How to leverage Ethereum
ETH is Ethereum token.
The ETH is a volatile asset, therefore can be benefited in trading by usage of leverage.
Derivatives serving as perpetuals and future contracts are accessible on many crypto venues. Trading position can be leveraged even 125 times.
Ethereum Perpetual Future Contracts
For the purpose of leveraging your position, you can benefit from perpetual swaps.
| Exchange | Symbol | Premium (-) Discount (+) |
Spread | Funding Rate | Open Intrest | 24h Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepcoin (Derivatives) | ETHUSDT | 0.017 | 0.01 | 0.00955 | 5,186,431,377 | 3,225,080,065 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHUSDT | 0.029 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 1,691,227,594 | 5,868,013,815 |
| MXC (Futures) | ETH_USDT | -0.003 | 0.02 | 0.00827 | 985,385,032 | 150,738,726 |
| MEXC Global (Futures) | ETH_USDT | 0.012 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 803,462,178 | 758,622,818 |
| FTX (Derivatives) | ETH-PERP | -0.617 | 0.02 | 0.40560 | 792,303,620 | 3,495,077,764 |
| C-Trade | ETHUSDT | 0.043 | 0.02 | 0.00000 | 789,703,189 | 33,658,810 |
| Bybit (Futures) | ETHUSDT | 0.028 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 673,779,806 | 1,219,417,363 |
| AAX Futures | ETHUSDTFP | 0.371 | 0.09 | 0.24222 | 540,279,198 | 762,127,425 |
| C-Trade | ETHUSD | 0.047 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 486,780,315 | 6,657,776 |
| Bybit | ETHUSDT | 0.049 | 0.01 | 0.00140 | 458,515,321 | 3,066,846,994 |
| Prime XBT | ETH/USD | 0.000 | 0.06 | 0.00000 | 397,319,800 | 39,839,083 |
| Prime XBT | ETH/BTC | 0.000 | 0.14 | 0.00000 | 321,352,700 | 3,753,535 |
| Gate.io (Futures) | ETH_USDT | 0.045 | 0.02 | 0.01000 | 320,851,316 | 451,329,359 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-30SEP22 | 0.088 | 0.04 | -0.00540 | 312,936,114 | 53,456,052 |
| Deribit | ETH-PERPETUAL | -0.018 | 0.01 | 0.00110 | 276,941,601 | 149,700,358 |
| OKEx (Futures) | ETH-USDT-SWAP | -0.055 | 0.01 | 0.01217 | 254,856,013 | 6,288,747,772 |
| Bybit | ETHUSD | 0.029 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 242,232,653 | 566,743,640 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHUSD_PERP | 0.032 | 0.01 | 0.00394 | 239,676,410 | 887,887,829 |
| Bitfinex (Futures) | TETHF0:USTF0 | 0.808 | 0.21 | -0.25000 | 217,744,062 | 18,656,998 |
| MyCoinStory | ETHUSDT_QUANTO_PERP | -0.157 | 0.00 | 0.04260 | 211,528,234 | 2,231,119 |
| Bybit (Futures) | ETHUSD | -0.002 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 204,827,491 | 150,413,798 |
| MXC (Futures) | ETH_USD | 0.136 | 0.02 | 0.02000 | 179,583,950 | 6,033 |
| dYdX Perpetual | ETH-USD | 1.396 | 0.02 | 0.00324 | 155,884,272 | 891,186,622 |
| BingX (Futures) | ETH-USDT | 0.023 | 0.01 | 0.01020 | 155,844,928 | 418,810,750 |
| OKEx (Futures) | ETH-USD-SWAP | -0.031 | 0.01 | -0.02141 | 151,636,920 | 546,197,796 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-24JUN22 | 0.369 | 0.04 | 0.01000 | 140,877,096 | 66,467,431 |
| BitMEX | ETHUSD | -0.105 | 0.01 | 0.08720 | 115,519,960 | 70,990,951 |
| Phemex (Futures) | ETHUSD | 0.032 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 115,321,877 | 446,855,957 |
| BTSE (Futures) | ETHPFC | 0.004 | 0.02 | 0.00000 | 114,028,210 | 606,424,483 |
| Hopex | ETHUSDT | -2.341 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 113,836,893 | 426,064,272 |
| BitZ (Futures) | 102 | 0.039 | 0.12 | 0.00000 | 94,644,211 | 283,991,832 |
