How to Spot PayPal USD Risks with Signals
Identify and monitor risk factors in your PYUSD holdings with health signals.
PayPal USD Risk Overview
PayPal USD is designed to contribute to the opportunity stablecoins offer for payments and is 100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. PayPal USD is redeemable 1:1 for U.S. dollars and is issued by Paxos Trust Company.
Understanding PayPal USD Risk Signals
Fundamentally provides 7 types of risk signals to help you monitor your PayPal USD (PYUSD) position. These signals combine your Focus score, market timing (CBBI), and position sizing to alert you when conditions warrant attention.
Risk Signals for PayPal USD
- Concentration Risk: Your PYUSD position exceeds your bet size range
- Liquidity Risk: Your position is large relative to daily trading volume
- Volatility Risk: Large price swings combined with meaningful position size
- Focus-Timing Mismatch: High Focus but unfavorable market timing
- FOMO Risk: Good timing but low Focus score
- Cleanup Candidate: Very small position with low Focus
- Overweight Poor Timing: Above bet size range during unfavorable conditions
Volatility Context
PayPal USD currently exhibits stable price action with a 24-hour volatility of 0%. As a stablecoin, PYUSD is designed to maintain price stability, but this doesn't eliminate all risks such as de-pegging events or protocol vulnerabilities.
How Fundamentally Monitors PayPal USD Risks
View Your Signals
7 Risk SignalsOpen the Signals page to see which risk signals are active for PayPal USD. Each signal tells you specifically what risk is present in your PYUSD position.
Understand Each Signal
Clear ExplanationsConcentration Risk triggers when PYUSD exceeds your bet size range. Volatility Risk signals you to large price swings. Focus-Timing Mismatch warns when market conditions don't favor your position.
Take Informed Action
You DecideUse the Investment Calculator to determine how much PayPal USD to rebalance if needed. Signals are informational—you decide what action to take based on your strategy.
Concentration Risk
Signals when your PYUSD position exceeds the bet size range based on your Focus score.
Liquidity Risk
Monitors when your PayPal USD position is large relative to daily trading volume.
Volatility Risk
Tracks PYUSD price swings and signals when volatility affects your position.
Timing Signals
Combines your Focus for PayPal USD with CBBI market timing to identify mismatches.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fundamentally monitors 7 risk signals for PayPal USD: Concentration Risk, Liquidity Risk, Volatility Risk, Focus-Timing Mismatch, FOMO Risk, Cleanup Candidate, and Overweight Poor Timing. These combine your PYUSD Focus score, position size, and market conditions.
Stablecoins like PayPal USD can lose their peg during market stress or reserve issues. Monitor PYUSD reserve composition, redemption mechanisms, and historical peg stability when evaluating concentration risk.
Stablecoins like PayPal USD face de-peg risk rather than typical volatility. Monitor PYUSD reserve health, audit reports, and any deviation from the $1 peg. Concentration Risk still applies if you hold too much in a single stablecoin.
Monitor PayPal USD Risk Signals
Stay informed about risks in your portfolio with Fundamentally's signal system.