Act I The AI Prophecy Futures & Perpetual Guide: Trade ACT Futures On Delta Exchange

Understand what ACT futures are and how to use the leverage in futures to amplify your trading gains

Interested in trading Act I The AI Prophecy futures with Delta Exchange?

ACT Contracts Listed on Delta Exchange

Act I The AI Prophecy futures enable you to take long (you profit when market goes up) and short positions (you profit when market goes down) on ACT. Futures have in-built leverage which acts as a multiplier to your returns. Currently, the following Act I The AI Prophecy contracts are listed on Delta Exchange.

Act I The AI Prophecy Perpetual20x

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ACT Futures Contract Details

Contract Name	ACTUSD
Description	Act I The AI Prophecy Perpetual
Max. Leverage	20x
Margin Currency	USD
Taker Fees	0.05%
Maker Fees	0.02%
Contract Type	perpetual futures

What is Act I The AI Prophecy Futures Trading?

Act I The AI Prophecy Futures is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell Act I The AI Prophecy at a predetermined future date and price. The futures contract derives its value from the underlying cryptocurrency, Act I The AI Prophecy in this case. Thus the price of a Act I The AI Prophecy futures contract moves broadly in sync with the price of Act I The AI Prophecy.

Trading futures is thus an alternative to actually buying or selling the underlying crypto (aka spot trading). In spot trading, you can make profit by buying Act I The AI Prophecy low and selling it at a high price. This trade however works only in a bull market, i.e. when Act I The AI Prophecy price is going up. However, in a bear market, there is no trade possible in spot trading. Furthermore, leverage trading is not possible in spot trading.

Trading Act I The AI Prophecy through futures offers several advantages over spot trading of Act I The AI Prophecy, namely ability to both long or short and get access to leverage.

Trade profitably in all market conditions

You can profit from rising ACT price by going long Act I The AI Prophecy futures. And, when ACT price is falling, you can make profits by going short. This feature of futures trading enable you to navigate all types of market conditions profitably. Compare this with directly buying Act I The AI Prophecy. When price is falling, you can either sell your Act I The AI Prophecy or suffer losses. In spot trading, there is no way of profiting from falling prices.

Hedge Price Risk

If you are a HODLer, you can still use futures to mitigate price risk. Say, you hold ACT. You can mitigate the risks you face when Act I The AI Prophecy is falling by going short ACT futures. In this case, a short futures position acts as a downside protection by effectively locking the $ value of your portfolio without the need for selling your Act I The AI Prophecy. Judicious use of futures as hedge can make you a better and stronger HODLer.

Amplify trading gains with leverage

Leverage enables you to open positions that are bigger than your trading capital. If you can open a position that is 10 times bigger than your trading capital, then you have 10x leverage available to you. The maximum allowed leverage for futures listed on Delta Exchange is as high as 100x. There are two ways of thinking about leverage:

Leverage as capital efficiency driver: For opening a position of a given size, higher the leverage lower the trading capital required. The leverage in spot trading is always 1x, while it is 3-4x in margin trading. This means futures is 20 to 100 times more capital efficient than spot or margin trading.
Leverage as a returns amplifier: Because in a leverage trade position size is greater than the capital deployed, impact of prices moves gets magnified. The return on capital deployed is leverage times the price return. This means that you can amplify your trading gains the effective use of leverage.