Polygon Futures Long/Short Ratio Overview
Sharpe Terminal aggregates Polygon (MATIC) perpetual futures long/short ratio data from Binance, Bybit, OKX, Deribit, Hyperliquid and eight additional exchanges into a single real-time chart. Compare exchange-level breakdowns, overlay price, and switch between 1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y and 3Y historical windows. Ratio of accounts holding long vs. short perpetual futures positions by exchange. Derivatives traders use this view to confirm trend strength, spot crowded positioning, and pinpoint liquidation cascades before they ripple into spot.
About Polygon Futures
Polygon's futures market spans the legacy MATIC ticker and the new POL ticker post the September 2024 migration. Aggregate OI on MATIC/POL perps typically runs $150M-$500M, down sharply from the 2021 peak near $2B. Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Bitget clear the majority of the flow. Polygon funding is structurally negative more often than peers, reflecting persistent shorting against enterprise-announcement hype cycles that historically underdelivered. Long/short ratios on POL skew long on retail (>2x) but institutional proxies like CME have no POL product. Watch for OI expansion ahead of AggLayer milestone announcements and zkEVM proof-system upgrades — these are the cleanest POL-specific catalysts. Liquidation cascades have thinned since 2023 as the coin de-rated from top-10 to mid-cap status.
What Long/Short Ratio Measures
The long/short ratio compares either the number of accounts or the position size of accounts holding longs vs. shorts on a given exchange. A ratio above 1.0 means more accounts (or size) are long than short; below 1.0 means the opposite. Retail-oriented venues (Binance, Bybit, Bitget) typically run structurally long — ratios of 2-4x long are normal even in sideways markets, because retail default-buys. Institutional venues (CME, OKX top-traders) fluctuate around 1.0. Extreme readings act as contrarian indicators: retail piling into longs above 3x historically precedes corrections, while crowding into shorts below 0.7x sets up squeezes.
How to Read Polygon Long/Short Ratio
Compare retail-account ratios to top-trader ratios on OKX or Binance — divergence between the two is the cleanest smart-money-vs-dumb-money signal in crypto derivatives. When top traders are flat or short while retail is aggressively long, fade the retail side. Watch for inflection points where the ratio flips from growing to shrinking — these are often earlier than price signals. Stack long/short by exchange to identify venue-specific crowding.
MATIC Long/Short Ratio Statistics
Use this page as the live MATIC long/short ratio statistics view for perpetual futures. It is built for searches such as "Polygon futures long/short ratio", "MATIC long/short ratio chart", and exchange-level derivatives positioning queries.
MATIC Aggregated Long/Short Ratio Chart
The aggregated chart combines major derivatives venues into one Polygon futures view so changes in leverage, flow, basis, and liquidation pressure are easier to compare against spot price. This mirrors the winning Coinalyze and CoinGlass SERP pattern while keeping the live Sharpe terminal available on the same URL.
MATIC Long/Short Ratio Chart For Each Contract
Contract-level differences matter because Binance, Bybit, OKX, Deribit, Hyperliquid, and other venues can disagree before price moves. Use sibling futures metrics and the related coin pages below to move from one Polygon signal into the rest of the derivatives stack without starting a new search.