Why Choose MEXC Futures?

MEXC Futures lets you trade perpetual contracts on crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, going long or short with leverage, on the website, the MEXC app or the desktop terminal.

Whether it suits you depends on how its fees, contract types, trading tools and risk controls fit the way you trade, and on understanding the risks that come with leverage.

This guide walks through each of those in turn, using MEXC's own product rules.

New to futures? Start with our crypto futures guide for beginners.

Key Takeaways:

• MEXC Futures offers USDT-margined and coin-margined perpetual contracts, with cross or isolated margin and a hedge mode for holding long and short positions at once.
• Futures fees are charged as maker and taker rates published on MEXC's fee page, and they can vary with platform events and user region.
• MEXC triggers liquidation with the fair price and liquidates large positions in tiers, and its Futures Insurance Fund absorbs liquidation shortfalls but does not cover traders' own losses.
• Copy trading and grid trading automate parts of trading, but neither removes market risk.
• Leverage magnifies gains and losses, and a futures position can lose all of its margin.

What Is MEXC Futures?

MEXC Futures is MEXC's derivatives market for perpetual contracts, which track a crypto asset's price without an expiry date and let you profit from rises or falls.

It offers two contract types: USDT-margined futures, where margin and profit are in USDT, and coin-margined futures, where they are in the underlying coin.

You can trade on the MEXC website, the iOS and Android apps, or the Windows desktop terminal.

How Do MEXC Futures Fees Work?

MEXC charges a maker fee when your order adds liquidity to the order book and a taker fee when your order fills against an existing order, and both are listed on its fee page.

A limit order that rests on the book before it fills is usually a maker order, while a market order, or a limit order that fills straight away, is a taker order.

The MEXC fee page notes that maker and taker rates may vary with platform events or user region, so the rate that applies to you is the one shown there.

Each fee is the position value multiplied by the fee rate, so at an illustrative 0.02% taker rate, closing a 50,000 USDT position costs 10 USDT.

Eligible accounts can transfer MX to their futures wallet and have it used first to pay futures fees.

Holding a perpetual position also means paying or receiving funding at each settlement, as explained in how MEXC funding rates are calculated.

What Trading Tools Does MEXC Futures Offer?

MEXC Futures offers limit, market and trigger orders, take-profit and stop-loss settings, cross and isolated margin, and a hedge mode.

Order Types

A limit order fills at your price or better, a market order fills at the best available price, and a trigger order is placed only when a price you set is reached.

Trigger orders do not reserve margin or a position until they are activated.

Take-profit and stop-loss settings are covered in setting take-profit and stop-loss on MEXC futures.

Margin Modes and Hedge Mode

In isolated margin, each position has its own margin, while cross margin shares your futures balance across positions.

Hedge mode lets you hold a long and a short position on the same contract at the same time, with margin set under each contract's risk-limit tiers.

Maximum leverage varies by contract and position size, and each contract's tiers are listed on the MEXC risk limit page.

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What Are Copy Trading and Grid Trading on MEXC Futures?

Copy trading and grid trading are two ways MEXC lets you automate futures trading, but both still carry the full risks of leveraged positions.

Copy Trading

Copy trading opens positions in your account that mirror the trades of a lead trader you choose.

A lead trader's past results do not predict future results, and the copied positions can lose money, including through liquidation.

How it works is explained in what copy trading is.

Grid Trading

Futures grid trading places a series of buy and sell orders at set intervals within a price range you choose.

If the price moves out of the range, the grid stops working as planned and the position can take losses, and frequent orders add up in fees.

Setup steps are in MEXC's futures grid trading guide.

How Does MEXC Manage Futures Risk?

MEXC manages futures risk with a fair-price liquidation trigger, tiered liquidation and an insurance fund, alongside asset-custody measures and account security tools.

Fair Price and Tiered Liquidation

MEXC triggers liquidation when the fair price, which is based on prices across major exchanges, reaches a position's liquidation price, which reduces the effect of a brief price spike on one platform.

Large positions are reduced tier by tier before any full takeover, as explained in the MEXC futures liquidation FAQ.

The Futures Insurance Fund absorbs liquidation shortfalls for the futures market as a whole and does not cover traders' own losses.

Proof of Reserves and the Guardian Fund

MEXC publishes Proof of Reserves for user assets.

Proof of Reserves is a point-in-time snapshot verified by Hacken that covers only the listed assets and is provided for reference. It is not a full third-party financial audit and does not guarantee ongoing solvency.

MEXC also maintains a Guardian Fund for platform-side incidents.

The Guardian Fund is a commercial commitment by MEXC, not statutory insurance or deposit protection. It applies only within its published scope (platform-side incidents such as a breach of MEXC's own systems), is subject to eligibility review, and does not cover every loss scenario, including trading losses or account takeovers.

Custody and Account Security

MEXC keeps assets in a mix of cold and hot wallets, which helps reduce the exposure of funds held online.

Account tools such as two-factor authentication and an anti-phishing code help protect your login and withdrawals, but they cannot remove every risk.

What Are the Risks of Trading MEXC Futures?

Leverage magnifies both gains and losses, so a small price move against a position can use up its margin and lead to liquidation.

Funding fees, trading fees and slippage add costs, and in fast markets an order can fill at a worse price than expected.

You can practise every tool with demo funds first in MEXC futures demo trading.

FAQ

What are the trading fees on MEXC Futures?

MEXC charges maker and taker fees listed on its fee page, and the rates can vary with platform events and user region.

What is the maximum leverage on MEXC Futures?

Maximum leverage depends on the contract and the position size, and each contract's limits are shown on the MEXC risk limit page.

Does MEXC offer demo trading for futures?

Yes, MEXC Futures Demo Trading lets you practise with demo funds in a separate environment that shows live market prices.

Is copy trading on MEXC risk-free?

No, copied positions carry the same market and liquidation risks as any futures position, and past results do not predict future ones.

What happens if a futures position is liquidated below its bankruptcy price?

The Futures Insurance Fund absorbs the shortfall for the market as a whole, and if it is not enough, auto-deleveraging applies; the fund does not cover traders' own losses.

Conclusion

MEXC Futures offers USDT-margined and coin-margined perpetual contracts with standard order types, two margin modes, hedge mode and automated tools such as copy and grid trading.

Its fees are published on the fee page, and its risk controls include fair-price liquidation, tiered liquidation and an insurance fund with a defined scope.

None of these removes the risk of leverage, so start with the demo and size positions with the possibility of losing your margin in mind.

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Related Articles

• Crypto Futures Trading for Beginners: Complete Guide & Strategies
• MEXC Futures Demo Trading: Improve Trading Skills Without Risk
• MEXC Futures Liquidation FAQ: Triggers, Liquidation Price and Maintenance Margin
• MEXC Futures Funding Rates: How They're Calculated, Settled and Checked
• How to Set Take-Profit and Stop-Loss on MEXC Futures (Web and App)
• How to Use the MEXC Futures Calculator: PnL, Target Price, Liquidation and Stop-Loss
• What is Copy Trading?

Trading crypto assets is high-risk; prices can be highly volatile and you may lose everything you put in. No security measure removes all risk, and MEXC does not promise principal protection or absolute security. This article is not investment advice.