| ZBG Futures | ETH_USDT | 0.057 | 0.03 | -0.01359 | 93,323,046 | 532,011 |
| Bitrue (Futures) | ETH-USDT | 0.070 | 0.01 | 0.01015 | 80,765,387 | 1,449,965,781 |
| MCS | ETHUSDT_QUANTO_PERP | -0.446 | 0.07 | 0.01000 | 65,367,972 | 604,755 |
| Bitget Futures | CMT_ETHUSDT | 0.011 | 0.01 | 0.00022 | 55,647,764 | 238,318,674 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH-USDT | -0.050 | 0.01 | 0.01931 | 45,793,203 | 157,087,806 |
| Bitmart Futures | 2 | 0.046 | 0.02 | -0.04000 | 39,343,511 | 536,506,637 |
| Deepcoin (Derivatives) | 4ETHUSDT | 0.021 | 0.01 | 0.01279 | 23,932,907 | 2,737,090,988 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-31MAR23 | 0.439 | 0.02 | -0.00930 | 21,698,099 | 30,968,384 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-30DEC22 | 0.375 | 0.01 | -0.00930 | 21,698,099 | 28,686,834 |
| BitZ (Futures) | ETH_USDT_BZ | 0.090 | 0.14 | 0.00000 | 21,528,099 | 1,004,554,589 |
| Perpetual protocol | ETH_USDC | 0.000 | 0.00 | -0.02000 | 17,280,873 | 0 |
| Bitfinex (Futures) | ETHF0:USTF0 | -0.044 | 0.02 | 0.00000 | 14,193,911 | 8,487,962 |
| Bitforex (Futures) | SWAP-USD-ETH | 0.108 | 0.01 | 0.01794 | 12,051,147 | 478,384,975 |
| Phemex | ETHUSD | -0.173 | 0.11 | 0.07048 | 6,296,398 | 27,182,027 |
| Kraken (Futures) | PI_ETHUSD | 0.028 | 0.02 | 0.00368 | 6,040,122 | 7,144,473 |
| CoinEx (Futures) | ETH-USDT | 0.006 | 0.01 | 0.00356 | 5,279,989 | 46,125,173 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH-USD | -0.017 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 5,248,450 | 15,354,278 |
| WOO Network (Futures) | PERP_ETH_USDT | -0.055 | 0.02 | 0.00049 | 4,764,605 | 46,610,400 |
| Perpetual Protocol | ETH_USD | 0.000 | 0.00 | -0.00002 | 3,191,594 | 7,601,311 |
| BitZ (Futures) | 2 | 0.002 | 0.11 | 0.00000 | 2,457,740 | 37,688,760 |
| Deribit | ETH_USDC-PERPETUAL | -0.016 | 0.02 | 0.00040 | 2,154,490 | 2,444,574 |
| Bitget Futures | ETHUSD | 0.012 | 0.01 | 0.00828 | 1,739,689 | 3,036,942 |
| Drift Protocol | ETH-PERP | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.12676 | 1,550,034 | 0 |
| Poloniex Futures | ETHUSDTPERP | -0.007 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 1,410,343 | 1,172,290 |
| BigONE Futures | ETHUSDT | 0.025 | 0.11 | 0.01000 | 1,027,555 | 132,034,249 |
| BitZ (Futures) | ETH_USDT | -0.001 | 0.02 | 0.00000 | 953,638 | 4,506,852 |
| BitZ (Futures) | 202 | 0.056 | 0.14 | 0.00000 | 947,450 | 151,945,180 |
| MEXC Global (Futures) | ETH_USD | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.00390 | 927,870 | 209,755 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-PERP | 0.039 | 0.02 | -0.00097 | 914,844 | 68,221,296 |
| ZB (Derivatives) | ETH_USDT | 0.040 | 0.03 | -0.01680 | 906,341 | 1,223,296,478 |
| HitBTC (Derivatives) | ETHUSDT_PERP | 0.049 | 0.02 | -0.01020 | 890,937 | 11,182,628 |
| Bit.com | ETH-PERPETUAL | -0.066 | 0.01 | 0.00000 | 816,811 | 2,844,145 |
| AscendEX (BitMax) (Futures) | ETH-PERP | 0.087 | 0.00 | -0.00587 | 787,629 | 754,413 |
| Mango Markets (Derivatives) | ETH-PERP | -0.137 | 0.09 | 0.00166 | 533,216 | 16,537 |
| Hopex | ETHUSD | -2.006 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 530,820 | 15,418,910 |
| Bit.com (Futures) | ETH-PERPETUAL | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.00000 | 505,443 | 6,767,821 |
| BaseFEX | ETHUSDT | 0.193 | 0.11 | 0.01000 | 293,344 | 2,867,590 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHBUSD | 0.039 | 0.01 | 0.00707 | 281,113 | 1,112,350,678 |
