Perpetual Trading

Trade perpetual futures directly from 7.Exchange. Go long or short with leverage across a wide range of markets, with matching handled off-chain for speed and settlement on-chain — your funds stay in your custody from start to finish.

How it works

1. Deposit collateral into your perps account from a supported chain. Positions are settled in USDC.
2. Pick a market (for example, BTC-PERP) and choose your direction — long or short.
3. Set leverage and size, then place a market or limit order.
4. Manage the position — add margin, set take-profit or stop-loss, and close it partially or fully whenever you want.

Order placement, changes, and cancellations are gasless — they’re signed locally and matched off the orderbook. Only deposits and withdrawals are on-chain transactions.

Key properties

• Self-custody Your funds sit in your own perps account. Nothing is held by a custodian.
• Cross or isolated margin Cross margin shares collateral across all your positions; isolated margin caps risk to a single position. Both are available on every market.
• Deep shared liquidity Orders route into a shared omnichain orderbook, aggregating depth across chains for tighter pricing and lower slippage.
• USDC settlement, stablecoin collateral Contracts are quoted and settled in USDC. You can post any collateral we accept as margin — see Margin & collateral.
• Up to 50x leverage The maximum depends on the market.

Use cases

• Going short to profit from, or hedge against, a falling market
• Gaining leveraged exposure without holding the underlying asset
• Hedging spot positions you already trade on 7.Exchange

Learn more

• Getting started with perps
• Margin & collateral
• Funding rates
• Liquidation
• Perps fees