How USDT-Margined Precious Metals Perpetual Futures Work
Summary
The FAQ explains Bitget’s USDT-margined perpetual futures tied to gold and silver price indices, as well as token-linked contracts. Traders use USDT for margin and settlement, can take long or short positions, and trade without a fixed expiry. Funding payments are described as a mechanism intended to keep contract prices near their reference indices. The guide distinguishes the gold index from tokenized gold, whose price may diverge from the index.
It outlines trading hours, leverage, fees, risk controls, and a basic setup process. It also notes that round-the-clock access can coincide with thinner liquidity in the underlying markets, while leverage magnifies losses. Suggested low leverage, small positions, and take-profit or stop-loss orders are general risk-management guidance, not evidence of a tested strategy. The FAQ does not provide detailed fee figures or performance data, and its product availability and terms may change.
Key ideas
- These contracts provide leveraged exposure to precious metals indices with USDT used for margin and settlement.
- Perpetual contracts have no expiry and use funding payments intended to keep prices near their reference indices.
- Gold-index contracts and token-linked gold contracts can track different prices.
- Continuous trading may expose traders to thinner liquidity when underlying markets are less active.
- Higher leverage lowers required margin while increasing the risk of rapid losses.
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