ACE is LeoStrategy's stable token that will be pegged 1:1 with $1. This token has a lengthy roadmap of DeFi features and functionalities. The very first major functionality we rolled out was "PredictIt" - a real-time prediction market that has quickly gained some steam. The most used market so far is "Quick Market" where you can predict the BTC price in 5 minute intervals.
This led us to start working on the scaffolding of our newest release: Perpetual Futures.
Perps and PredictIt share very similar architecture. This is a natural expansion of the existing feature set.
Why do Perps Matter?
HIVE has been continuously delisted on CEXes. Especially for Perps. There needs to be a good onchain solution for perpetual futures trading on the HIVE token. We've had several ideas related to leverage trading for the HIVE token but realized that the best long-term solution would be to build it as a staple asset in our perps markets.
Now, that time has come. Trade HIVE with up to 5x leverage.
LEO and all LSTR-based assets are a long ways from having CEX listings for Perps markets. This means that LeoStrategy has just created the first and only live leverage markets for these tokens.
Simultaneously, much of our profitability model relies on trading volume. You'll often hear us say Volatility = Vitality and perps drive more volatility via two-sided trading (long or short HIVE/LEO/LSTR tokens with leverage). This will create more onchain trading activity for all of these assets which will lead to more profitability for our cross-chain market makers which operate to profit on daily price movements across Arbitrum, Base and Hive-Engine.
By introducing the ability to long/short with leverage, we add more potential volume to the onchain settlement of tokens.
We also add two-sided trading (the ability to short has never been possible on HE tokens). Now, it is.
This is incredibly important as well to the LeoStrategy Recovery plan which is why we accelerated our shipping timeline for perps.
Much of the features we are building (PredictIt and Perps and soon, more DeFi functionalities) are being accelerated on our Roadmap. Why? These features drive economic inflows to the LeoStrategy treasury. These inflows will be autonomously sent to the 
We are at the beginning of a very long journey and we are excited to continue to build profitable functionalities that drive the economy toward new highs. All of this succeeding leads to **leostrategy purchasing more LEO and growing our balance sheet of perma-staked LEO on sLEO.
Introducing HIVE Perps | Trade HIVE, LEO and HE Tokens With Leverage
You can now trade the following tokens with up to 5x leverage. Onchain. Seamless. Low fees. High liquidity.
- HIVE
- LEO
- LSTR
- SURGE
- TTSLA
- TGLD
- TNVDA
Perps stands for Perpetual Futures. They are perpetual because they technically "never settle". To enter, you open a position. To exit, you close a position.
While you have a position open, a "Funding Rate" is either Earned or Charged based on the current market dynamics.
- If more people are long, the shorts will get paid to be short by the longs
- If more people are short, the longs will get paid to be long by the shorts
This is entirely driven by market forces.
How to Long/Short HIVE, LEO and LSTR-Tokens With Up to 5x Leverage
- Go to https://leostrategy.io/trade/HIVE
- Connect with Hive Keychain
- Deposit ACE (or claim free ACE for our limited time promo event)
- Go to whichever token you wish to trade (HIVE/LEO/LSTR/SURGE/TTSLA/TGLD/TNVDA)
- Enter trade details on the right side of the page (choose size, leverage amount, etc.) and click "Open Long" or "Open Short"
- Track it in real-time!
The markets move quick, Perps are a lot of fun. Go forth and enjoy!
What About Liquidity?
When you go to the new Perps app: https://leostrategy.io/trade/HIVE, you will notice that there is deep liquidity already in the order books. This liquidity will be scaled even further with time.
The liquidity is driven in two ways:
- AMM
- User Orders
The AMM is an automated market maker that LeoStrategy operates. It runs on a complex algorithm that places bids & asks on the order book and aims to break even. By aiming to break even, it keeps spreads very narrow. You'll notice on the screenshot above that the spread for trading HIVE Perps is in fact smaller than it is on Centralized Exchanges like Binance. This is an incredible impact of running a real-time AMM onchain. We are able to pull real-time data from multiple exchanges and instead of trying to profit, we are aiming to break even to build liquidity.
The profitability of the Perps markets comes from volume. More traders = more profit for LeoStrategy which flows direct to the
A small trading fee applies to all perps volume. This is how the RCBF earns from Perps trading.
Trade Perps Risk-Free! Your First 5 ACE is on Us
For a limited time, you can go to the new Perps Trading App and trade HIVE/LEO/LSTR/SURGE/TTSLA/TGLD/TNVDA perps completely risk-free. We're offering a free 5 ACE to the first handful of users.
Go to https://leostrategy.io/trade/HIVE, connect your Hive Wallet and then start trading Perps to start playing the markets.
Questions or Issues?
Use APEX Chat (Powered by LeoAI) to report bugs or feedback or feature requests in the bottom right of https://leostrategy.io.