Lesson 01

Perpetual Swaps

Futures Without Expiry

Traditional futures contracts have an expiry date. Perpetuals (or "perps") don't.

A perp is a contract that lets you bet on the price of an asset — going Long (expecting the price to go up) or Short (expecting the price to go down) — without ever owning the underlying token.

Instead of buying ETH itself, you open a position that tracks ETH price movement. Your profit or loss depends on how the price moves after you enter.

Orokai integrates non-custodial perps directly into its interface, so users can take leveraged positions without sending funds to a centralized exchange.

Real-Life Analogy

The Scoreboard Bet

Trading perps is like betting on the movement of a scoreboard without owning the team. You are not buying the asset itself — you are taking a position on whether its price will move up or down.

Direction Betting

Round 1 of 3

Watching price...