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Funding your Futures account

Transferring to and from Futures Wallets

Transfer funds on Kraken Pro web
To trade on the Kraken Pro web UI you will need to transfer funds from your spot wallet directly to your Multi-Collateral wallet.
Click on an action below to view step-by-step instructions:

Transfer funds from the Spot Wallet to the Futures Wallets

  • Navigate to the
    Portfolio
    tab and then click Futures
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  • Click the ‘Futures transfers’ button
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  • Choose the currency you wish to transfer and then enter the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure it meets our minimums.
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  • Click on ‘Preview Transfer’ to review the transfer details and then click ‘Confirm Transfer’. 
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  • Once submitted, you will see a green notification at the bottom right of the screen with your transfer details.
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  • After a few seconds your funds will be in your Futures account and you are ready to start trading. 

Transfer funds from the Futures Wallets to Kraken Spot

  • Navigate to the
    Portfolio
    tab and then click Futures
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  • Click the ‘Futures transfers’ button
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  • Choose the currency you wish to transfer and then enter the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure the direction of the transfer is from Futures to Spot and that it meets our minimums.
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  • Click on ‘Preview Transfer’ to review the transfer details and then click ‘Confirm Transfer’. 
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  • Once submitted you will see the pop up and after a few seconds your funds will be in your Spot wallet.
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Transfer funds on Kraken Pro mobile
To trade on the Kraken Pro mobile app you will need to transfer funds from your spot wallet directly to your Multi-Collateral wallet.
Click on an action below to view step-by-step instructions:

Transfer funds from the Spot Wallet to the Futures Multi-Collateral Wallet

  • Navigate to the Portfolio tab
  • Click the ‘Transfer’ button
  • Choose the currency you wish to transfer
    .
  • Enter in the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure it meets our minimums. 
  • Click on ‘Transfer’
  • Swipe to confirm the transfer and you will see a summary of your transfer. 
  • Once submitted, after a few seconds your funds will be in your Futures account and you are ready to start trading

Transfer funds from the Futures Multi-Collateral Wallet to Kraken Spot

  • Navigate to the Portfolio tab
  • Click the ‘Transfer’ button
  • Choose the currency you wish to transfer
  • Enter in the amount you wish to transfer.Make sure the direction is from Futures to Spot and that it meets our minimums 
  • Click on ‘Transfer’
  • Swipe to confirm the transfer and you will see a summary of your transfer. 
  • Once submitted, after a few seconds your funds will be in your Spot account.
Transfer funds from the Kraken.com (Classic) UI to the futures.kraken.com platform
To trade on the futures.kraken.com platform you'll need to transfer funds from your Kraken Spot Wallet to one of the Futures Trading Wallets.
Each Futures account supports two distinct wallet classes:
  • Futures Holding Wallet: This wallet acts as a way to segregate funds from your trading wallets to ensure that funds inside it are not at risk when trading. Can also be used for transfers to/from your spot wallet as well as transfers to/from your Futures Trading Wallets.
  • Futures Trading Wallet: Used for trading and margining for positions. All funds in this wallet are at risk when trading its respective contract(s). There is a choice of both Single-Collateral and Multi-Collateral trading wallets.
Click on an action below to view more information and step-by-step instructions:

Setting Cross-Exchange Transfer Preferences

You are able to set your cross-exchange transfer wallet preference, which will allow you to set which of your trading wallets (Single-Collateral or Multi-Collateral) you would prefer your funds to land into once a transfer from the spot exchange is completed. 

Note: If the currency you transfer from spot is not a supported collateral currency for your preferred wallet type, it will land in the alternate trading wallet.

If the transfer preferences are not set, the funds will land inside your Holding Wallet. However, if your transfer preferences are not set by the 21st of March, they will automatically be set to the Multi-Collateral wallet by default. 

