Polymarket has launched perpetual futures trading, allowing global users to trade crypto assets, stocks, indices, and commodities with up to 20x leverage. The platform offers 10 initial markets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, gold, silver, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, WTI oil, and SPCX. Traders can go long or short without contract expiration, as long as margin is maintained. Polymarket aims to scale its trading infrastructure to 200,000 orders per second, a fifteen-fold increase from current capacity. US availability remains subject to CFTC regulations, with self-certification not implying formal approval.
Polymarket has launched perpetual futures trading, offering traders up to 20x leverage across multiple asset classes. The service is available worldwide in jurisdictions where it is legal.
The platform initially supports 10 markets, including crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Hyperliquid. Traditional financial assets like gold, silver, the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and WTI oil are also available.
Traders can place long or short positions and use leverage of up to 20x. According to Polymarket, the perpetual futures market is designed to offer deep liquidity and low fees.
Perpetual futures differ from standard futures as they have no expiry date. Traders can hold positions indefinitely as long as they maintain the required margin.
Polymarket aims to scale its trading infrastructure to handle 200,000 orders per second, roughly fifteen times current capacity. The long-term architecture is designed for over 400,000 orders per second, with preliminary tests showing a ten- to twenty-fold improvement in p99 latency.
The expansion allows users to hedge against economic events such as Federal Reserve decisions, interest rate hikes, and stock index movements. For US users, availability is governed by CFTC regulatory criteria, and self-certification of a contract does not imply formal CFTC approval.
The perpetual futures products are distinct from Polymarket’s existing price event contracts. Those contracts allow predictions on whether crypto prices will hit specific targets at certain times, while perpetual futures provide leverage without expiration.
This milestone marks Polymarket’s move toward becoming a financial trading platform for both prediction markets and leveraged trading of crypto and traditional assets.
