Gate Contract Points Deep Dive: How to Acquire and Use Them Efficiently?

Gate Contract Points are an innovative incentive and rights certificate system designed specifically for contract trading users on the Gate trading platform.

Users can earn points by participating in contract trading, holding assets, inviting friends, and other activities. These points can be used to redeem popular tokens, position experience vouchers, and other exclusive rewards. They serve as the core link connecting user trading behaviors with platform ecosystem benefits.

01 System Positioning: More Than Just Points, It’s Growth Rights

The Gate Contract Points System officially launched on October 14, 2025. Its original design intention goes far beyond simple trading rebates. It represents an important practice of Gate’s evolution of derivatives trading incentives toward long-term and ecological development.

The core of this system is to quantify every action of users in contract trading—whether opening and closing positions, holding assets, or expanding social networks—into rights that can be accumulated and redeemed.

Unlike the previously launched Gate Alpha Points System (mainly targeting on-chain spot trading), the Contract Points System is entirely focused on perpetual contracts, options, and other derivatives trading users, providing them with tailored growth paths and reward feedback.

02 How to Earn Points: Multiple Paths, Unlimited Design

Gate Contract Points are easy to acquire with clear pathways and accessible thresholds, encouraging broad participation.

Contract trading is the primary and most efficient way to earn points. The system adopts a tiered points mechanism: for every 400 USDT of contract trading volume, users earn 1 point. The more they trade, the more points they earn, with no upper limit.

The platform often launches special events to amplify benefits. For example, during the “Contract Points Carnival” at the end of December 2025, users who meet basic trading volume requirements will have their points doubled, providing an excellent opportunity for active traders to accelerate their point accumulation.

Account assets and inviting friends are two other major sources of points. Holding a certain amount of assets (such as USDT or other mainstream tokens) in the account can generate stable daily points. Additionally, successfully inviting friends to register and participate in contract trading allows the inviter to earn extra points, creating a healthy user growth flywheel.

All points are calculated daily and automatically credited to user accounts the next day, ensuring transparency and predictability.

03 How to Use Points: Redeem Rewards and Core Rules

Accumulated contract points are valuable for redemption. Users can go to the “Contract Points” page within the platform to directly exchange points for desired rewards.

The reward pool is rich and diverse, mainly including two types: airdrops of popular tokens and practical position experience vouchers or trial funds. For example, in the past 45th activity period, users could redeem DOGE or SUI tokens with points; in the 65th period, ETH5L tokens were available.

Redemption usually involves points consumption. For instance, in the 65th activity, claiming 4 ETH5L tokens requires 15 contract points; in the earlier 45th activity, claiming 60 DOGE costs 10 points, and claiming 20 SUI costs 20 points.

A crucial rule is that contract points are valid for 15 days from the date of issuance. Users need to plan their usage within this period; unspent points will be cleared by the system after expiration. This design encourages users to stay active, participate regularly in redemptions, and form a positive cycle.

04 Real Value and Participation Strategies

Since its launch, the Gate Contract Points System has demonstrated considerable real value. Data shows that as of January 20, 2026, the system has successfully run 67 airdrop events, attracting over 264,000 users, with total airdrop rewards worth approximately 3,700,000 USDT.

Some active users have seen significant gains, with the highest single-account earnings exceeding 2,600 USDT. Even in individual events, the returns are attractive—for example, during the 45th event, a single account earned over $31; during the 65th, nearly $9.

To maximize points earnings, users can focus on strategies such as prioritizing participation in platform-hosted limited-time events like “Double Points,” which can double their points for the same trading volume.

Stay attentive to Gate’s official announcements to learn about each airdrop pool’s redemption thresholds and token types, and prioritize redeeming assets you favor or that have market momentum.

Effectively utilize the invitation mechanism to broaden your points sources and help friends start their contract trading journey. Most importantly, develop a habit of logging in regularly to check and use your points to avoid losses due to expiration.

Future Outlook

A contract trader who has been on Gate for over half a year discovered that more than 200 idle contract points in his account would expire in 3 days. He quickly opened the redemption page and used them to exchange for newly listed tokens worth about 50 USDT and a leverage experience voucher.

A few days later, as the prices of these new tokens fluctuated, he sold some to cover the redemption costs. The remaining “derivative gains” from the points prompted him to consciously plan the accumulation of points after each trade.