stats
atr 1d16.54%
vs 30d high-39.77%0.98652
vs 30d low+97.40%0.301
beta btc0.92
vol 24h$32.46M
vol / oi0.58
the check
the reader has not checked a plan for this thesis
outcomes
4hprovisional2026-09-20 00:13Z → 2026-09-20 01:43Zunsigned
PONS0.59422 → 0.599615
ticket p&l-$7.87of risk-3.94%hold the same net exposure-$7.26versus hold-$0.61fees-$0.72funding+$0.11
#legsidenotionalentryexitp&lclosed
0PONS perpshort$799.740.594220.599615-$7.98time
Provisional: the exit is the current mid after 1.50h, not the 4h deadline. Not stored, not signed, and it moves with the market.
entry basis: PONS next_open_1m; stops and targets checked on 1m bars
Counts are small and the sample is one regime; this is a record, not a forecast.
receipts1 signed
  • thesis#102026-09-20 00:13Z880e4be36a1792ef8b725233…raw