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OKX Donates $4.5M to Perpetual Swap Insurance Fund
In order to enhance the reliability and stability of the perpetual swap market, we have donated US$4,567,888-worth BTC to the BTC perpetual swap insurance fund at 22:00 Jul 24, 2019 (CEST, UTC+2) (Conversion rate taken from the BTC/USD index price of OKX at 14:00 July 24, 2019 (CEST, UTC+2)). Thank you for your continued support and we assure you of our best service at all times. Regards, OKX Jul 25, 2019Published on 24 Jul 2019Updated on 17 Nov 2025AnnouncementsInsurance Fund Injection for BCH & BSV Futures Contracts
Dear valued customers, We have injected the remaining balance of the insurance fund for the original Bitcoin Cash futures contract into the insurance funds of Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCH) and Bitcoin Cash SV (BSV) futures contracts at Jan 4, 2019 (CET, UTC+1): BCH insurance fund: 444.1200BCH,7:47am Jan 4, 2019 (CET, UTC+1) BSV insurance fund: 444.1200BSV,7:55am Jan 4, 2019 (CET, UTC+1) Thank you for your continued support and we assure you our best services at all times. Regards, OKX Jan 4, 2018Published on 4 Jan 2019Updated on 17 Nov 2025AnnouncementsOption Margin
not to exercise the option.Published on 20 Jun 2022Updated on 20 Jun 2025Product documentationDelisting plan of TRX futures contracts
Thank you for your continued support and we assure you of our best services at all times. OKX April 4, 2023 (UTC)Published on 4 Apr 2023Updated on 17 Nov 2025AnnouncementsDelisting plan of BSV futures contracts
Thank you for your continued support and we assure you of our best services at all times. OKX May 20, 2022 (UTC) Click Here to Download OKX App >>> Click Here for OKX Twitter >>> Click Here to Join OKX Official Community >>>Published on 20 May 2022Updated on 17 Nov 2025AnnouncementsOKX Options Introduction
Contract type: Call options give the holder the right to buy at a specified price while put options give the right to sell at a specified price. Exercise Style: American Options can be exercised at any time prior to its expiration date. European options can only be exercised on its expiration date. OKX Options are European options. Option premium: the price at which an option is bought or sold.Published on 5 Sept 2023Updated on 6 Nov 2025Product documentationGet started with OKX Options
For Institutional Investors: 6.1 API Best Practices For those connected via API, here is API best practices. 6.2 Market Maker Protection (MMP) We offer MMP for options market makers to protect makers from executing too much within a short period of time. Please contact your account manager or institutional@okx.com if you want to have it enabled. Please refer to MMP API. Please note the time interval is in milliseconds, not seconds.Published on 9 Oct 2023Updated on 20 Feb 2026Product documentationIntroduction to Options Expiration Dates
For example, 4th-daily options will not be generated every Monday as the weekly options also expire on that same Friday.Published on 5 Sept 2023Updated on 1 Apr 2025Product documentationCalculation of option's profit and loss
As to initial margin of short positions, please refer to Introduction to the calculation of options margin. Maintenance margin The maintenance margin for long positions is 0. As to maintenance margin of short positions, please refer to Introduction to the calculation of options margin. 2. Multi-currency margin mode: cross margin Under the multi-currency margin mode: cross margin, the system only allows users to open short positions of options.Published on 20 Jun 2022Updated on 1 Apr 2025Product documentationIntroduction to options margin calculation
Call options’ seller: Position margin = [max (0.1, 0.15 - OTM value / same expiry futures mark price) * margin factor + options mark price] * contract multiplier * amount of positions = [max (0.1, 0.15 – 100 / 5900) * 1.02 + 0.0575] * 0.1 * 50 = 0.96606 BTC (3) Put options’ seller:Position margin of BTCUSD and ETHUSD options = [max (0.1 * (1 + options mark price), 0.15 – OTM value / same expiry futures mark price) * margin factor + options mark price] * contract multiplier * amount of positions ExamplePublished on 16 Dec 2020Updated on 17 Nov 2025Product documentationOptions Order and Position Limits
Details of Order or Position Limits The following are position limit rules for options trading. Number in examples shown below are for reference only. Please refer to the above table for the maximum limits. [Rule #1] Max. No. of BTC/USD Options contracts for each order is 25,000. One can place an order of up to 25,000 BTC/USD options contracts. Example: User wants to buy or sell 25,001 BTC/USD options contracts. As the number of order contracts exceeds the limit, this order cannot be placed.Published on 10 Dec 2019Updated on 1 Apr 2025Product documentationHow do I set up a recurring buy plan?
If you create a weekly plan at 11:05 AM on Tuesday, your future orders will be completed every Tuesday at 11:05 AM. You can check the date of your next order with your plan details.3. How do I manage my recurring buy plan? You can manage your plan easily from your plan details. Go to the Activity page and you'll find Recurring buy option on top of the page. Select Recurring buy to view all the plans you've set up.Published on 23 Jan 2025Updated on 31 Dec 2025FAQ50OKX announces planned adjustments for XRP indexes and derivatives products
Thank you for your continued support and we assure you our best services at all times. Regards, OKX December 30, 2020(UTC) Click Here to Download OKX App >>> Click Here for OKX Twitter >>> Click Here to Join OKX Official Community >>>Published on 30 Dec 2020Updated on 17 Nov 2025AnnouncementsHow to use OKX's option copilot
At OKX, we understand that professional options trading can be challenging. That's why we offer simplified options portfolio trading through our options copilot feature. This feature allows you to manage different market expectations using multi-leg combinations. Currently, we support three types of options structured products: Yield Hunter.Yield Hunter Yield Hunter is a non-principal-protected investment product that helps OKX users achieve higher annualized returns.Published on 18 Oct 2023Updated on 1 Apr 2025Product documentationOKX to change options tick size
To further improve market liquidity and price discovery, OKX will reduce the tick size of lower-priced options at 8:00 am UTC on August 31, 2023. The options tick size of the RFQ platform will remain as 0.0001 Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH). This change will apply to new orders, but will not impact existing orders or positions.Published on 24 Aug 2023Updated on 17 Nov 2025Announcements