Gate CrossEx has completed a new round of product upgrades, introducing stock and ETF trading across the US, Hong Kong, South Korean and Japanese markets. Users can trade stocks and ETFs through the unified CrossEx API using the existing endpoints for order placement, amendment, cancellation and queries, simply by specifying the new stock and ETF symbols.
This release also introduces a new securities position endpoint and a real-time position update channel, allowing users to manage crypto assets and securities within a single unified CrossEX account. Details are as follows.
1. Stock & ETF Trading Now Live
1.1 Markets and Instruments
Supported instruments include stocks and ETFs listed in the US, Hong Kong (HK), South Korea (KR) and Japan (JP).
For the list of tradable instruments and their trading rules, refer to the symbol rules endpoint:
GET /api/v4/crossex/rule/symbols
New response fields:
Field | Description | Values |
exchange_type | Listing market | US / HK / KR / JP |
business_type | Business type | STOCK / ETF |
tag | Security name or description | e.g. Apple Inc. |
1.2 Symbol Format
Stocks and ETFs use the unified CrossEx symbol format {Market}_{BusinessType}_{Ticker}_USDT.
Examples:
Type | Example |
US stock | US_STOCK_AAPL_USDT |
HK stock | HK_STOCK_00700_USDT |
JP stock | JP_STOCK_9984_USDT |
ETF | US_ETF_SPY_USDT |
1.3 Trading Rules
Order types: Market and limit orders.
Time in force: GTC only.
Order quantity: orders must be placed by number of shares (qty); orders by quote amount (quote_qty) are not supported.
Quote currency: order prices, execution prices and market data are denominated in the local currency of the listing market (USD, HKD, KRW or JPY)
Fees: Trading fees are charged at the CrossEx_Gate spot trading fee rates and settled in USDT. See the CrossEx fee schedule for details. For the rates applicable to your account, query GET /api/v4/crossex/fee .
Rate limit: Stocks and ETFs share a per-user limit of one order request per second.
Corporate actions: CrossEx adjusts securities holdings to reflect applicable corporate actions, such as dividends, stock splits and reverse splits.
Withdrawals: Transfers: stock and ETF holdings cannot be transferred out of CrossEx.
2. Order Endpoint Updates
The following existing endpoints now support stocks and ETFs. Their paths and fields remain unchanged:
Place an order: POST /api/v4/crossex/orders
Query an order: GET /api/v4/crossex/orders/{order_id}
Amend an order: PUT /api/v4/crossex/orders/{order_id}
Cancel an order: DELETE /api/v4/crossex/orders/{order_id}
Query open orders: GET /api/v4/crossex/open_orders
Query order history: GET /api/v4/crossex/history_orders
Query trade history: GET /api/v4/crossex/history_trades
3. New Securities Position Endpoint
GET /api/v4/crossex/security_positions
This endpoint supports filtering by symbol and exchange_type and returns the following fields. Prices and PnL are denominated in the local currency of the listing market:
Position quantity: position_qty
Last price: price
Entry price: entry_price
Diluted cost price: diluted_cost_price
Position value: position_value
Unrealized PnL: upnl
For API details, refer to the CrossEx API documentation.
4. WebSocket Updates
4.1 Public Market Data Channels
The existing public market data channels ticker, kline_x and order_book_x now support stock and ETF symbols. Prices are denominated in the local currency of the listing market.
4.2 Trading and Order Push
The following existing channels now support stocks and ETFs: place_order, update_order, cancel_order, batch_cancel_orders, order and usertrades.
In order and trade update messages:
exchange_type is US, HK, KR or JP.
business_type is STOCK or ETF.
Prices and trade amounts are denominated in the local currency of the listing market; fees are denominated in USDT.
4.3 New Security Position Channel
The new security_position channel pushes real-time updates on stock and ETF positions, including position quantity, average cost price, diluted cost price, last price, position value and unrealized PnL.
For more API details, please refer to the CrossEx API Documentation.
5. Account Book Updates
GET /api/v4/crossex/account_book adds the following entry types:
Type | Description |
SECURITY_DIVIDEND | Stock and ETF dividends |
SECURITY_CORPORATE_ACTION | Corporate actions such as splits and reverse splits |
For more API details, please refer to the CrossEx API Documentation.
6. Compatibility
This upgrade is backward compatible with the existing CrossEx API. Endpoint paths and fields for spot, futures and margin trading remain unchanged, and existing integrations will continue to work without modification.
For more API details, please refer to the CrossEx API Documentation.
Gate Team
October 15, 2026
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