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Binance Funding History: Event Time vs Retrieval Time

Funding history records fundingTime — when each rate settled. Predicted rates read before settlement have no such time unless you record it.

By ChartsPod Editorial Team · Reviewed by ChartsPod Research
Published · Updated · 5 min read

Short answer

Binance's funding history returns fundingRate, fundingTime, markPrice and rateType per settlement, ascending, with the most recent 200 by default. fundingTime is the event time. The premium index endpoint reports lastFundingRate and nextFundingTime for the current period — a forecast until settlement. Keep settled history and live readings separate, and store retrieval time for live readings.

Which times the data carries

TimePresent?Meaning
fundingTimeYesSettlement time
nextFundingTimePremium indexUpcoming settlement
Retrieval timeNoRecord for live reads
IntervalfundingInfoVaries by symbol

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What to record yourself

Field to storeWhy
fundingTimeEvent key for settled rates
retrieved_atFor live readings
nextFundingTimeWhich period a live read belongs to
interval hoursAnnualisation
rateTypeAs returned
Binance Funding History: a stored recordBinance Funding History: a stored record: fundingTime — Event key for settled rates; retrieved_at — For live readings; nextFundingTime — Which period a live read belongs to; interval hours — Annualisation; rateType — As returned.fundingTimeEvent key for settled ratesretrieved_atFor live readingsnextFundingTimeWhich period a live read belongs tointerval hoursAnnualisationrateTypeAs returned
Every binance funding history row carries its own clock. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Example

Binance Funding History: event vs retrieval (illustrative)Binance Funding History: event vs retrieval (illustrative): 08:00: Settled: 0.010%; 11:30: Live read: lastFundingRate; 16:00: Settled: 0.018%; STORE: Settled by fundingTime; live by retrieved_at.08:00Settled: 0.010%11:30Live read: lastFundingRate16:00Settled: 0.018%STORESettled by fundingTime; liveby retrieved_at
Two clocks, one record. Original ChartsPod editorial graphic.

Illustrative: a dataset mixes hourly live reads and 8-hour settlements under one 'time' column; charted together, they look like a jumpy funding series that never existed.

Related: Binance Funding History: Null vs Zero - Handle Missing Fields Correctly, AI Crypto Funding Analysis: How to Check Timestamps Before Trusting the Answer.

Keep settled history and live readings separate, and store retrieval time for live readings.

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Questions readers ask

What is fundingTime?

When a funding rate settled.

Are live readings settled?

No; they're forecasts until settlement.

How do I store both?

Separately, with fundingTime or retrieval time.

Sources and methodology

Field definitions come from DEX Screener's API reference and CoinGecko's onchain API documentation, read 17 October 2026. Where a schema doesn't document a timestamp, this guide says so and recommends recording retrieval time yourself.

  1. Binance USD-M: Get Funding Rate History — fundingTime per settlement; default most recent 200.
  2. Binance: USD-M Futures market data API — trades, depth, funding and open interest.

This article explains research tools and workflows. It is not financial advice, does not recommend buying or selling any asset and does not predict prices. Crypto derivatives carry a risk of rapid and total loss of margin.

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