Two Contract Specifications Comparison Resources
Place two contract specifications side by side and expose missing facts.
A contract name alone does not tell you its payout or units. This printable worksheet compares six supplied facts: quote currency, settlement currency, payout type, size, expiry and funding interval. It counts differences only where both values are supplied, while missing values remain visibly unknown.
Two Contract Specifications Comparison Sheet
Compare quote and settlement units, payout type and stated contract specifications without filling unknown facts.
The hypothetical inverse side quotes USD, settles BTC and uses 10 USD per contract. The hypothetical linear side quotes and settles USDT and uses 0.001 BTC per contract. Both say Perpetual and omit funding interval. Six fields are compared, four supplied fields differ, and two field values are missing.
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Contract facts need exact official references and explicit unknowns. The comparison asks how each resource supports quote and settlement definitions, payout, multiplier, expiry and funding information without claiming that one contract is better.
Compare documented roles using quote and settlement currencies, payout type, multiplier denomination, expiry and funding facts, missing information. The Telegram channel we promote is disclosed in the first entry.
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Read each exact instrument's official specification and enter the facts with units. Keep a source URL for each side. Do not infer a funding interval from the word Perpetual. Labels and sources are preserved for your record but do not add to the six-field difference count.
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A difference count is not a suitability score. Case-insensitive text agreement is only agreement in the supplied wording; it does not verify a specification. Use the browser's print command to keep the visible result with dated source notes, and recheck facts when product rules change.
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The sources document formats, mechanisms or record workflows. The arithmetic and editorial comparison on this page use the supplied worksheet definitions.
- Deribit inverse futures units
USD contract size and order amount differ from BTC/ETH settlement units; base_currency alone does not identify contract_size units.
Reference checked 2026-10-01. Consult the source for current product rules. - BitMEX perpetual payout types
Inverse, linear and quanto contracts have different payouts and multiplier units.
Reference checked 2026-10-01. Consult the source for current product rules. - Kraken contract specifications
Contract multiplier, expiry, tick value and settlement specification concepts; this document concerns US derivatives.
Reference checked 2026-10-01. Consult the source for current product rules.