Gate Schedules Four Stock-Linked Futures for U.S. and Japanese Firms

Gate scheduled four stock-linked perpetual futures for Oct. 21 at 5 a.m. ET (09:00 UTC), adding leveraged trading tied to two U.S. and two Japanese companies to its equity-contract lineup.

The contracts cover Fast Retailing (9983), Taiyo Yuden (6976), Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) and Valero Energy Corporation (VLO). Users can select leverage from 1x to 20x and take long or short positions. Gate cautioned that volatility could delay the scheduled listings.

Trading bots and copy trading were slated to become available within an hour of the futures launch. At the time of the announcement, Gate counted 486 stock contracts on its platform.

The planned additions continue Gate’s expansion of its equity-linked derivatives. The exchange launched six stock contracts on Sept. 29.