Gate Expands TradFi Functions, Exploring Diverse Traditional Financial Asset CFD Trading Scenarios

The crypto asset trading platform Gate Continues to Expand TradFi Features, opening up Contract for Difference (CFD) trading services for traditional financial assets including gold, forex, indices, commodities, and select popular stocks to its users. This feature has been integrated into the Gate App, marking the platform's further expansion into traditional financial asset price trading beyond crypto assets, continuously improving its multi-asset trading product system.

According to the introduction, Gate's TradFi contracts use USDx as the margin and account display unit. USDx is not a fiat currency or cryptocurrency, but an internal platform unit for accounting and balance display of TradFi assets, pegged 1:1 to assets denominated in USDT. After users transfer USDT to their TradFi account, the system displays the balance in USDx. The related assets are still 100% backed by USDT, requiring no manual conversion and incurring no additional handling or custody fees.

In terms of trading mechanisms, Gate's TradFi contracts have notable differences from crypto asset perpetual contracts. TradFi contracts follow traditional financial market trading rules, with fixed trading sessions and market closures. Contract leverage is set at fixed multiples and does not support manual adjustment by users. Margin uses a cross-margin mode, where long and short positions for the same trading pair can be hedged based on lot size. Trading profits and losses are calculated using the counterparty price, and overnight fees are incurred during market closures, with overall rules consistent with mainstream CFD markets.

Regarding fees and leverage settings, Gate's TradFi contracts support up to 500x leverage for mainstream products like forex and indices, and up to 5x leverage for stock CFDs. Notably, Gate's TradFi offers significant advantages in fees, with single transaction fees as low as $0.018, providing users with a relatively clear and controllable trading cost structure.

At the system and risk control level, Gate's TradFi provides trading services through the MT5 (MetaTrader 5) system, with account data and transaction records synchronized between the Gate App and the MT5 client. Simultaneously, the platform employs a forced liquidation mechanism based on the margin ratio. When the account margin ratio falls to 50% or below, the system triggers the forced liquidation process and gradually closes related positions according to established rules to control overall risk exposure.

Furthermore, Gate recently launched a TradFi experience campaign. Users who register can receive up to 110 USDT in experience rewards and, upon completing trades, further unlock up to 3,000 USDT in phased incentives to support their initial TradFi trading experience.

The expansion of TradFi features further extends Gate's trading system into the realm of traditional financial asset price trading, offering users more choices for multi-asset price judgment, risk hedging, and trading decisions within the same platform. This product form, to some extent, reduces the complexity of cross-platform operations for users and also reflects a trend of crypto trading platforms aligning their product structures and risk management with mature financial market rules.

As the boundaries between the crypto market and traditional financial markets continue to blur, demand for multi-asset, cross-market trading is expected to grow further. The continuous upgrade of Gate's TradFi may become a significant step for the platform in exploring comprehensive trading infrastructure, also providing a new practical example for the industry on how to integrate different asset classes within a compliant framework.

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Founded in 2013 by its founder and CEO, Dr. Han, Gate is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency trading platforms. The platform serves over 48 million users and supports trading for more than 4,200 crypto assets. As an industry benchmark, Gate was among the first to achieve 100% Proof of Reserves, with an ecosystem encompassing diverse services like Gate Wallet and Gate Ventures.

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