Going Long? Buying futures requires cash. If held to maturity, the long holder will receive physical delivery of bitcoin.
Going Short? Selling futures requires bitcoin. If held to maturity, the short holder will physically deliver bitcoin to the long contract holder.
- Navigate to Futures tab
- Select the contract you want to trade to load the order form
- Enter the number of contracts you want to trade
- Review or edit the price
- Click Preview Order
Note: LedgerX mini contracts are quoted in 1/100 BTC; i.e. 100 contracts have 1 BTC as the underlying.
Investors can trade out of their position or hold to maturity and, if long, take delivery of BTC. All orders are executed on our central limit order book, with full price transparency on market depth. Negotiated block trades are also printed on the central limit order book.
Historical daily trading data are posted on our website, including each day’s (as of 4pm EST) last bid/ask, 24 hour volume, open interest and volume weighted average price (VWAP). See historical data here.
Note: We do not offer margin on futures trading at this time. All contracts are fully funded.