Stock contracts
Aster Pro now supports stock perpetuals — enabling perpetual futures trading for U.S. stocks, fully settled in USDT. Trade with up to 50x leverage, long or short, and choose your leverage level when placing an order.
The first stock listing is AAPL/USDT, offering a seamless, on-chain alternative for global traders to access equity markets with high flexibility and control.
USDT-margined stock perpetual contract specifications:
Max leverage: 50x
Notional cap: 1,000,000 USDT
Maintenance margin rate: 25%
Initial margin rate: 50%
Settlement asset: USDT
Index price: Based on Pyth Oracle and other trusted sources
Taker fee: 0.2%
Maker fee: 0.1%
Funding fee: Charged every 8 hours between long and short positions. Timing may adjust based on market conditions. Learn more about funding rates
Tier fee structure for stock markets
VIP tiers
14-day volume (USD)
Stock taker fee (bps)
Stock maker fee (bps)
VIP 0
< 5M
20
10
VIP 1
>= $5M
18
8
VIP 2
>= $25M
16
6
VIP 3
>= $100M
14
6
VIP 4
>= $500M
12
2
VIP 5
>= $1B
10
0
Stock market maker
Fee rebate (bps)
MM 1
>= $100M or Maker Vol >= 0.5%
20
-5
Trading session
Session (New York City local time)
Limit Order price cap
Market Order price cap
Pre-market (off-hours
04:00-09:30
> 2% - more aggressive than Mark Price will be rejected
Can fill up to 2% more aggressive than Mark Price, the rest will be canceled
Market open 9:30-16:00
Same as crypto perpetual trading pairs
Same as crypto perpetual trading pairs
Post-market (off-hours) 16:00-20:00
> 2% - more aggressive than Mark Price will be rejected
Can fill up to 2% more aggressive than Mark Price, the rest will be canceled
Market close (off-hours) 20:00-04:00
> 2% - more aggressive than MarkPrice will be rejected
Can fill up to 2% more aggressive than Mark Price, the rest will be canceled
View full Trading Limits & Conditions
Note
Regarding trading parameter adjustments: To mitigate market risks and enhance user experience, Aster may adjust trading parameters such as funding rates, minimum price increments, maximum leverage, risk limits, and maintenance margin requirements in accordance with real-time market conditions.
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