Historical Funding Rates – Kraken

This endpoint returns the historical funding rates for each funding period since first trading time of a perpetual futures contract.

Authentication is not required.

Endpoint	Request Type	Permissible API Keys
/api/v4/historicalfundingrates	GET	N/A

Argument	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	Yes	The symbol of the Futures, see Ticker Symbols

Sample Call

https://futures.kraken.com//derivatives/api/v4/historicalfundingrates?symbol=PI_XBTUSD

https://futures.kraken.com//derivatives/api/v4/historicalfundingrates?symbol=PI_ETHUSD

Sample Return if Successful

{
"rates": [
{
"timestamp": "2018-08-31T16:00:00.000Z",
"fundingRate": 1.0327058177e-8,
"relativeFundingRate": 0.00007182407
},

{
"timestamp": "2018-08-31T20:00:00.000Z",
"fundingRate": -1.2047162502e-8,
"relativeFundingRate": -0.000084873103125
},

{
"timestamp": "2018-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"fundingRate": -9.645113378e-9,
"relativeFundingRate": -0.0000676651
},

{
"timestamp": "2018-09-01T04:00:00.000Z",
"fundingRate": -8.028122964e-9,
"relativeFundingRate": -0.0000566897875
},
...
]
}

Field	Type	Description
rates	List of structures	A list containing structures with historical funding rate information. The list is sorted ascending by timestamp
timestamp	ISO8601 datetime	The date and time UTC of the 4-hour period to which the funding rate applies
fundingRate	Float	A list containing structures with historical price information, see below. The list is sorted descending by time
relativeFundingRate	Float

Sample Return if Unsuccessful

{
"status": "BAD_REQUEST",
"result": "error",
"errors": [
{
"code": 11,
"message": "Argument invalid: symbol"
}
].,
"serverTime": "2021-05-31T18:30:38.090Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
status	String	Always "BAD_REQUEST"
result	String	Always error
serverTime	ISO8601 datetime	The server date and time
code	Integer	Always 11
message	String	The reason the API call failed, always: Argument invalid: symbol

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