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Derivatives contracts trading suspensions & delistings
Kraken Derivatives may temporarily suspend trading in and/or permanently delist derivative contracts from our platform at any time.
These actions are not taken lightly and will generally only occur in exceptional circumstances.

What would cause a suspension or delisting?

Temporary trading suspensions or contract delistings may occur for a variety of reasons to ensure a fair and orderly market.
Some examples that may lead to suspension/delisting:
  • Extreme volatility
  • Hard forks
  • Issues with the general operations of a contract’s underlying asset
  • Issues with a contract’s underlying index
  • Regulatory or legal concerns
  • Rebranding or migration of the underlying asset
When possible, we will notify clients in advance via platform notification and our status page.
We reserve the right to take these actions without advance notice in extenuating circumstances.

Temporary Trading Suspension

In the event of a disorderly market we may temporarily set a contract to “post-only”.
“Post-only” means that only limit orders that do not cross the order book can be placed. During the post-only period, no executions or liquidations can occur until after the post-only mode is removed.
It is possible that, upon placing a temporary suspension on the trading of a derivatives contract of an asset, the spot market of such asset becomes sufficiently orderly, in which case trading of the derivatives contract may be re-enabled.
In some cases Kraken Derivatives may delist a derivatives contract shortly after a temporary suspension has been placed.

Contract Delisting

On occasion Kraken Derivatives may delist a contract due to one or more of the reasons outlined above.
A contract delisting involves the complete suspension of trading, settlement of the contract and removal of the contract from the platform indefinitely.
A fair and reasonable settlement price will be determined by Kraken at our sole discretion.
Contracts may be settled with a volume-weighted and time-segmented TWAP methodology that incorporates deviation safeguards to spot transactions.
A contract may be set to “post-only” prior to delisting, however this is not a guarantee.

Upcoming Delistings

<Any upcoming delistings will be listed here>

Delisted Derivatives Contracts

The settlement prices are calculated by applying a volume weighted, time segmented TWAP methodology that incorporate deviation safeguards to spot transactions observed in the underlying spot markets operated on the constituent exchanges in a 60-minute observation period.
The table below details delisted contracts and their settlement prices:
Symbol
Settlement Date
Observation
Settlement Price
PF_LUNAUSD
12-May-2022
9 to 10 London time
0.107 USD
PF_SRMUSD
15-Nov-2022
15 to 16 London time
0.2905 USD
PF_DEFIUSD
29-Dec-2023
15 to 16 London time
359.27 USD
PF_FETUSD*
7-Jun-2024
11 to 12 London time
2.0218 USD
PF_OCEANUSD
7-Jun-2024
11 to 12 London time
0.8642 USD
PF_GALUSD
22-Jul-2024
10 to 11 London time
3.91037 USD
PF_RNDRUSD
26-Jul-2024
15 to 16 London time
6.7845 USD
PF_ANTUSD
05-Aug-2024
10 to 11 London time
6.21 USD
PF_WAVESUSD
19-Aug-2024
14 to 15 London time
1.06208 USD
PF_MATICUSD
30-Aug-2024
15 to 16 London time
0.4139 USD
PF_DARUSD
3-Jan-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.17359 USD
PF_FTMUSD
10-Jan-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.681675 USD
PF_UNFIUSD
10-Jan-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.769877 USD
PF_BONDUSD
10-Jan-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.536801 USD
PF_TUSDUSD
10-Jan-2025
7 to 8 London time
1.0000047402055923 USD
PF_L3USD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.0927309312031117 USD
PF_KEYUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.000738526271186439 USD
PF_LOOMUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.048110096471242 USD
PF_WENUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.0000346705362600713 USD
PF_REEFUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.000716702736871352 USD
PF_BLZUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.0406580341761601 USD
PF_GHSTUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.593307836899135 USD
PF_OMGUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.255689664906917 USD
PF_OGUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
3.75697904973603 USD
PF_LITUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
1.01333296554598 USD
PF_LISTAUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.28624789524868 USD
PF_CLOUDUSD
14-Feb-2025
7 to 8 London time
0.11362168741317 USD
* PF_FETUSD resumed trading on November 28, 2024. See Linear Multi-Collateral Derivatives Contract Specifications