Bybit has expanded its perpetual contracts offerings this week, adding 7 new TradiFi assets, including $USDT-quoted perpetual contracts with 10x leverage. The new Bybit TradiFi perpetual contracts listings include Oracle (ORCL), Nvidia (NVDA), Circle (CRCL), Invesco (QQQ), and iShares (EWJ & EWY).
Bybit now allows traders to build portfolios including AI-infrastructure and digital assets giants, as well as ETFs covering Asian markets. The exchange has been adding new tickers to its $USDT-quoted perpetual contracts (with up to 10x leverage) each week since mid-April.
The latest addition brings the total number of perpetual contracts available to 20 U.S. stocks, 3 commodities (gold, silver, & oil), and 3 global ETFs. Bybit is basically expanding nonstop trading access to a selection of traditional financial products, including major equities and ETF perpetuals.
Particularly, Bybit users can now trade perpetual contracts across sectors with leverage: semiconductors (TSM, NVDA, & MU), technology (TSLA, SNDK, META, GOOGL, MSFT, ORCL, AAPL, & INTC), digital assets (MSTR, COIN, & CRCL), finance (HOOD), and more supported assets. These TradiFi perpetual contracts are $USDT-denominated and $USDT-settled derivatives that track the prices of traditional financial assets.
Bybit’s expansion enables traders to respond fast to drastic market shifts
According to Bybit, the new offerings provide traders with broader access to global markets. That deep reach enables traders to respond to drastic shifts in markets, even when traditional markets are closed. The expansion comes at a time of sustained interest in technology and semiconductor-adjacent equities, as well as diversified ETF exposure.
Meanwhile, ORCL and NVDA remain central to discussions of AI infrastructure and enterprise cloud adoption. The inclusion of international and broad-market ETF perpetuals, such as South Korea-focused (EWY) and Japan-focused (EWJ) iShares MSCI perpetual contracts. Tech-heavy QQQ offerings also add to the list, enabling traders to build multi-asset portfolios. The traders can further learn how to execute hedging strategies.
Bybit is also emphasizing that its TradFi perpetual contracts follow the same margin, funding rate, and liquidation mechanisms as standard $USDT perpetual contracts. These contracts allow traders to gain exposure to the price movements of traditional assets without the risk of holding the actual assets.
Bybit applies standard deviation limit to prevent ‘flash liquidations’
The exchange applies a ±5% deviation limit to individual stocks, such as ORCL, to prevent “flash liquidations” during periods of low liquidity when the traditional U.S. markets are closed. Bybit’s TradFi perpetual contracts for listed stocks use a tiered risk limit system that mirrors its standard $USDT Perpetual structure, but with tighter leverage constraints to account for the unique volatility of traditional markets.
These tiers apply specifically to the TradFi Perpetual Contracts launched in April/May 2026. Meanwhile, higher tiers are available for institutional accounts upon request. The tiered system increases Maintenance Margin Rates (MMR) as position size grows.
On the other hand, the “Risk Limit” thresholds are much lower for stocks than for crypto, even though the margin calculation formula is the same.
For Tier 1 Crypto (BTC/ETH) perpetuals, they often cover up to 2 million $USDT with an MMR as low as 0.5%. That means an investor has to maintain $50 in equity to avoid liquidation.
Perpetuals for Tier 1 Stocks (TSLA/NVDA) only cover up to 50,000 $USDT, with a much higher MMR of 2%. A trader holding a $10,000 NVDA position must have at least $200 to avoid liquidation.
