Multi-Collateral Linear Futures
The Multi-Collateral wallet allows traders the flexibility to deposit a variety of collateral currencies to back their positions. Neither base nor the quote currency is needed as collateral to trade and all collaterals are valued in USD for margining under a single wallet with cross or isolated margin.
Haircuts and conversion fees apply to non-USD collateral currencies.
The following collateral currencies are supported:
| Collateral Asset | Ticker | Haircut | Conversion Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | USD | 0% | N/A |
| Euro | EUR | 1% | 0.05% |
| British Pound | GBP | 1% | 0.05% |
| USD Coin | USDC | 1% | 0.05% |
| USD Tether | USDT | 1% | 0.05% |
| Tether EURt | EURT | 3% | 0.5% |
| PAX Gold | PAXG | 3% | 0.5% |
| Bitcoin | BTC | 3% | 0.5% |
| Ethereum | ETH | 3% | 0.5% |
| Cardano | ADA | 5% | 0.5% |
| Dogecoin | DOGE | 5% | 0.5% |
| Polygon | MATIC | 5% | 0.5% |
| Ripple | XRP | 5% | 0.5% |
| Chainlink | LINK | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| Cosmos | ATOM | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| Litecoin | LTC | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| Polkadot | DOT | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| Solana | SOL | 7.5% | 0.5% |
| Arbitrum | ARB | 10% | 0.5% |
| Filecoin | FIL | 10% | 0.5% |
Interest and auto-conversions can apply to unrealised losses uncovered by USD, depending on the value of the loss. See Fees for Multi-Collateral Futures for more information.
What is a haircut? When does it apply?
A haircut is a reduction in the value of a collateral asset that may be used as margin.
This applies to both non-USD funds in the margin wallet as well as non-USD unrealised Profit/Loss and funding (See Unrealized as Margin).
Haircuts only apply to collateral for Multi-Collateral contracts.
Haircut Example
A trader has 0.5 BTC in their multi-collateral wallet and the current bitcoin-dollar index price is 35,000.
The balance value of this is 17,500 USD.
The haircut rate for BTC is 4%, meaning for collateral currency purposes this 0.5 BTC counts for 16,800 USD towards their multi-collateral margin.
This 16,800 USD equivalent is what can be used for collateral to back new orders and positions.
|
Asset Balance |
0.5 BTC |
|---|---|
|
Balance Value (Asset Balance * Index Value) |
(0.5 BTC * 35,000) = 17,500 USD |
|
Collateral Value (Amount in collateral asset * index value) * (1 - haircut rate) |
(0.5 BTC * 35,000) * (1 - 0.04) = 16,800 USD |
Single-Collateral Inverse Futures
Single-Collateral Inverse contracts* only allow the base currency of the pair to be used as collateral.
Each collateral currency has a separate wallet and each wallet's collateral supports trading of both perpetual and fixed maturity contracts.
e.g. if trading a BTC/USD contract, the only collateral allowed would be BTC.
*Only available on legacy UI
| Wallet | Collateral | Index | Haircut |
|---|---|---|---|
| FI_BTCUSD | BTC | BRTI | N/A |
| FI_ETHUSD | ETH | ETHUSD_RTI | N/A |
| FI_LTCUSD | LTC | LTCUSD_RTI | N/A |
| FI_XRPUSD | XRP | XRPUSD_RTI | N/A |
| FI_BCHUSD | BCH | BCHUSD_RTI | N/A |