Strike Finance

Strike Finance is a perpetuals exchange built on a dedicated execution layer with cross-chain settlement. It's the first trading provider whitelisted on the CrowdTime MCP server.

You only need to think about Strike if you want to trade. Our research tools work without any provider credentials configured.

After pairing, CrowdTime can only execute trades on your behalf using the Strike Finance protocol.

Builder Share Fee

CrowdTime is partly monetised through Strike's builder-fee share — no per-token or per-wallet subscription. By pairing your wallet, you agree to delegate a small 5 BPS fee on every trade executed via CrowdTime, which helps cover our operating costs.

Pairing

Connecting Strike is a one-signature step via Strike's Builder Connect flow. No API keys to copy or store.

1. Open the CrowdTime app and connect your Cardano wallet.
2. Click Permissions on the home page.
3. Pick Strike Finance from the provider dropdown.
4. Click Connect wallet and sign the CIP-30 challenge.

Status flips to Paired ✓. Every MCP token you've issued — or will issue in future — picks up the pairing automatically.

From the Permissions modal you can Reconnect (re-runs the pairing flow) or Remove (unpairs Strike; trading tools will fail until you re-pair, read-only tools are unaffected).

Seamless Connectivity

We use the builder connect flow to handle the handshake with Strike Finance gracefully. There is no API key, no secret, no hex string to back up.

Important Note: You are always in control. At any point, you can severe this connection by deleting the 'builder-crowdtime' directly in the Strike Finance API page.

Supported markets

CrowdTime uses an internal symbol convention (<asset>-PERP) and translates it to Strike's wire format (<asset>-USD) automatically. You only ever interact with the internal name.

Internal symbol	Strike symbol	Size precision (dp)	Tick size
BTC-PERP	BTC-USD	5	1
ADA-PERP	ADA-USD	0 (whole tokens)	0.00001
SOL-PERP	SOL-USD	2	0.001
ZEC-PERP	ZEC-USD	2	0.01
ETH-PERP	ETH-USD	3	0.1
NEAR-PERP	NEAR-USD	1	0.0001
SPCX-PERP	SPCX-USD	2	0.01

• Size precision is the max decimal places Strike accepts on quantity (base-asset units). E.g. 0.00125 BTC is fine; 0.001234 is rejected. The MCP server checks this server-side and fails fast before Strike ever sees it.
• Tick size is the minimum price increment for limit / TP / SL prices.
• Minimum notional: opening orders must be at least $10 USD (configurable via MCP_MIN_NOTIONAL_USD). Reduce-only orders are exempt, so you can always close dust.

Strike-side concepts

These show up in trading tool responses, so it's worth knowing them:

Term	What it means
Mark price	The authoritative price liquidation and PnL settle against. Always prefer this over candle close for entry/exit reasoning.
Reduce-only	An order that can only reduce an existing position, never open new exposure.
Trigger order	A resting order activated when mark crosses stop_price (TPs, SLs).
Strategy order	A single submission that defines an entry + TP + optional SL, with OCO between the exit legs (strike_place_bracket_limit).
Status enums	2=open, 3=filled, 4=canceled, 5=untriggered, 6=rejected, 7=expired. Used by strike_get_order_history.