[ANN] Quedex Bitcoin Futures and Options Exchange announces open launch!

[quedex]

Quedex Bitcoin Futures and Options Exchange is announcing its open launch!

Quedex Bitcoin Futures and Options Exchange offers the first consistent derivatives market, providing options fully consistent with inverse futures standard and a Bitcoin-centric platform designed for the crypto economy.


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Trading Features:

• Quedex accepts Bitcoins as a collateral and all margining, profits and loss calculations are done in Bitcoin. Deposits and withdrawals are possible using Bitcoin only, no fiat needed!
  
• Up to 25x leverage on futures and 10x leverage on options (up to 20x leverage on out of the money options).
• FREE TRADING until the end of January 2018!
• Seamless trading of options and futures with no barriers to entry - $1 contract size.
• Real cross margining - profits and losses from all contracts are netted! - futures & options spread trading has never been easier!
• Profits from open positions rebalanced at least once per day and available for opening new positions.
• WebSocket API connectivity with Python and Java implementations. Sample Java Market Maker is available!
• Account registration takes less than a minute!

Futures, Options and Volatility

Futures markets on their own, while very liquid, allow traders only to speculate directly on the price. When it comes to hedging, futures allow only static freezing of the dollar value of the bitcoin portfolio. Options are necessary for those who want to protect themselves from downside risk, while keeping the profit potential of their coins. In addition to that, options allow profiting from both upsides and downsides simultaneously – in other words, to trade Bitcoin volatility, in addition to trading the price.

We have prepared a few tutorials on our products:

• general futures and options guides,
• short intro to volatility trading, and
• info on how to hedge your BTC with short futures positions and by buying put options.

Security Features

Quedex was built with ultimate security as a goal, employing a unique risk management system which employs balancing auctions as a protection against market manipulations, cascading margin calls and flash crashes. Traders’ funds are held in 100% cold storage wallets secured with multi-sig technology, requiring physical access to the signing devices of multiple parties to withdraw any funds.

All the traffic between the client and the trading engine is protected by end-to-end PGP encryption with authentication based on private-public key digital signatures, a concept that protects Bitcoin itself.

Live Beta

We are currenlty in the live beta phase, but the platform is fully operational, bitcoin deposits and withdrawals are possible and full trading functionality is available. We strive to constantly improve the user experience and regularly add new features to the platform.
Meanwhile, our liquidity is increasing and we have contracted market makers who provide stable liquidity for both futures and options. In case you need additional sizes, let us know at contact@quedex.net and we will pass your request to the market makers who can provide adequate liquidity for you in all instruments.

Reputable Jurisdiction

Quedex operates under the jurisdiction of Gibraltar, European Union Member State and a British overseas territory. Since 1st January, 2018, the provision of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology services in Gibraltar is an activity regulated by Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Licenses will begin to be issued after 31th March, 2018. Meanwhile, our operations are fully covered by the transitional arrangements until Quedex receives full license.

Contact

Follow us on Twitter: @quedexnet
Write to us at contact@quedex.net


Register and trade for free on Quedex: https://quedex.net/webapp/auth/register




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[fenghush]

Wow, this looks amazing! Good job, guys. Do you have an affiliate/referral program?

[quedex]

Thanks!

We have an affiliate program. You can find your affiliate link in your User Profile in the web app's main menu, which is avaliable once you log in.

The referrer rebate (i.e. the percentage of commissions paid by those who are referred by you) is lifetime, and the exact percentage depends on your affiliate status:

Status	1st Tier	2nd Tier	3rd Tier
Affiliate	10%	5%	-
Affiliate Partner	15%	10%	5%
Affiliate VIP	20%	15%	10%

The Tier 1 shows the percentage of commissions paid by those referred by you directly, whereas Tier 2 reflect the percentages you receive from commissions paid by those referred in Tier 1. Tier 3 goes analogously. The affiliate status depends on the total turnover generated by those referred by you in all tiers. In exceptional circumstances in may be given in advance for other contributions to the platform as well.

The referred users receive in turn 10% discount from all fees paid to Quedex for the first 6 months after registration.

More details will soon appear on our website.

[fenghush]

Thanks!

We have an affiliate program. You can find your affiliate link in your User Profile in the web app's main menu, which is avaliable once you log in.

The referrer rebate (i.e. the percentage of commissions paid by those who are referred by you) is lifetime, and the exact percentage depends on your affiliate status:

Status	1st Tier	2nd Tier	3rd Tier
Affiliate	10%	5%	-
Affiliate Partner	15%	10%	5%
Affiliate VIP	20%	15%	10%

The Tier 1 shows the percentage of commissions paid by those referred by you directly, whereas Tier 2 reflect the percentages you receive from commissions paid by those referred in Tier 1. Tier 3 goes analogously. The affiliate status depends on the total turnover generated by those referred by you in all tiers. In exceptional circumstances in may be given in advance for other contributions to the platform as well.

The referred users receive in turn 10% discount from all fees paid to Quedex for the first 6 months after registration.

More details will soon appear on our website.

That's great. I'm playing around with the platform now. Looks really interesting. I look forward to testing it out with some trades.

