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How to monetize your groups on Orbit
Build a premium community around your expertise and earn recurring membership fees and trade commissions. Create premium groups Create a new group and choose a premium group. Charge a monthly or annual membership fee for group access. Create a new group and choose a premium group.Published on Jan 19, 2026Updated on May 29, 2026Product documentationOKX to optimize funding rate calculation
Funding rate formula: Funding rate = Clamp[Average premium index, Funding cap, Funding floor] To elaborate further, Average premium index = MA(Premium index – Interest rate) Interest rate = 0 Premium index = [(Best bid + Best offer) / 2 – Index price] / Index price MA refers to the moving average and it is calculated every minute Before the switch: Funding rate will be calculated using the premium index of each minute from the start of the period to present.Published on Jan 25, 2024Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsImportant Update: Revision of the Funding Rate Formula for OKX Perpetual Futures
Contracts that settle every 8 hours will see no change in their per-period funding rate; contracts that settle every 4, 2 or 1 hour will see a proportionally smaller per-period rate.What is Changing Current formula: Funding rate = clamp [ Average premium index + clamp ( Interest rate − Average premium index, 0.05%, −0.05% ), Funding rate cap, Funding rate floor ] Interest rate = 0.03% / ( 24 / Settlement interval ) Updated formula: Funding rate = clamp [ ( Average premium index + clamp ( InterestPublished on May 29, 2026Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsChanges in Perpetual Swap Settlement Time and Price Limit
Price Limit (a)In first 10 minutes of newly listed Perpetual Swap contract: Upper limit = spot index price (1 + 0.5%) Lower limit = spot index price (1 - 0.5%) (b)After 10 minutes: Upper limit = Avg. premium within last 10min + spot index price (1 + 1%) Lower limit = Avg. premium within last 10min + spot index price (1 - 1%) Premium = Contract price – spot index price If the premium calculated deviates from the spot index price by 2% or is below 0: Upper limit = spot index price (1 + 2%) Lower limitPublished on Dec 14, 2018Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOKX to implement limit price rules for spot and margin trading
Time Highest price limit Lowest price limit Within 10 minutes of spot/margin listing No limit No limit 10 minutes after spot/margin listing Highest price limit = Min [Max (Index, Index × (1 + y%) + Average premium in last 2 minutes), Index × (1 + z%)] Lowest price limit = Max [Min (Index, Index × (1 – y%) + Average premium in last 2 minutes), Index × (1 – z%)] For details on the y and z parameters, refer to the following link: https://www.okx.com/trade-market/info/spot The average premium in thePublished on Dec 11, 2023Updated on Aug 2, 2024AnnouncementsUpdate on Price limit rules and Market-close-all Feature of Futures Trading
Updated Price limit rules: First 10mins of all newly listed futures: - Upper limit = Index price (1+25%) - Lower limit = Index price (1-25%) After 10min: Upper limit = Avg. premium/discount within last 10min + index price(1+3%) Lower limit = Avg. premium/discount within last 10min + index price(1-3%) premium/discount = (Contract price - index price) If the discount/premium calculated equals to 0, or deviates from the index price by 25% - Upper limit=index price (1+25%) - Lower limit=index price (Published on Jan 19, 2018Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOKX to change the funding rate formula for perpetual futures
Premium index Premium index = [(Best bid + Best ask) / 2 - Index price] / Index price Premium index = [Max (0, Impact bid price – Index price) – Max(0, Index price – Impact ask price)] / Index Price Note: Impact bid and ask prices are calculated using impact value. For more details, refer to our product documentation.Published on Mar 14, 2025Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOKX Options Introduction
The buyer only pays a premium, no margin (not applicable for Portfolio Margin). The seller has to pay margin in USD, USDC, or USDG. The buyer only pays a premium, no margin (not applicable for Portfolio Margin). Potential risks The buyer's potential gain is unlimited and the loss is limited to the premium paid. The seller's potential loss is unlimited but the gain is limited to the premium received. P&L is denominated in the underlying coin.Published on Sep 5, 2023Updated on May 29, 2026Product documentationFunding fee mechanism
Premium index = [Max (0, Impact bid price – Index price) – Max (0, Index price – Impact ask price)] / Index price The average premium index is calculated using a weighted moving average of the premium index over the last settlement interval. For example: Average premium index at Tn = (1 × Premium index at T1 + 2 × Premium index at T2 + ... + n × Premium index at Tn) / (1 + 2 + ... + n).Published on Apr 21, 2026Updated on May 29, 2026Product documentationOKX to change funding fee collection mechanism for some contracts
For example, funding fee calculations at 8:00 am UTC+8 every day will use the funding rate determined by the premium index from 12:00 am UTC+8 to 8:00 am UTC+8. Note that the funding rate may fluctuate before the funding fee is collected, so you need to dynamically manage your positions according to current conditions.Published on Dec 5, 2023Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOptions VIP Trading Volume Calculation Adjustment
If the option premium is 0.05 BTC, the trading fee is the minimum of 0.03% × 0.01 × 1 × 100 = 0.0003 BTC, and 7% × 0.05 × 0.01 × 1 × 100 = 0.0035 BTC, i.e., 0.0003 BTC (cap not triggered). Effective Notional = Min(1, 0.0003 / 0.03%) = 1 BTC. Trading volume unchanged. If the option premium is 0.001 BTC, the trading fee is the minimum of 0.0003 BTC, and 7% × 0.001 × 0.01 × 1 × 100 = 0.00007 BTC, i.e., 0.00007 BTC (cap triggered). Effective Notional = Min(1, 0.00007 / 0.03%) = 0.2333 BTC.Published on May 20, 2026Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOption Margin
The user needs to pay the premium and transaction fee to release the margin for the short position. Maintenance margin (MMR): Minimum margin required to maintain current positions. Liquidation will occur if the account equity drops below the maintenance margin. Buyer's MMR is 0.Published on Jun 20, 2022Updated on May 29, 2026Product documentationRollback of All Futures Contracts Data
Existing Price limit rules: First 10mins of all newly listed futures: Upper limit = Index price (1+25%) Lower limit = Index price (1-25%) After 10min: Upper limit = Avg. premium/discount within last 10min + index price(1+3%) Lower limit = Avg. premium/discount within last 10min + index price(1-3%) Premium/discount = (Contract price - index price) If the discount/premium calculated equals to 0, or deviates from the index price by 25%: Upper limit = index price (1+25%) Lower limit = index price (1-Published on Mar 30, 2018Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOKX to adjust parameters for options fee calculation
To continue providing you with high-quality options trading services, OKX will make the following adjustments to options fees at 7:00 am UTC on May 15, 2025: Before After this adjustment Trading fee Min (Fee rate × Contract multiplier × Contract size × Number of contracts, 12.5% × Option premium × Contract multiplier × Contract size × Number of contracts) Min (Fee rate × Contract multiplier × Contract size × Number of contracts, 7% × Option premium × Contract multiplier × Contract size × Number ofPublished on May 8, 2025Updated on May 29, 2026AnnouncementsOKX announcement on the upgrade of automatic funding fee settlement frequency adjustment mechanism
Once the premium has sustained normal levels, the system will automatically revert the settlement frequency to 4 hours directly. Please Note OKX reserves the right to disable the automatic frequency adjustment feature for specific contracts based on market conditions. Please refer to the Perpetual Contract Information page or the API endpoint GET /api/v5/public/funding-rate for the latest settlement frequency, and adjust your trading strategies accordingly.Published on Apr 14, 2026Updated on May 29, 2026Announcements