| Bitget Futures | ETHUSD_DMCBL_230630 | -1.365 | 0.04 | 0.00000 | 244,083 | 414,279 |
| Bitget Futures | ETHUSD_DMCBL_221230 | -1.365 | 0.04 | 0.00000 | 244,083 | 414,279 |
| CoinEx (Futures) | ETH-USD | -0.015 | 0.13 | 0.01676 | 212,762 | 393,594 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220325 | 0.085 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 200,695 | 187,350 |
| ZB (Derivatives) | ETH_QC | -0.075 | 0.11 | 0.01000 | 163,121 | 16,494,457 |
| Gate.io (Futures) | ETH_USD | -0.180 | 0.07 | 0.01000 | 162,585 | 1,397,070 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220624 | -0.045 | 0.06 | 0.00000 | 157,161 | 1,840,104 |
| Bitget Futures | ETHUSD_DMCBL_230331 | -0.466 | 0.13 | 0.00000 | 143,879 | 416,839 |
| BigONE Futures | ETHUSD | 0.005 | 0.06 | 0.01000 | 141,393 | 7,958,368 |
| Powertrade (Derivatives) | ETH-USD-PERPETUAL | -13.575 | 0.01 | 174,247.00000 | 116,309 | 87,572 |
| BaseFEX | ETHXBT | -1.643 | 3.08 | 0.01000 | 80,183 | 789,729 |
| Bit.com (Futures) | ETH-USDT-PERPETUAL | -0.064 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 70,871 | 76,503 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220930 | -1.053 | 0.04 | 0.00000 | 67,170 | 47,348 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220225 | 0.009 | 0.19 | 0.00000 | 63,690 | 59,868 |
| MCDEX (Arbitrum) | ETH-USDC | -1.512 | 0.64 | -0.01611 | 52,386 | 103 |
| BitZ (Futures) | ETH_USD | -0.001 | 0.10 | 0.00000 | 52,056 | 304,510 |
| MCDEX (BSC) | ETH-BUSD | 0.000 | 0.74 | 0.02124 | 48,636 | 370 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-211231 | 0.018 | 0.04 | 0.00000 | 42,287 | 15,009 |
| CoinFLEX (Futures) | ETH-USD-SWAP-LIN | 0.078 | 0.29 | 0.00000 | 12,574 | 450 |
| Bybit (Futures) | ETHPERP | 0.012 | 0.01 | 0.01000 | 6,963 | 9,991,138 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220429 | -0.029 | 0.10 | 0.00000 | 3,827 | 3,911 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220128 | 0.118 | 0.20 | 0.00000 | 3,821 | 4,219 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220729 | -0.410 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 2,159 | 1,398 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-220527 | -0.147 | 0.07 | 0.00000 | 2,152 | 1,851 |
| ACDX Futures | ETH-PERP | -4.708 | 0.06 | 0.00000 | 705 | 355,876 |
| Bit.com (Futures) | USD-M:ETH-USD-PERPETUAL | -0.006 | 0.06 | 0.00000 | 373 | 200,428,368 |
| BIT (Futures) | USD-M:ETH-USD-PERPETUAL | 0.017 | 0.01 | 0.00690 | 320 | 36,442,408 |
| AAX Futures | ETHUSDFP | -0.423 | 0.03 | 0.01051 | 212 | 203 |
| MCDEX (BSC) | USD-ETH | 0.594 | 0.02 | 0.00039 | 89 | 1 |
| XT.COM (Derivatives) | ETH_USDT | 0.017 | 0.00 | 0.01000 | 0 | 3,447,110,024 |
| BTCC Futures | ETHUSDT | -0.044 | 0.15 | 0.00000 | 0 | 2,530,520,676 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-USDT-PERPETUAL | -0.009 | 0.01 | 0.00830 | 0 | 2,131,628,622 |
| Bitmart Futures | ETHUSDT | 0.045 | 0.01 | 0.01970 | 0 | 785,784,290 |
| CoinTiger (Futures) | ETHUSDT | 0.051 | 0.01 | 0.00531 | 0 | 698,318,253 |
| Biki (Futures) | 4 | -4.599 | 0.02 | -0.03451 | 0 | 208,609,701 |
| XT.COM (Derivatives) | ETH_USD | 0.147 | 0.00 | -0.03390 | 0 | 117,290,030 |
| BTCEX (Futures) | ETH-25MAR22 | -0.282 | 0.02 | 0.01000 | 0 | 117,199,246 |
| Bitget Futures | CMT_ETHSUSDT | 0.034 | 0.12 | -0.00016 | 0 | 116,738,791 |
| Deepcoin (Derivatives) | ETHUSD | 0.014 | 0.05 | -0.00727 | 0 | 100,359,824 |
