How to start trading on edgeX

1. Create an account

1. Click Connect Wallet and pick an EVM wallet such as MetaMask, choose the address, click Next and sign. You can also log in with email (MPC wallet): enter your email and the 6-digit code, and edgeX creates an EVM address for you. source ↗
2. Wallet users need USDT as trading collateral and ETH to pay gas for the deposit. source ↗

2. Deposit collateral

1. Minimum deposit is 10 USDT. Wallet users click Deposit, enter the amount, approve USDT in the wallet the first time, then click Deposit. source ↗
2. Email (MPC) accounts copy their generated address and send USDT to it over Arbitrum, from an exchange or another wallet. source ↗
3. Ethereum deposits need about 15 confirmations (around 5 minutes). Deposits from other chains go through edgeX asset pools; large single deposits over $300K may take up to 2 hours to appear. edgeX charges no deposit fee; you pay gas. source ↗

3. Open your first position

1. edgeX has three order types for perps: Limit, Market and Conditional (conditional market or conditional limit with a trigger price). Limit orders can use Fill-or-Kill, Good-Till-Time (max 4 weeks) or Immediate-or-Cancel, plus Post-Only and Reduce-Only. source ↗
2. Accounts are cross margin by default. For isolated margin, create a separate trading account (sub-account) under the same wallet; you can have up to 20. source ↗
3. Take-profit and stop-loss can only be added after your order fills: open the Positions tab and click +Add. TP/SL run as market orders, are reduce-only, and trigger on the last traded price. source ↗

4. Know how liquidation works

1. Margin requirements and liquidation prices use the Oracle Price from Stork, not the last trade price. If the Oracle Price reaches your estimated liquidation price, the position is force-liquidated. source ↗
2. In cross margin, a position is liquidated when your available balance reaches zero and the position margin drops to the maintenance margin level. source ↗

5. Withdraw

1. Wallet users pick Ethereum, BNB Chain or Arbitrum, enter the amount, click Withdraw and confirm. Email (MPC) accounts can withdraw only to an Arbitrum address. source ↗
2. Ethereum withdrawals are settled on L1 and can take up to 14 hours; you pay gas only. Other chains charge a 0.1% cross-chain fee (minimum 1 USD) and are limited by that chain's pool balance. source ↗

6. Common mistakes

1. Moving funds between your trading accounts is free, but it changes each account's margin ratio and can trigger a liquidation. source ↗
2. On stock perps, market orders are rejected on weekends and holidays when the stock market is closed; only limit orders inside a price band are accepted, and that also applies to triggered TP/SL. source ↗

Before you trade

Perpetual futures use leverage: a small price move against you can liquidate your collateral. Start with a small amount and low leverage, and read the venue’s current fee and margin pages, which can change after this guide was checked.