Another question: Are withdrawals instant, or do you do them in a daily batch like Bitmex does?

[quedex]

The withdrawals are batched and sent at least daily, since we maintain 100% cold storage.

We are happy that you like the platform :-) Feedback is always appreciated!

[fenghush]

The withdrawals are batched and sent at least daily, since we maintain 100% cold storage.

We are happy that you like the platform :-) Feedback is always appreciated!

Good info, thanks! This volatility makes for profitable trading right now 

[legendster]

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The fact that you allow USD BTC trade being such a noob in the exchange world is commendable. Here are some questions :

1. Would you ever allow USD withdrawals?
2. Compared to other exchanges you are pretty verification free, why? Is the lack of fiat withdrawal a reason behind it?
3. In terms of security, you use passphrase and session password, what about email 2fa, google authenticator / authy / sms verification etc?
4. How frequently would you add new tokens? Would you be as proactive as Etherdelta? (ever?)

Could you let me know these please?

[legendster]

Wow, this looks amazing! Good job, guys. Do you have an affiliate/referral program?

They do, once signed in, click the dropdown next to your email id on the top right of your screen. Then click User profile and there you will see that they have listed 3 distinct landing pages where you can direct traffic with your personal referral url.

They call it referral Token. This can also be put in manually during signup.

The withdrawals are batched and sent at least daily, since we maintain 100% cold storage.

We are happy that you like the platform :-) Feedback is always appreciated!

Good info, thanks! This volatility makes for profitable trading right now 

Yes, it would be even more beneficial if they allowed USD withdrawals. At least through paypal or skrill.

[quedex]

The fact that you allow USD BTC trade being such a noob in the exchange world is commendable. Here are some questions :

1. Would you ever allow USD withdrawals?
2. Compared to other exchanges you are pretty verification free, why? Is the lack of fiat withdrawal a reason behind it?
3. In terms of security, you use passphrase and session password, what about email 2fa, google authenticator / authy / sms verification etc?
4. How frequently would you add new tokens? Would you be as proactive as Etherdelta? (ever?)

Could you let me know these please?

Legendster,

1. Currently, we are not running a spot exchange, we are providing Bitcoin-denominated derivatives on BTCUSD exchange rate. We don't have USD withdrawals on our roadmap.
2. Yes, since we are focusing on crypto-only customers, we do not impose heavy verification burden, relying instead on other due diligence solutions. After all, transactions on the blockchain are transparent enough to mitigate most risks.
3. We plan to add other 2FA methods soon.
4. We aim to gather significant liquidity on BTCUSD futures and options first, but naturally we have other cryptos on the roadmap, most likely starting with liquid high cap coins.

I hope this helps. Feel free to let us know if you have other questions or comments!

[quedex]

Our new trading commission scheme kicks in tomorrow! Earn 0.02% for each maker trade any pay only 0.03% for taker trade on futures and options. The details of our new special offer are available at https://quedex.net/doc/fees

[quedex]

Stay tuned for a series of video tutorials on crypto futures and options on Quedex in partnership with Crypto Wizards! Check out their Quedex Trading and Crypto Wizards Announcement @YouTube.

The series starts with an excellent Introduction to Options for Beginners using the Quedex Trading Platform @YouTube. Great way to learn and trade!

[iamlds08]

the project seems good. does it prosper? how was it going? the website is hard to find and not user friendly.
if there is other site or whitepaper to read please post it here. thanks and goodluck!

[quedex]

the project seems good. does it prosper? how was it going? the website is hard to find and not user friendly.
if there is other site or whitepaper to read please post it here. thanks and goodluck!

Thanks! Quedex is certainly prospering very well! Our user base is constantly growing, the liquidity is improving and volumes are rising. We've received quite a wide coverage of initial Press Release - we were featured in: Nasdaq, Yahoo!, money.ca, IB Times, Market Watch, Crypto Coins News, Coin Idol, Coin Speaker, ZyCrypto, BitsOnline, The Merkle and a long list of other places; also featured in a few articles, e.g. The Merkle and Crypto Coins News. As you've seen in our previous post, we also start to engage community, who produce excellent learning content.

Do you have any specific suggestions on the user friendliness of our website? We constantly strive to improve the UX rolling out new updates every week (changes in the order entry recently). The links you might find interesting (we don't have any whitepaper, but you may find the FAQ, Tutorials and other docs useful):

• Landing page: https://quedex.net/
• Live trading dashboard: https://quedex.net/webapp/dashboard/futures
• Registration: https://quedex.net/webapp/auth/register
• FAQ: https://quedex.net/faq
• Tutorials: https://quedex.net/edu/tutorials
• API (if an algo trader): https://quedex.net/doc/api
• Affiliate programme (if you'd like to recommend us and earn!): https://quedex.net/doc/affiliates

[quedex]

And we have another awesome video tutorial from Crypto Wizards! This time you may learn with an Introduction to Futures for Beginners using the Quedex Trading Platform @YouTube.

[quedex]

If you successfully went through the very first Crypto Wizards options tutorials, then take a look at two profitable strategies on
the CW Youtube channel.
You can trade them immediately on The Quedex Trading Platform!