Q4 2021 Quarterly Futures Listings

On 15 September 2021 at 04:00 UTC, we will list new quarterly Futures on BitMEX.

The new contracts will be visible on the platform from 14 September at 04:00 UTC as Unlisted, 24 hours before the start of trading. Contracts will be live in Testnet on 3 September along with contract specifications.

To provide a better experience for our users, we will be updating the minimum trade amount on all Z21 Linear Futures. This will especially help those who want to trade ETH futures – the previous minimum trade amount of 1 ETH is now 0.01 ETH.

We will achieve this by using a multiplier of 1 (currently 100,000,000) for all Z21 Linear Futures – enabling users to trade a notional value suitable for the market given the updated Lot Size. This will not impact web users who can continue to use the input box to enter the notional amount they are willing to trade (i.e. 1 EOS). 

However, API users should take note of the updated contract specifications of the impacted contracts, in particular the changes to contract size and minimum trade amount for new futures contracts, and update their relevant systems accordingly to avoid any disruption in trading.

Please see the table below for the listing and settlement dates of current and upcoming Futures contracts for Q4 2021.

Linear Futures

U21 Contract Size

Z21 Contract Size

U21 Max Order Quantity

Z21 Max Order Quantity

U21 Lot Size

Z21 Lot Size

U21 Minimum Trade Amount

Z21 Minimum Trade Amount

ADA

1 ADA

0.00000001 ADA

10,000,000

1,000,000,000,000,000

1

1,000,000,000

1 ADA

10 ADA

BCH

1 BCH

0.00000001 BCH

10,000

1,000,000,000,000

1

1,000,000

1 BCH

0.01 BCH

EOS

1 EOS

0.00000001 EOS

1,000,000

100,000,000,000,000

1

100,000,000

1 EOS

1 EOS

ETH

1 ETH

0.00000001 ETH

10,000

1,000,000,000,000

1

1,000,000

1 ETH

0.01 ETH

LTC

1 LTC

0.00000001 LTC

100,000

10,000,000,000,000

1

10,000,000

1 LTC

0.1 LTC

TRX

1 TRX

0.00000001 TRX

100,000,000

10,000,000,000,000,000

100

10,000,000,000

100 TRX

100 TRX

XRP

1 XRP

0.00000001 XRP

10,000,000

1,000,000,000,000,000

1

1,000,000,000

1 XRP

10 XRP

New contracts and updated contract specs are highlighted below in bold

Code

Pair

Listing Date

Settlement Date

ADAU21

Cardano / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

ADAZ21

Cardano / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

BCHU21

Bitcoin Cash / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

BCHZ21

Bitcoin Cash / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

EOSU21

EOS Token / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

EOSZ21

EOS Token / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

ETHU21

Ether / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

ETHZ21

Ether / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

ETHUSDU21

Ether / USD

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

ETHUSDZ21

Ether / USD

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

LTCU21

Litecoin / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

LTCZ21

Litecoin / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

TRXU21

Tron / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

TRXZ21

Tron / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

XRPU21

Ripple Token (XRP) / Bitcoin

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

XRPZ21

Ripple Token (XRP) / Bitcoin

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

XBTEURU21

Bitcoin / Euro

16 June 2021

24 September 2021

XBTEURZ21

Bitcoin / Euro

15 September 2021

31 December 2021

XBTU21

Bitcoin / USD

12 March 2021

24 September 2021

XBTZ21

Bitcoin / USD

16 June 2021

31 December 2021

XBTH22

Bitcoin / USD

15 September 2021

25 March 2022

If you have any questions, please contact our Support team who will be happy to help.