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What are Futures and how do they work on Roxom?

Updated over 3 months ago

Futures on Roxom let you speculate on the price of real-world assets — using Bitcoin. No fiat, no expiration dates, just BTC-denominated perpetual contracts.


🚀 What are Futures?

A Futures is a financial instrument that lets you trade on the price movement of another asset, without owning that asset directly.

In Roxom, these are perpetual futures contracts — meaning:

  • They don’t expire.

  • You can go long (buy) or short (sell).

  • You trade contracts whose prices follow assets like Gold, Oil, the S&P 500, or Nasdaq 100 through their tokenized or ETF underlyings (e.g., PAXG for Gold, SPY for S&P 500).

  • Everything is quoted, margined and settled in BTC.

You’re not buying the asset — you’re trading on its price in Bitcoin.

📚 Want the full technical details? Check the Perpetual Futures Contract section in our Rulebook.


💡 Example: What does GOLD/BTC mean?

Let’s say gold is trading at ~$3,000 and BTC at ~$100,000.

The GOLD/BTC contract might be priced around 0.03 BTC, meaning 1 ounce of gold is worth 0.03 BTC.

  • If you think the gold price (in BTC terms) will go up, you can buy (go long).

  • If you think it’ll go down, you can sell (go short).

When the price moves, your PnL is in BTC, not in USD.


🧱 What makes Roxom futures different?

  • BTC-only: Everything is in Bitcoin. No stablecoins, no fiat.

  • Perpetuals: No expiration or rollover. Positions stay open as long as you want.

  • Real-world assets: Trade gold, oil, and major equity indices — all using BTC.

  • 24/7 trading: Some contracts (like GOLD/BTC) are always open.

  • Isolated margin: Each position is independent — one loss won’t wipe out your account.


🛠️ What do I need to start?

All you need is BTC.

  1. Deposit Bitcoin into your Funding Account

  2. Transfer it to your Unified Trading Account (UTA)

  3. Pick a contract, choose your leverage, and open a position

📚 Learn more about how accounts and margin work in the Accounts & Wallets section of our Rulebook.


🔍 Where can I find the list of contracts?

Roxom offers multiple BTC-denominated perpetual futures, including:

  • GOLD/BTC – PAX Gold token as underlying

  • US500/BTC – S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

  • US100/BTC – Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ)

  • OIL/BTC – US Oil Fund (USO)

📚 See the full contract list and specifications in our Rulebook.

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