1. General FAQ

Where can I change the leverage?

The leverage you are trading with depends on the equity you have in your account. Deribit uses cross-margin auto leverage. For example: if you wish to trade with 10x leverage and want to open a position of 1 BTC in the Perpetual, you’ll need to have 0.1 BTC in your account. We do have sub accounts, so you can open a separate account for each trade.

Can I deposit fiat currency like USD, EUR or Rupees etc?

No, we only accept bitcoin (BTC) as funds to deposit. When we are able to accept fiat money, it will be announced additionally. To deposit funds go to menu Account > Deposit where your BTC deposit address can be found. BTC can be bought on other exchanges like: Kraken.com, Bitstamp.net etc.

My deposit/withdrawal is pending. Can you speed it up?

Are my funds safe?

We keep more than 95% of our customer deposits in cold storage. Vast majority of funds are stored in multiple bank safes.

I lost my 2 Factor Authentication, how can I get access to my account?

Please send an e-mail to support@deribit.com and we will start the procedure.

Is there a demo account functionality for newbies to try out the exchange?

Do you have official wrappers/examples for your API?

I had some questions about the security of Deribit, okay to talk in the chat, or email better?

Is the exchange open 24 hr x 7 days?

Yes. Crypto exchanges usually do not close apart from system outages/updates.

For some reason I want to delete my account, can I?

No. We cannot delete accounts, but we can put your account in a “lock” state so that trading and withdrawals are not possible anymore. Please send us an e-mail if you want your account to be locked.

What’s a Futures contract at Deribit.com?

In our case a Futures Contract is an agreement to buy or sell a bitcoin at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

What’s the contract size of the Futures?

1 contract is 10 USD.

What does Δ|Delta mean?

Delta is the amount an option price is expected to move based on a $1 change in the underlying (in our case bitcoin). Calls have positive delta, between 0 and 1. That means if the price of bitcoin goes up and no other pricing variables change, the price for the call will go up. Your total Delta position in the options summary is the amount your options portfolio value will increase/decrease dollar wise with each $1 move on the Bitcoin price.

What does Delta Total in the account summary mean?

In the Account summary you will find a variable called “DeltaTotal”. This is the amount of BTC delta’s on top of your equity due to all your positions futures and options combined. It does not include your equity. Example: If you buy a call option with delta 0.50 for 0.10 BTC, your DeltaTotal will increase with 0.40. If the bitcoin price were to rise with $1, the option would gain $0.50 in value, but the 0.10BTC you payed for it would also gain $0.10 in value. Thus your total delta change due to this transaction is just 0.40. Futures delta’s are also included in DeltaTotal calculation. Equity is not. So depositing BTC in your account has no influence on DeltaTotal. Only opening/closing positions in your account will change DeltaTotal.

The formula for DeltaTotal:

DeltaTotal= Futures Deltas + Options Deltas + Futures Session PL + Cash Balance — Equity.

(or DeltaTotal= Futures Deltas + Options Deltas — Options Markprice Values.)

Are Options European style?

European Vanilla Style. Exercise is automatic if they expire in the money. Cash settlement in the equivalent of bitcoin.

How can I buy or sell options?

You can click on an option on the BTC Options page (any price in the table). A popup will appear where you can add your order.

What is the minimum order size?

Currently 0.1 bitcoin.

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