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    ApeX Omni Launches Stock Perpetuals: Trade Stocks and Equities On-Chain

    Nov 04, 2025

    4 min read

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    The line between traditional finance and decentralized trading continues to blur. Today marks a significant milestone as ApeX Omni introduces Stock Perpetuals, bringing Real World Asset (RWA) products focused on equities directly on-chain. For the first time, ApeX traders can access financial derivatives for major stocks and ETFs without leaving the blockchain.

    This launch represents more than just adding new trading pairs. It's about expanding the boundaries of what's possible in decentralized finance, giving traders exposure to traditional markets through the efficiency and transparency of blockchain infrastructure.

    Phase 1: Five Major Assets Go Live

    We're starting with five carefully selected assets that represent both individual high-growth stocks and broad market indices:

    Individual Stocks:

    • TSLA (Tesla)

    • META (Meta Platforms)

    • NVDA (NVIDIA)

    ETFs:

    • QQQ (Invesco QQQ Trust, tracking Nasdaq-100)

    • SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust)

    These assets provide exposure to technology leadership, AI infrastructure, social media platforms, and comprehensive market indices. Whether you're tracking individual company performance or broader market movements, Phase 1 covers essential trading opportunities in equities.

    Understanding the Stocks Account Structure

    To support stock perpetual trading, we've introduced a new Stocks Account for all Omni users. This account operates independently while maintaining seamless integration with your existing ApeX infrastructure.

    Fund Transfers and Account Relationships

    The Stocks Account can transfer funds directly with other account types, with some important distinctions:

    Funding Account to Stocks Account: Transfers fully supported. Move capital freely between your funding reserves and stock trading operations.

    Perp Account to Stocks Account: Transfers fully supported. Reallocate capital between crypto perpetuals and stock perpetuals based on your trading strategy.

    Spot Account to Stocks Account: Transfers not yet supported in Phase 1. This functionality will be added in future updates.

    Cross-Collateral with Independent Risk Management

    The Stocks Account operates under a cross-collateral (cross-margin) mode, similar to the Perp Account. However, it maintains a completely separate margin pool. This structure provides two critical advantages:

    Independent liquidation: During liquidation events, Stocks positions and existing Perp (Perpetual plus Prediction) positions are settled independently. Your crypto perpetual positions won't be affected by stock market volatility, and vice versa.

    Market closure protection: During market closure periods, assets in the Stocks Account are settled based on the last closing price. This ensures your positions remain properly margined even when equity markets are offline.

    Trading Hours and Market Access

    Stock perpetuals follow the actual equity market schedule, maintaining alignment with traditional trading hours:

    Regular Trading Hours:

    • 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM (US Eastern Daylight Time)

    • 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM (US Eastern Standard Time)

    Market Closures:

    • Trading is not available on Saturdays and Sundays

    • Trading is unavailable on U.S. public holidays

    During market closure periods, trading will be disabled and the index price will not be updated. Your positions remain open and properly margined based on the last closing price, but you cannot enter new positions or modify existing ones until markets reopen.

    Oracle Price Source: Chainlink Integration

    Stock perpetuals on ApeX are powered by Chainlink's RWA price feeds, which serve as the authoritative index price source for all equity contracts. Chainlink aggregates data from multiple premium data providers to generate a trusted mid-price, ensuring data accuracy and timeliness while eliminating single points of failure.

    Chainlink's decentralized oracle network bridges off-chain stock prices with on-chain perpetual contracts, providing manipulation-resistant pricing with institutional-grade integrity.

    Complementing this infrastructure, ApeX's dedicated Stocks Account provides complete risk isolation from crypto positions, allowing traders to manage both equities and digital assets within one platform while maintaining independent risk profiles.

    Fees and Trading Costs

    Phase 1 adopts the same fee structure as existing perpetual contracts on ApeX, providing familiar economics for current users:

    Trading Fees:

    • Maker Fee: 0.020%

    • Taker Fee: 0.050%

    Funding Fees:

    Funding fees are charged once every hour, consistent with crypto perpetual contracts. However, no funding fees are charged during market closure periods when U.S. equity markets are offline.

    For detailed trading parameters such as tick size, leverage limits, funding rates, and position size, please refer to the official contract specifications here: ApeX Omni Stock Perpetual Contract Specs.

    Referral and Affiliate Commissions:

    The referral commission structure and user discount rates for Phase 1 match the existing perpetual contracts system. We plan to introduce adjusted rates tailored specifically to stock perpetuals in future phases.

    Phase 1 Limitations and Future Roadmap

    To ensure a stable launch, certain features are not available during Phase 1 but are planned for future releases:

    Vault Integration: The ApeX Vault does not currently support stock perpetuals. This integration is planned for a later phase.

    Leaderboard Tracking: Stock perpetual trading activity is not yet included in leaderboard rankings. Leaderboard support will be added as the product matures.

    Grid Trading: Grid bots cannot be deployed for stock perpetuals in Phase 1. Automated trading strategies for stocks will be introduced after we gather user feedback and optimize the trading experience.

    API Access: API connectivity for stock perpetuals is not yet available in Phase 1. Trading API support will be launched in a future update to enable automated and institutional-grade trading.

    These limitations allow us to focus on core trading functionality and stability before expanding into advanced features and integrations.

    Start Trading Stock Perpetuals Today

    Stock perpetuals are live now on ApeX Omni. Access is available to all existing users through the new Stocks Account. Transfer funds from your Funding or Perp accounts, familiarize yourself with U.S. market trading hours, and start exploring opportunities in TSLA, META, NVDA, QQQ, and SPY.

    This is Phase 1. More stocks, enhanced features, and deeper integration with the ApeX ecosystem are coming. We're building the bridge between traditional finance and decentralized trading, one perpetual contract at a time.

    The future of trading isn't choosing between TradFi and DeFi. It's having both, on-chain, under one platform.

    Disclaimer

    Cryptocurrency investments are subject to high market risk and volatility. Please conduct your own research and invest cautiously.

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