Polymarket Perps · Crypto
Bitcoin (BTC) Perpetuals on Polymarket
How to trade Bitcoin perpetuals on Polymarket Perps — leverage, fees, funding rates, and the related prediction markets you can hedge against.
How Bitcoin (BTC) perpetuals work on Polymarket
Trade Bitcoin perpetuals on Polymarket with up to 250x leverage, 24/7, settled in pUSD on Polygon. The contract is cash-settled in pUSD, marks-to-market continuously, and pays funding every 8 hours marked against the BTC index price.
Open a long or short by posting pUSD as initial margin. Your liquidation price depends on leverage: at 10x, an adverse 9.5% move triggers liquidation; at 50x, a 1.5% move does. PolyArb's risk dashboard shows live distance-to-liquidation across all your open positions.
Choose your leverage tier
Polymarket Perps caps BTC at 250x. Pick a tier from the list below to read the risk math, sample positions, and recommended use cases for that level of leverage.
- 2xConservativeLiquidates on a 50% adverse moveLearn more →
- 5xBalancedLiquidates on a 20% adverse moveLearn more →
- 10xBalancedLiquidates on a 10% adverse moveLearn more →
- 20xAggressiveLiquidates on a 5% adverse moveLearn more →
- 50xAggressiveLiquidates on a 2% adverse moveLearn more →
- 100xSpeculativeLiquidates on a 1% adverse moveLearn more →
- 250xSpeculativeLiquidates on a 0.4% adverse moveLearn more →
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FAQ
- What leverage does Polymarket Perps offer on Bitcoin?
- Polymarket Perps lists BTC with up to 250x leverage. Mainstream traders typically use 5x–10x; the higher tiers are reserved for short-duration directional trades.
- Is Bitcoin on Polymarket Perps available 24/7?
- Yes — Polymarket Perps trade 24/7 with continuous mark-to-market against the BTC reference index.
- What collateral do I need to trade BTC perps?
- Polymarket Perps use pUSD as collateral — an ERC-20 token on Polygon backed 1:1 by USDC. You wrap USDC into pUSD inside the Polymarket UI, then post it as initial margin on your BTC position.
- Can I arbitrage BTC perps between Polymarket and another venue?
- Yes — funding-rate arbitrage between Polymarket Perps and venues like Hyperliquid or Binance is the obvious play. PolyArb tracks funding deltas across major perp venues and flags actionable spreads with execution sizing for both legs.
Track BTC perp arbitrage with PolyArb
PolyArb tracks BTC funding-rate spreads across Polymarket Perps, Hyperliquid, and Binance every minute, with Telegram + Discord alerts.