Futures Trading – Complete User Guide

This guide is designed to help you understand crypto futures trading and confidently use the Futures feature on the Tria platform. Whether you’re new to derivatives or already familiar with trading, this document walks you through concepts, terminology, and step‑by‑step flows in a user‑friendly way.

1. What Are Futures?

Futures trading allows you to speculate on the price movement of a crypto asset without owning the asset itself.

On our platform, futures are offered as perpetual contracts (perps):

They do not have an expiry date
You can hold positions as long as you maintain a sufficient margin
Prices closely track the spot market using a funding mechanism

Futures allow you to:

Profit from both rising and falling prices
Use leverage to trade larger positions with less upfront capital

Futures trading involves higher risk than spot trading and is best suited for users who understand leverage and margin.

2. Funding Your Futures Account

Before you start trading futures, you must add funds to your Futures Account.

Minimum deposit: $10

How to Add Funds

Go to the Futures section in the app
Click the Add Funds button
Deposit any supported tokens from your Tria wallet into your Futures account
Your funds will be deposited in the Futures account in USDC (Arbitrum)

This process may take a few minutes to complete.

Withdrawing Funds

You can withdraw your deposits anytime using the Withdraw button in the Futures section
Withdrawals move funds from your Futures account back to your main account
When you withdraw, you will receive USDC on Arbitrum irrespective of the token deposited

Note: Tria does not charge the user any fees on deposits or withdrawals. A flat $1 fee is charged by our infrastructure provider, Hyperliquid on every withdrawal.

3. Futures Section Overview

The Futures home screen is designed to give you quick access to everything related to Futures trading.

Explore	Lists all available trading assets Tap on any asset to view its chart and start trading
Your Positions	Shows all your open positions Displays key details like position size, entry price, and unrealized PnL
Orders	Shows your active and pending orders Includes limit orders, take profit, and stop loss orders
Activities	Displays your complete order history
Transfers	Shows your Futures deposit and withdrawal history

4. Open a Position

Once you’ve deposited funds, you can start trading. There are more than 100 contracts to choose from.

Select a trading asset from Explore
Select the order type- Market, Limit, etc.
Open a position (Long or Short)
Set leverage with the slider or presets (The max leverage varies per market)
Drag the slider to set your order size

Order size = margin x leverage
Use the slider to choose how much of your trading balance to use

6. Add Take Profit/Stop Loss (TP/SL) parameters to automatically close your position at these thresholds. (Optional)

7. Review your order details, including margin used, liquidation price, and fees. Tap 'Confirm' to continue.

5. Key Concepts You Should Know

Here are a few important terms you’ll see throughout the Futures experience:

a. Long Position

You go long when you expect the price to increase
Profit if the price goes up

b. Short Position

You go short when you expect the price to decrease
Profit if the price goes down

c. Leverage

Leverage allows you to control a larger position using a smaller amount of capital.
Higher leverage = higher potential profit and higher risk
⚠️ Beginners are strongly advised to start with low leverage.

d. Margin