| Stormgain Futures | ETH-PERPUSDT | 0.000 | 0.10 | 0.00400 | 0 | 53,635,794 |
| BTCMEX | ETHUSDT | 0.055 | 0.00 | 0.01000 | 0 | 43,663,073 |
| Injective Exchange (Futures) | ETH/USDT PERP | -3.321 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 0 | 31,952,646 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHUSDT_210326 | -5.274 | 0.25 | 0.00000 | 0 | 17,670,699 |
| GMO Japan (Futures) | ETH_JPY | 0.000 | 0.06 | 0.00000 | 0 | 17,291,894 |
| ZBG Futures | ETH_USD-R | 0.126 | 0.01 | -0.03722 | 0 | 6,429,425 |
| HBTC (Futures) | ETH-SWAP | 0.457 | 0.10 | -0.03984 | 0 | 5,631,154 |
| Delta Exchange | ETHUSDT | -0.228 | 0.01 | 0.08250 | 0 | 4,483,123 |
| Bitget Futures | ETHPERP_CMCBL | -0.011 | 0.02 | 0.00830 | 0 | 4,153,792 |
| Crypto.com (Futures) | ETHUSD-PERP | 0.000 | 0.05 | 0.00000 | 0 | 3,644,318 |
| Helix (Futures) | ETH/USDT PERP | 0.086 | 0.01 | -0.00110 | 0 | 3,073,043 |
| ZBG Futures | ETH_USD-R20190927 | 0.000 | 0.19 | 0.00000 | 0 | 2,922,578 |
| Globe (Derivatives) | ETH-PERP | 0.068 | 0.05 | 0.00000 | 0 | 2,292,637 |
| Bibox (Futures) | 4ETH_USDT | 0.000 | 0.01 | 0.00000 | 0 | 1,847,945 |
| MCDEX | 00001 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 0 | 1,822,608 |
| Delta Exchange | ETHBTC | -0.223 | 0.02 | 0.01000 | 0 | 1,295,656 |
| Bitfinex (Futures) | TETHF0:BTCF0 | 0.559 | 0.11 | -0.25000 | 0 | 779,083 |
| HBTC (Futures) | ETH-SWAP-USDT | 0.069 | 1.73 | 0.05189 | 0 | 663,148 |
| MCDEX | ETH-USDC | 0.000 | 0.24 | 0.15450 | 0 | 502,913 |
| MCDEX | RQBAP | 0.112 | 0.18 | 0.03741 | 0 | 449,127 |
| Bitfinex (Futures) | ETHF0:BTCF0 | 0.101 | 0.03 | -0.01138 | 0 | 414,926 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-210924 | 0.035 | 0.08 | 0.00000 | 0 | 391,068 |
| Bitmart Futures | 32896 | 0.056 | 0.01 | 0.03000 | 0 | 210,332 |
| MCDEX | ETH-PERP | -6.764 | 0.29 | -0.03509 | 0 | 110,000 |
| Bitmart Futures | ETHUSD | 0.058 | 0.02 | 0.00751 | 0 | 107,429 |
| BHEX (Futures) | ETH-SWAP-USDT | -0.026 | 0.15 | -0.00061 | 0 | 42,901 |
| BHEX (Futures) | ETH-SWAP | -0.012 | 0.03 | 0.03051 | 0 | 38,643 |
| Crypto.com Exchange (Futures) | ETHUSD-211126 | 0.037 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 0 | 37,403 |
| Helix (Futures) | ETH/USDT 19SEP22 | -0.012 | 0.08 | 0.00000 | 0 | 29,716 |
| Injective Pro (Futures) | ETH/USDT PERP | 1.358 | 0.01 | 0.00040 | 0 | 25,513 |
| Bitfinex (Futures) | ETHF0:EUTF0 | 0.038 | 0.09 | 0.00000 | 0 | 23,802 |
| Alpha5 | ETHUSDT | -4.824 | 0.20 | -0.00077 | 0 | 11,274 |
| Binance JEX (Futures) | ETHUSDT | 1.791 | 0.21 | 0.01000 | 0 | 11,130 |
| MEXC Global (Futures) | ETH_MUSDT | -0.001 | 94.73 | 0.00000 | 0 | 7,049 |
| Stormgain Futures | ETH-PERPBTC | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.00400 | 0 | 5,462 |
| DueDEX | ETHUSDT | -0.979 | 0.00 | 0.01000 | 0 | 636 |
| Futureswap | ETH-USD | 0.959 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 0 | 231 |
| MCDEX (BSC) | ETH-USX | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 0 | 170 |
| EQONEX (Perpetual) | 29 | -1.306 | 34.88 | -5.88169 | 0 | 16 |
| MCDEX | 10017 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 0 | 8 |
| Biki (Futures) | 5 | -0.187 | 0.11 | 0.00526 | 0 | 2 |
| MCDEX | 10015 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00000 | 0 | 0 |
| Stormgain Futures | ETH-PERPUSDC | NaN | 0.19 | 0.00400 | 0 | 0 |
| Stormgain Futures | ETH-PERPDAI | NaN | 0.11 | 0.00400 | 0 | 0 |
Leveraging by Futures
Furthermore, future contracts can be used to leverage position.