You should be prompted to change your preferences when logging into your futures account if they are not set, however here is a step by step process of how you can amend or set them:
  • Navigate to the Settings page > Inbound Transfers tab.
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  • Click on the drop-down field, choose your preferred landing wallet for spot -> futures transfers and then click save.
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  • If the preference has been successfully set, you will be prompted with a green snackbar alert at the bottom right hand side of the platform.
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Transfer funds from Spot to Futures

  • Navigate to the Funding tab.
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  • Click the Transfer button for the cryptocurrency you wish to transfer to Kraken Futures.
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  • Enter the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure it meets our minimums.
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  • Click the Transfer button and then the Submit button. Note: if you have 2FA for deposits and withdrawals enabled, you will have to enter your 2FA code to transfer funds to your Futures Wallet.
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  • You’ll receive a notification at the bottom of the page to confirm that the transfer was successful. You can see a list of your past transfers on the Wallets tab under 'Cross Exchange Transfers'.
  • Launch Futures from the Trade tab to see your funds in Kraken Futures.
  • The funds will have landed in your preferred wallet:
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  • In order to open a position you’ll need to move funds to your Futures Trading wallet.

Transfer funds from Futures to Spot

  • Navigate to Wallets on the Futures interface and select Withdraw for the cryptocurrency you wish to transfer.
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  • Enter the amount you wish to transfer.
  • Review the transfer and click Withdraw to Kraken.
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  • You will get a confirmation that the transfer was requested. Click View status on Kraken to see the transfer in your Spot Wallet.
  • The funds will have landed in your Spot Wallet:
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Transfer funds between Futures Wallets

  • Click on Transfer next to the asset you wish to send to a trading wallet.
  • Choose which wallet to fund; Single-Collateral, Multi-Collateral or Holding Wallet. Please note that the Multi-Collateral Trading wallet will be selected as the destination wallet by default. Clicking on the “To” drop-down will let you change the destination to Single-Collateral Trading wallet or toggle between them.
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  • Enter the amount you wish to transfer in the “Amount” field or click “Max” to automatically choose the entire wallet balance for the chosen asset.
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  • Click “Submit Transfer” to confirm. Your collateral will then be available in either Single-Collateral, Multi-Collateral or Holding Wallets as requested.
  • The balances will update in the logs section of your account:
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Transfer Minimums

Transfers between spot and futures are free, seamless, and typically take less than 10 seconds to complete.
Note: these minimums only apply for transfers between spot and futures. They do not apply to transfers between futures trading wallets.

Minimum Transfer Amounts

Crypto
Spot to Futures
Futures to Spot
Bitcoin
0.00001 BTC
0.00000001 BTC
Ethereum
0.0001 ETH
0.0001 ETH
Arbitrum
0.001 ARB
0.00001 ARB
Avalanche
0.000001 AVAX
0.0001 AVAX
Bitcoin Cash
0.0001 BCH
0.0001 BCH
Cardano
0.01 ADA
0.01 ADA
Celestia
0.000001 TIA
0.00001 TIA
Chainlink
0.01 LINK
0.01 LINK
Cosmos
0.01 ATOM
0.01 ATOM
Dogecoin
0.01 DOGE
0.00000001 DOGE
Filecoin
0.01 FIL
0.01 FIL
Injective
0.000001 INJ
0.00001 INJ
Kusama
0.000001 KSM
0.00001 KSM
Litecoin
0.0001 LTC
0.0001 LTC
Matic
0.01 MATIC
0.01 MATIC
Mina
0.000001 MINA
0.00001 MINA
Polkadot
0.01 DOT
0.01 DOT
Ripple
0.01 XRP
0.004 XRP
Sei
0.000001 SEI
0.00001 SEI
Solana
0.01 SOL
0.01 SOL
The Graph
0.000001 GRT
0.00001 GRT
TRON
0.000001 TRX
0.00001 TRX
Cash & Stablecoins
Spot to Futures
Futures to Spot
US Dollar
1 USD
1 USD
Euro
1 EUR
1 EUR
British Pound
1 GBP
1 GBP
Tether EURt
1 EURT
1 EURT
USD Coin
1 USDC
1 USDC
USD Tether
1 USDT
1 USDT
PayPal USD
1 PYUSD
1 PYUSD
PAX Gold
1 PAXG
1 PAXG