How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX

How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX


Crypto Futures Explained


What are Futures Contracts?

Futures contracts are an important part of traditional finance: They are highly complex financial instruments used by advanced or technical investors. Investors, companies, and governments use derivatives such as futures contracts to safeguard their exposure to risk and asset price volatility.

A derivative is a type of financial contract that derives its value from an underlying asset. Traditionally, derivatives are used in markets such as commodities, currencies, stocks, or bonds. These contracts can be traded over-the-counter or through exchanges.


What are Cryptocurrency Futures?

In the crypto industry, the futures market is a rapidly growing sector that generates trillions in trading volume every month. Like stock options or commodity futures contracts, crypto futures can guard against volatility and adverse price changes. Crypto futures also act as a tool that investors can use to speculate on future crypto prices or hedge against changes in the price of a cryptocurrency.


Advantages of trading Crypto Futures

Flexibility: Non-crypto holders can speculate on the price of a cryptocurrency to make a profit. You can use USDT to open a crypto futures position, and you can choose to settle your profit in USDT.

Leverage: Gain significant exposure to a specific cryptocurrency with only a fraction of its total cost. With leverage, you can magnify small price movements to create profits that justify your time and effort.

Liquidity: Crypto Futures markets are extremely liquid, with transaction volumes reaching trillions in US dollars. Liquid markets are less risky because traders can enter and exit positions easily with minimal slippage.

Portfolio Diversification: Diversify your trading strategies to generate more profit. Traders are able to develop complex trading strategies, such as short selling, arbitrage, pair trading, and so on.


Transfer Funds into Your Futures Wallet

【PC】

In order to start trading ApolloX Futures, youll need to transfer funds into your Futures account from a funding account.

1. On the Futures Trading page, find the "Assets" widget and click [Transfer].
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2. Select the type of currency you want to transfer into your Futures account. Enter the amount and click [Confirm].
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3. After you finish, youll be able to see your current available balance in the "Assets" widget.
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4. If you need to transfer the available amount in your Futures account back to your funding account, you can click the [Swap] icon to change the direction of the transfer. Enter the amount you want to transfer and click [Confirm ].
How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX

【App】

In order to start trading ApolloX Futures, youll need to transfer funds into your Futures account from a funding account.

1. On the Futures page, find and click the arrows icon as shown below.
How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX
2. Select the type of currency you want to transfer into your Futures account. Enter the amount and click [Confirm].
How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX
3. After you finish, youll be able to see your current available balance on the Futures page.
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4. If you need to transfer the available amount in your Futures account back to your funding account, you can click the [Swap] icon to change the direction of the transfer. Enter the amount you want to transfer and click [Confirm ].
How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX


How to trade Futures

1.  Transfer funds into your Futures account to start trading.

2. Select the Futures contract you would like to trade. USDⓈ-M Perpetual Futures Contracts are linear contracts that use USDT as margin, as well as to settle profit and loss (PnL). Before opening a position, confirm that you are using the correct trading mode. You can click the [Preference] icon to set your preferences.
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3. There are several different order types that you can use to open a position on ApolloX. You can learn how to use the different order types under [Information] - [Guide].
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By trading Futures, you can make a profit off of market price fluctuations by opening a long or short position on a given contract.

If you decide to go long, it means that you expect the price of the contract youre buying to go up in the future, whereas if you decide to open a short position, it means that youre selling contracts and you expect the price to go down in the future.
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4. You can view your unrealized PnL (uPnL), estimated liquidation price, margin ratio, and other information about your current positions at the bottom of the candlestick chart.
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5. You can also click Close All Positions to close all of your open positions using a market or limit order once you enable this feature in [Preference].
How to Trade Crypto in ApolloX
Further reading: How to Calculate Unrealized PnL ROE for USDⓈ-M Perpetual Futures Contracts
  • If you choose to use the Mark Price as the benchmark price:
Unrealized PNL = Number of Contracts * Order Direction * (Mark Price - Entry Price)
ROE% =Unrealized PNL in USDT / Initial Margin = ( ( Mark Price - Entry Price ) * Order Direction * Number of Contracts ) / (Number of Contracts* Contract multiplier * Mark Price* Initial Margin Rate)
*Initial Margin Rate = 1 / Leverage Multiplier
 