| Exchange | Symbol | Premium (-) Discount (+) |
Spread | Open Intrest | 24h Volume | Expiry Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTCC Futures | ETH-QUARTERLY | 0.009 | 0.15 | 0 | 3,644,024,550 | 31/3/2023 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHUSD_230331 | -0.717 | 0.01 | 76,250,730 | 82,420,555 | 31/3/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USD-230331 | -0.690 | 0.02 | 126,633,310 | 62,557,127 | 31/3/2023 |
| FTX (Derivatives) | ETH-0331 | 2.072 | 0.04 | 46,159,162 | 53,894,443 | 31/3/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USDT-230331 | -0.735 | 0.01 | 29,550,076 | 31,089,333 | 31/3/2023 |
| Bybit (Futures) | ETHUSDH23 | -0.472 | 0.02 | 0 | 19,168,730 | 31/3/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USD-230630 | -1.374 | 0.04 | 23,384,460 | 15,714,743 | 30/6/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USDT-230630 | -1.350 | 0.01 | 20,149,043 | 14,786,473 | 30/6/2023 |
| Binance (Futures) | ETHUSD_230630 | -1.681 | 0.01 | 28,038,430 | 13,347,131 | 30/6/2023 |
| Bybit (Futures) | ETHUSDM23 | -0.874 | 0.01 | 0 | 13,065,121 | 30/6/2023 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH_CQ | 0.616 | 0.09 | 6,264,850 | 12,726,188 | 31/3/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USDT-230210 | -0.031 | 0.02 | 1,086,504 | 9,033,903 | 10/2/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USDT-230217 | -0.292 | 0.01 | 704,178 | 6,357,699 | 17/2/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USD-230210 | 0.017 | 0.03 | 1,141,680 | 6,136,998 | 10/2/2023 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH_CW | -0.027 | 0.02 | 228,030 | 3,205,339 | 10/2/2023 |
| OKX (Futures) | ETH-USD-230217 | -0.108 | 0.02 | 592,330 | 2,936,451 | 17/2/2023 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH_NW | -0.110 | 0.02 | 306,930 | 2,365,570 | 10/2/2023 |
| Huobi Futures | ETH_NW | -0.039 | 0.04 | 227,900 | 2,092,139 | 17/2/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-10FEB23 | -0.070 | 0.03 | 4,936,176 | 1,996,829 | 10/2/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-31MAR23 | -0.391 | 0.06 | 74,138,319 | 1,753,986 | 31/3/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-24FEB23 | -0.118 | 0.02 | 4,679,706 | 817,647 | 24/2/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-17FEB23 | -0.116 | 0.02 | 1,248,898 | 806,208 | 17/2/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-30JUN23 | -1.070 | 0.08 | 38,004,251 | 583,807 | 30/6/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-29SEP23 | -1.548 | 0.05 | 7,029,258 | 491,195 | 29/9/2023 |
| Deribit | ETH-29DEC23 | -2.153 | 0.24 | 6,801,653 | 88,065 | 29/12/2023 |
Besides there are other derivatives which can be considered for the purpose of leveraging.
Indexes as partly correlated with ETH can be also considered for accelerating trades.
Positive correlation with Ethereum
Identifying long term correlated crypto assets can also serve as an alternative for leveraging. The alternative can come with more derivative choice and higher volumes.
| ADA | NEO | XMR | COMP | ONT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.68 |
Check other correlations with Ethereum or use a custom form to check ETH changes in correlation coefficient with other token.