1.    Account Activation

Visit HTX Futures official website: futures.huobi.com and log in to your account.  Click“Coin-M Swaps” and enter into the corresponding contract trading page by selecting contract type and trading pair. If you have not yet activated Coin-M Swaps trading, please do so first. ＞＞＞Derivatives Trading Activation Guide for New Users

2.    Asset Transfer

At present, all Coin-margined Swaps use the underlying asset of each contract as margin. User users have to transfer the corresponding token to  trade, which is available to transfer from Exchange Account only.  For example, users have to transfer BTC as margin first to trade BTC/USD swaps.

2.1 Click Transfer Button

Method 1: Click the button in the Asset Sector on the trading page.

 
Method 2: Click the Transfer button on Coin-M Swaps page in the “Derivatives Account” under “Balances”

2.2 Select Transfer-in/out account and currency

If you wish to trade Coin-margined Swaps, you need to transfer underlying asset from Exchange Account to the “Coin-M Swaps Account”.
 

3.    Switch trading unit/leverage

Unit: cont, coin

Leverage: you can change leverage before opening position or while holding positions without open orders.

4.    Place an Order

Users can optionally use limit order, trigger order, trailing stop order, or Taker/Follow a Maker feature to open a position.

    ● Limit Order:

    Users are required to enter a price (or choose an Optimal N price), and enter amount (or refresh the slip percent).

    Limit orders can be used for opening or closing a position.

    Meanwhile, you can set Stop-limit feature while opening a position. ＞＞＞Stop-limit operation Instruction

    There are three effective mechanisms optional for limit orders, "Post only", "FOK (Fill Or Kill)", "IOC (Immediate Or Cancel)"; if no mechanism is selected, the limit order will be "always valid" in the market by default.  ＞＞＞Limit Order Operation Instruction

    ● Trigger Order:

    Users are required to set trigger price, buy/sell price and amount. When the last price reaches the trigger price, the system will place a limit order with the buy/sell price and amount. ＞＞＞Trading Guide of Trigger Orders

    ● Trailing Stop Order:

    Users are required to set activation price, callback rate, buy/sell price and amount. When the last price meets with the activation price and callback rate, the strategy will be triggered, and the system will place a limit order with the preset price and amount.＞＞＞Operation Instruction of Trailing Stop Order

    ● Follow a Maker & Taker:

     After “Follow a Maker & Taker” is enabled, the system will place a limit order (buy/sell) by using the price a user select from the order book, and the amount (available assets proportion, order book amount or fixed amount).

     For “Follow a Maker” order, the system selects “Post Only” as the effective mechanism by default, otherwise, it turns to be a normal limit order.

     As for “Taker” order, there are two effective mechanisms optional, "FOK (Fill Or Kill)" and "IOC (Immediate Or Cancel)"; if no mechanism is selected, the limit order will be "always valid" in the market by default. ＞＞＞Operation instruction on Taker & Follow a Maker

5.    After the order is filled, the open position will be shown under the “Positions”, where you can execute many operations such as Close Long/Short, Stop-Limit, etc. While the unfilled part of the order will be shown under the “Open Orders”, and you can cancel it before it’s filled.

6.    Assuming you wish to close a position, there are three types of options for you, that is, limit order, trigger order and trailing stop order. Alternatively, you also can execute the “Close Long/Short” operation under the “Positions”.

At the same time, when you close a positon, Flash Close feature (lightning icon) is available for limit orders, in which the system places a position-closing order with the optimal 30 price based on the BBO price orders, so as to make the order filled as soon as possible.

7.    Under the “Market Information” of the derivatives trading page, you have access to liquidation order, contract data, insurance fund, etc.

 

8.    Under the “Trading Management” of the derivatives trading page, you can view many data such as derivatives assets, PnL analysis, transaction records, etc.