  • If you choose to use the latest price as the benchmark price:
Unrealized PNL = Number of Contracts * Order Direction * (Mark Price - Entry Price)
ROE% = Unrealized PNL in USDT / Initial margin = ( ( Mark Price - Entry Price ) * Order Direction * Number of Contracts) ) / (Number of Contracts * Contract Multiplier * Mark Price* Initial Margin Rate)
Order Direction: 1 for long order;-1 for short order

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


Changing the Leverage Multiplier

1. The default leverage multiplier on ApolloX is 20x, but youre free to adjust it. The higher the leverage multiplier, the lower the notional value of your position.

Click the [20x] icon.
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2. Use the slider to adjust the leverage multiplier, then click [Confirm].
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3. Once you click Confirm, the leverage multiplier will be changed and the new leverage multiplier will be displayed. Make sure you select the correct leverage multiplier before opening a position.
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ApolloX Futures Transaction Fees


Futures transaction fees:

Maker fee: 0.02%; Taker fee: 0.07%

 
Definitions of "Maker" and "Taker"

What is a Maker Order?

When you place a Maker order, youll enter the order price (either higher or lower than the current market price) and rather than being filled immediately, your order will go onto the order book with the other orders. Your order will stay on the order book until another user takes the initiative to fill the order.


What is a Taker Order?

When you place a Taker order, youre taking the initiative to fill your order by trading with an existing order on the order book. Your order trades immediately by filling an existing order with a matching price.

 
How are transaction fees calculated?

Formula for USDⓈ-M Futures transaction fees:

Transaction fee = Nominal value × Transaction fee rate

Nominal value = Number of futures contracts × Transaction price

 
For ApolloX users, Maker fees are 0.02% and Taker fees are 0.07%.

Buying BTCUSDT Futures using a Market Order:

Nominal value

= Number of futures contracts × Transaction price

= 1 BTC × 49,000

= 49,000

As a Taker, you would pay a transaction fee of 49,000 × 0.07% = 34.3 USDT.


Once the price goes up, you can place a Maker sell order:

Nominal value

= Number of futures contracts × Transaction price

= 1 BTC x 49,500

= 49,500

As a Maker, you would pay a transaction fee of 49,500 × 0.02% = 9.9 USDT.
 

How to use the ApolloX Futures Calculator

You can use the ApolloX Futures Calculator to calculate your Initial Margin, PnL, and ROE for each order.

1. Click the [Calculator] icon as shown below.
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2. You can use the Calculator to calculate your PnL, Target Price, or Liquidation Price.
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3. After choosing an option, select [Long] or [Short], then enter the Entry Price, Exit Price, and Quantity. You can also adjust the leverage multiplier here. Fill in the order details, then click [Calculate]. ApolloX will then automatically calculate your Initial Margin, PnL, and ROE.
 
USDⓈ-M Perpetual Futures

Initial Margin = Quantity * Entry Price * Initial Margin Rate(IMR)

Initial Margin Rate (IMR) = 1 / leverage Multiplier

Calculation for PnL:

Long = (Exit Price - Entry Price) * Number of Contracts

Short = (Entry Price - Exit Price) * Number of Contracts

ROE% = PnL / Initial Margin = Order Direction * (1 - Entry Price / Exit Price) / Initial Margin Rate
 

How to change Margin Mode

1. Log in to ApolloX and go to the ApolloX Futures trading page. Select the Futures contract you want to trade, then click [Cross], as shown below.
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2. Here, youll see the different margin mode options. Click to select the margin mode you want to use, then click [Confirm].

*Switching margin mode will only apply for the current contract.
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3. The margin mode is changed once you click Confirm. Remember to select the correct margin mode whenever you open or execute an order.

Tips:
  1. The default margin mode is set to "Cross Margin" for all contracts.
  2. Changing margin mode will only apply for the current contract.
  3. Remember to select the correct margin mode whenever you open or execute an order.
  4. You wont be able to change the margin mode if you have any open positions or orders.
  5. In Cross Margin mode, all positions under the same margin asset share the same margin balance. For example, all USDT in your Futures wallet can be used for all USDT Futures trades.
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