Futures

Trade Quant

Futures Contracts

Quant (QNT) futures let you gain exposure to Quant without having to buy and hold any in your portfolio.
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Whether you’re looking for a seamless, flexible user experience or performant API trading, Kraken Derivatives offers a wide range of products on a robust, low latency, high-performance trading platform.

Why trade Quant futures?

  • Quant futures are an agreement between two counterparties to buy and sell a specific amount of QNT at a specific future Quant price on a specific date and time
  • They allow you to gain exposure to Quant without ever having to own it
  • Individuals and organizations that do own Quant can use futures to hedge exposure against market movements

The Kraken Derivatives multi-collateral advantage

Gain exposure to a wide range of assets without owning them outright. With a variety of collateral options, you have flexibility when opening new positions or maintaining existing positions. And no matter what crypto you trade, you can choose to convert any profits into a currency of your choice.

Introducing the Multi-Collateral Futures wallet

The multi-collateral wallet allows you to use a variety of collateral types to manage all of your positions, without needing to move funds around. For example, you can open a position on QNT/USD, use USDT as collateral and convert any profits to Quant.

Quant futures trading with leverage

Kraken Futures offers leverage, allowing you to amplify your buying or selling power.

Flexibility in risk management 

New margin mode functionality allows you to trade using isolated margin to limit your downside per contract, or use cross margin to utilize all of your collateral across all positions.

Trade a range of currency pairs

Gain exposure to a variety of pairs using your multi-collateral futures wallet with 9 different collateral options.

Quant hodlers: Hedge volatility with Kraken Futures

Use futures to hedge against spot market volatility – no matter which way the underlying market moves.

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Quant futures FAQs

  1. What are Quant futures?

  2. How to buy Quant futures?

  3. How to go long on Quant using futures contracts?

  4. How to go short on Quant using futures contracts?

Risk Disclaimer

Trading futures, derivatives and other instruments using leverage involves an element of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Read Kraken’s risk disclosure to learn more.