We are excited to announce that futures trading is now available in our new KrakenPro Web interface. With this upgrade, we are delivering an all-in-one crypto experience that unlocks powerful trading opportunities for our clients.
Kraken Pro web users can now leverage the capital efficiency of futures contracts to gain long and short exposure, trade without owning the underlying asset, and develop more advanced spot futures strategies and perpetual.
Kraken Pro currently supports up to $95 of perpetual linear futures. Start today!
The trip
Our first futures trading platform www.futures.kraken.com raised the standard for crypto futures trading when it launched in 2020.
Recognizing the importance of futures in a wide range of trading strategies, we have integrated all the advanced features of futures.kraken.com into the intuitive and dynamic user experience of Kraken Pro.
By allowing you to manage all of your crypto trading activities – including spot, margin, staking and now futures – from a unified interface, we believe Kraken Pro has once again set the standard. Of the industry.
Why trade futures with Kraken Pro?
With futures contracts taker fees as low as 0.01%Kraken Pro offers some of the lowest futures trading fees in the industry.
From a unified interface, you can seamlessly transfer over 15 assets from your Spot wallet to your Futures wallet to use as collateral to trade various perpetual markets without having to own the underlying cryptocurrency.
For example, maybe you hold ETH in your Spot wallet and want to take advantage of price changes in DOT without having to own DOT. You can transfer your ETH from your Spot wallet to Futures and open a DOT position through the DOT perpetual future. Futures contracts on Kraken Pro allow you to earn potential profits in your preferred currency, allowing for more adaptive trading strategies and efficient portfolio management.
With an ever-growing selection of now more Cross Margin Perpetual Futures 95 USD and the ability to trade with leverage, you can use Kraken Pro’s all-in-one functionality to manage your spot and futures portfolios.
Kraken Pro’s integrated futures trading experience offers:
- Quick and seamless transitions between spot and futures markets
- Easy management of spot and forward positions and collateral from a unified interface
- An intuitive portfolio view that tracks the historical performance of your balances
- Conveniently track your term balance on the go with the Kraken Pro app
- Trading analytics to display time series of open interest rates and perpetual funding rates
Open the door to sophistication business opportunities
Futures trading with Kraken Pro allows you to be more capital efficient through the use of leverage, allowing you to hold larger positions with a smaller initial margin requirement .
Futures trading can also allow you to benefit from a blanket. By managing both spot and forward execution, position management, and portfolio in a single interface, Kraken Pro makes it easy to reduce execution expenses and potential tax liabilities while effectively managing risk exposure. .
Finally, the integration of futures trading in Kraken Pro makes it easier for you to execute futures trading strategies. By exploiting the delta between the spot price and the futures price, you can capture arbitration Funding spread opportunities using Kraken Pro.
These examples show how Kraken Pro allows you to spot signals, take action, and manage risk from a single, consolidated interface.
How to start
If you are located in an eligible jurisdiction with mid-tier (3) or higher verificationyou can easily start trading futures on Kraken Pro.
After opening Kraken Pro, select “Futures” from the market selector and choose one of the many perpetual markets offered. By clicking “Unlock” in the futures order form, you can activate the futures contracts after agreeing to the terms and conditions.
Please note that futures trading on Kraken Pro only supports multi-collateral portfolio at this time. Clients of Kraken Futures who wish to trade Single Collateral Futures can continue to use futures.kraken.com for the time being.
Former futures.kraken.com customers can simply log into Kraken Pro using your current login information. All account information will automatically reflect your current multi-collateral trading activity and past trading history. Holding Wallet or Single-Collateral Wallet balances are not accessible from Kraken Pro and are only accessible from futures.kraken.com at this time.
A hand
To help you get started with the powerful features of Kraken Pro, we’ve created a range of resources that will support your futures trading.
We have:
- A intro videoproviding a step-by-step guide to the new Kraken Pro platform and newly integrated futures trading
- Updated support articles to help you get started with Kraken Pro and understand new features and functionality, including:
- 24/7 Supportensuring you have the help and support you need to make a smooth transition to Kraken Pro
Are you new to all the possibilities offered by futures trading? Check out our article on the Kraken Learn Center What are Crypto Futures Contracts? to start.
The future of Kraken Pro
We are committed to providing an unparalleled trading experience. The integration of futures trading within Kraken Pro is an important step in our mission to achieve this goal.
As you start trading futures on Kraken Pro, we appreciate your valuable feedback as we continue to introduce the improvements you need.
Get started with Kraken Pro today and stay tuned for many more updates coming this year!
Geographic restrictions apply.
Trading in futures, derivatives and other instruments using leverage involves an element of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Read Kraken Risk Disclosure to learn more.
