When Can I Trade Crypto Futures on Pluang?

You can trade Crypto Futures on Pluang at any time. Unlike traditional exchange-listed instruments with fixed opening and closing hours, the crypto market operates continuously, so you can open, adjust, or close your Crypto Futures positions whenever you choose, on any day of the week, including holidays. This continuous availability applies across all 49 active Crypto Futures contracts on Pluang, whether you're placing a Market Order for instant execution or a Limit Order that can sit pending for up to 90 days waiting for its trigger price. Because there's no market close, mechanisms tied to time — like the funding rate exchanged every eight hours between Long and Short traders — keep running on schedule regardless of the calendar date, and margin-related risks like liquidation remain live continuously rather than pausing overnight.

How it works:

• There's no daily open/close schedule or weekend market closure to plan around for Crypto Futures — the underlying crypto market itself trades continuously, unlike traditional stock or futures exchanges.
• This means price movement, unrealized PnL, and liquidation risk remain active around the clock, not just during specific hours, so a position left unmonitored overnight carries the same risk as one left unmonitored during the day.
• Because there's no fixed session, it's worth monitoring your open positions regularly rather than assuming activity pauses overnight or on weekends.
• Time-based mechanisms like the funding rate, which is exchanged every eight hours between Long and Short traders to keep the perpetual contract price aligned with the index price, continue running on their fixed schedule regardless of what day it is.
• Both order types remain available at all times: Market Orders execute immediately whenever you place them, and Limit Orders stay pending until filled, canceled, or their up-to-90-day validity period ends.

Related questions:

Q: Does Crypto Futures trading stop on weekends?
No. The crypto market trades continuously, so you can open or close Crypto Futures positions on Pluang any day, including weekends and public holidays, with no scheduled downtime built into the platform. This differs fundamentally from traditional exchange-listed instruments, which close for the weekend and reopen only on the next business day, leaving positions unable to be adjusted in between.

Q: Are there specific daily trading hours for Crypto Futures?
No. There's no fixed open or close time — Crypto Futures markets run 24 hours a day, every day, across all 49 active contracts, so there's no session start or end to work around. Whether it's the middle of the night, a public holiday, or a weekend, prices continue moving and your open positions continue accumulating unrealized PnL exactly as they would on a weekday afternoon.

Q: Can liquidation happen outside of typical market hours?
Yes. Since the market never closes, price movements that trigger liquidation can happen at any time, so managing your margin matters continuously, not just during the day or on weekdays. Leaving a leveraged position unmonitored over a long weekend carries the same liquidation exposure as leaving it unmonitored during a regular trading afternoon, since Mark Price keeps updating regardless of the calendar.

Q: Does the funding rate still apply on weekends and holidays?
Yes. Funding is exchanged every eight hours between Long and Short traders regardless of the day, since the mechanism runs on a fixed clock schedule rather than a trading calendar with market closures. This means an open position can trigger a funding payment or receipt on a public holiday exactly as it would on a regular Tuesday, so it's worth factoring funding into your overnight and weekend planning too.