The document explains how futures margin supports leveraged positions and distinguishes initial margin from maintenance margin. Initial margin is tied mainly to position value and leverage, while maintenance margin is the threshold for keeping a position…
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This article compares USDT-margined stock perpetual futures with conventional brokerage access to U.S. equities. It describes the derivatives as index-tracking contracts that allow long or short exposure and trading outside standard U.S. market hours. The…
The article explains how attacks on tankers and risks to Middle East shipping routes can add a geopolitical premium to crude prices, even before physical supply is interrupted. It pairs this supply-side risk with possible changes in Chinese demand, global…
This dated market bulletin summarizes crypto prices, trading activity, and sentiment across spot and futures markets. It reports Bitcoin and Ethereum’s 24-hour price changes, highlights selected altcoin gainers and losers, and notes price ranges for BGB and…
This dated bulletin summarizes crypto market capitalization, market-wide and exchange spot volume, a fear-and-greed reading, selected cryptocurrency prices, and the day’s leading listed gainers. It also reports crypto futures open interest and…
This dated market bulletin records broad crypto market capitalization, trading volumes, a fear-and-greed reading, selected spot prices, leading daily gainers, and Bitcoin futures indicators. The futures section includes open interest, its share attributed to…
The guide explains a unified margin framework for eligible institutions holding crypto, stablecoins, tokenized U.S. equities, and derivatives. It describes how supported assets can contribute adjusted collateral value across products, with collateral ratios…
The guide describes take-profit and stop-loss settings as conditional closing instructions for an open futures position. Traders can define a trigger using a contract price, estimated return on investment, percentage change from an entry reference, or…
This guide distinguishes Bitget’s routes to gold and U.S. stock price exposure. Gold is offered through contracts for difference, which allow long or short positions using USDT margin without owning physical metal. The article lists gold pairs against…
The article compares two crypto-platform products that provide exposure to U.S. stock prices: tokenized stocks and USDT-margined perpetual futures. Tokenized stocks are presented as spot-style exposure without leverage by default. Stock perps allow long or…
This guide explains why Bitget uses separate accounts for spot trading, isolated and cross spot margin, USDC- and coin-margined futures, USDT-margined futures, and peer-to-peer transactions. Users move funds from the Spot account into the account that…
The document explains why a displayed bid-ask spread alone is an incomplete measure of execution quality in MSTR futures. It recommends checking top-of-book size, nearby depth, slippage, and book stability, while accounting for funding costs and expected…
The guide explains how selected tokenized U.S. stock and ETF exposures, called rTokens, may serve as collateral in supported account modes for futures trading. Rather than selling the tokens for USDT, eligible users can contribute them to a shared margin…
The article explains how traders can limit market impact when executing large TSLAUSDT perpetual futures orders. It recommends measuring the spread and cumulative order-book depth, estimating the full order’s average fill price, setting a slippage limit, and…
This daily market bulletin summarizes spot prices, leading altcoin movers, and futures activity as of December 21, 2022. It reports Bitcoin and Ethereum price changes, the daily ranges for Bitcoin and BGB, and the top three gainers and losers. The futures…
This dated market bulletin summarizes spot price movements and futures positioning for cryptocurrencies. It reports Bitcoin and Ethereum prices, selected altcoin gainers and losers, market capitalization and trading volume, then shifts to aggregate futures…
This daily bulletin presents a snapshot of crypto spot prices, trading activity, and futures positioning. It reports Bitcoin and Ethereum moves, altcoin performance, daily gainers and losers, and brief descriptions of selected tokens. Its futures section…
This dated market bulletin combines spot-price moves with futures activity for major cryptocurrencies and selected altcoins. It reports daily price ranges and percentage changes, identifies the day’s largest listed gainers and losers, and gives aggregate…
This article compares seven crypto platforms offering some combination of spot margin, futures, and perpetual contracts. Its selection framework emphasizes order-book depth and execution, trading fees and funding or borrowing costs, security, regional…
The document explains that a spot Bitcoin ETF holds actual Bitcoin, while a futures-based Bitcoin ETF gives exposure through futures contracts. It describes a fund beginning with a seed allocation and says the share value is linked to Bitcoin's spot price.…
The article argues that major policy events can produce sharp moves in either direction, making spot-only holdings difficult to manage. It describes futures as a way to take short positions, express a directional view, or hedge a long-term spot allocation…
The article describes Internet Computer (ICP), its role as the network’s utility and governance token, and features such as canister smart contracts, on-chain hosting, and a developer-funded resource model. Its market focus is a rally during broader crypto…
The guide explains how traders can obtain Tesla price exposure using USDT-margined derivatives on a crypto platform. It distinguishes this exposure from buying TSLA shares: the instruments described are derivatives, so they do not confer voting rights or…
This weekly newsletter summarizes crypto market activity for January 15–21, 2024, with emphasis on BGB, Bitcoin, and Bitget trading statistics. It reports a modest weekly rise in BGB alongside lower volume, and says BGB returned to a narrow range around a…