Gate Futures Trading Features: An Advanced Guide from Perptual Futures to Perp DEX

The opportunities and risks in the encryption world are magnified in Futures Trading. As a global leading Crypto Assets trading platform, Gate provides a complete Futures Trading solution ranging from centralized Perptual Futures to decentralized Perp DEX, catering to the needs of traders with different risk preferences and capital scales.

As of December 2, 2025, Gate's Futures Trading ecosystem is undergoing a profound transformation, with not only the traditional Perptual Futures functions continuously optimized, but also the innovative decentralized Futures Trading platform Gate Perp DEX officially launched, providing users with more choices.

01 Gate Perptual Futures Core Features

Gate Perptual Futures supports leverage up to 125 times, providing traders with the possibility of amplified returns. The platform offers two margin modes: cross margin and isolated margin. In cross margin mode, all cross margin trading pairs share the margin, while in isolated margin mode, each transaction has its own independent margin.

In terms of order types, Gate offers various placing methods such as limit orders, market orders, and take profit and stop loss orders. For more complex trading strategies, the platform also supports Futures Trading grid trading, where users can choose from three methods: Ultra AI, recommended bots, or manual configuration.

Gate Perptual Futures cover a wide range of trading pairs. For example, with IP token Perptual Futures, users can profit from predicting price fluctuations without holding the actual asset. The minimum transfer amount is 0.0001 USDT, and the maximum transfer amount is 100000 USDT.

02 Fee Structure and VIP System

Gate's Futures Trading fee structure is transparent and competitive. The platform adopts a tiered fee rate system, where users with larger trading volumes enjoy higher rate discounts.

The table below shows part of the fee structure for Gate Futures Trading:

Users holding BNB can enjoy an additional 25% fee discount. For traders using USDC for Futures Trading, the platform also offers a specially optimized rate structure.

03 Innovative Products: Gate Perp DEX

Gate Perp DEX is a decentralized Perptual Futures trading platform built on Gate's self-developed second-layer network, Gate Layer, and is set to officially launch at the end of September 2025.

The core advantage of this platform lies in asset sovereignty—user assets are all held in audited smart contracts, allowing users to control their private keys through a Web3 wallet. All transactions and asset changes are recorded on-chain in real-time, ensuring that the process is transparent and traceable.

Gate Perp DEX supports up to 125x leverage and offers 447 trading markets. The platform supports multiple mainstream public chains such as Ethereum, BSC, Solana, and Base, allowing users to freely use various assets like USDT, USDC, ETH, BTC as collateral for cross-chain deposits.

With the Gate Layer technology, the transaction confirmation speed can reach second-level, and the Gas cost is reduced by about 95% compared to the Ethereum mainnet.

04 Platform Security and Asset Protection

In terms of security, Gate adopts industry-standard cold wallet storage solutions, with over 95% of user assets stored offline. The platform implements a multi-signature mechanism, requiring the consent of at least three authorized nodes for any withdrawal operation.

Users can enable a combination of various security measures such as two-factor authentication, facial recognition, and email verification to prevent unauthorized access to their accounts. The platform has long-term partnerships with leading security audit firms like CertiK and Slowmist, conducting regular smart contract audits and system penetration testing.

Gate Perp DEX further enhances asset security, with all funds being held in smart contracts rather than controlled by a centralized platform. Users always hold the private keys, fundamentally reducing custody risks.

05 Beginner's Guide and Risk Management

For users who are new to Futures Trading, Gate provides comprehensive introductory guides and risk management tools.

The simulation trading feature allows users to experience a real trading environment with virtual funds at no risk. It is recommended that beginners start with low leverage (such as 5 - 10 times) and be sure to set stop-loss and take-profit orders to effectively manage risk.

The platform provides an AI trading assistant that offers strategy suggestions and risk management tools for users. In a volatile market, position scaling techniques can be considered, such as gradually increasing positions when trends are favorable (pyramid strategy), while simultaneously moving stop-loss orders to lock in profits.

Gate recommends that beginners prioritize using the isolated margin mode, which isolates the loss risk of a single transaction within specific margin, avoiding global losses. At the same time, a diversified investment strategy is also crucial—avoid putting all funds into a single contract.

Future Outlook

On the trading interface of Gate Perp DEX, a seasoned trader has just executed a complex hedging strategy automatically through a smart contract. His assets are safely stored in a decentralized wallet, and the trading records are permanently etched on the blockchain.

From traditional Perpetual Futures to the innovative Perp DEX, Gate is building a multi-layered, comprehensive Futures Trading ecosystem. Here, whether you are a risk-taker pursuing high-leverage returns or a Decentralization believer who values asset autonomy, you can find the trading tools that suit you.