Gate TradFi Latest Update: US30 Contract Holdings Surge 891%

According to CoinGlass’ latest data, index contracts have been broadly active over the past 4 hours. On the Gate platform, US30 contract open interest is about $3.78 million, with a surge of up to 891.39%. This astonishing day-over-day increase in open interest reflects crypto traders’ strong attention to traditional finance (TradFi) index derivatives.

The US30 contract is based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and it holds a core position within Gate’s perpetual index contract system. Gate’s index perpetual contracts are based on mainstream global indices and volatility indices. They bring market sentiment indicators into the crypto derivatives trading framework, while maintaining the advantages of USDT settlement and 7×24-hour trading, they offer users trading choices that are even more closely aligned with global macro markets. Meanwhile, Gate has successfully rolled out traditional finance trading sections covering stocks, metals, forex, indices, and commodities, and is continuously building a multi-asset contract system that covers mainstream TradFi assets.



## Support from the US Stock Market: The Dow Steadily Approaches the 50,000 Mark

The sharp jump in US30 contract open interest did not happen out of nowhere. Recent moves in the US stock market provide a solid macro backdrop. As of the close on May 18, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 159.95 points to close at 49,686.12, up 0.32%; the S&P 500 index edged down 0.07% to 7,403.05; and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.51% to 26,090.73. Even as technology stocks faced overall pressure, the Dow still climbed against the trend, indicating that capital has been tilting toward blue-chip stocks and value stocks. In terms of sectors, the energy sector and consumer staples sector led the gains with increases of 1.81% and 1.34%, respectively—injecting direct momentum into trading activity for index contracts.

## Gate TradFi Fully Covers Five Major Asset Categories

Since the beginning of 2026, Gate has continued to accelerate its expansion in traditional finance contracts. It has now formed a complete product lineup across five major asset categories.

Index Contracts: Global Core Stock Indices Tradable 7×24

The US30, HK50, and JPN225 three major index perpetual contracts were launched on January 27, supporting 1–10x leverage. After that, Gate successively launched index perpetual contracts such as NAS100, UK100, and SPX500, further enriching the underlying assets available for trading global stock indices. Gate is the only exchange worldwide that truly includes indices and commodities in its order book matching system.

Metals Contracts: Precious Metals and Industrial Metals Running in Parallel

For precious metals, Gate’s gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) perpetual contracts support up to 50x leverage, USDT settlement, and uninterrupted trading 7×24 hours. For industrial metals, Gate has introduced contracts for aluminum (XAL), copper (XCU), nickel (XNI), and lead (XPB). In addition, platinum (XPT) and palladium (XPD) have also been launched.

Forex Contracts: Major Currency Pairs Support Up to 500x Leverage

In the forex zone, Gate has launched perpetual contracts for four major currency pairs: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, and USDCAD, with leverage up to 500x. All forex contracts use USDT settlement and support trading in both directions—long and short.

Commodities Contracts: Crude Oil and Natural Gas Form the Core of Energy Trading

Gate’s commodities contract zone has launched perpetual contracts for Brent crude oil (BZ) and WTI crude oil (CL), supporting 1–100x leverage. Natural gas (NG) contracts were also launched on March 11, supporting 1–20x leverage. Gate is one of the industry’s first exchanges to roll out the commodities contracts segment.

Stock Contracts: Dense New Launches of Over 30 Individual Stocks and ETF Perpetual Contracts

As of the first quarter of 2026, Gate has successively added over 30 stock and ETF perpetual contract products, covering multiple sectors including tech giants, leading aerospace and defense companies, consumer goods giants, and core ETFs. Underlyings include popular individual stocks such as Microsoft (MSFT), TSMC (TSM), Nvidia (NVDAx), and Tesla (TSLAx), as well as core ETFs like SPY and QQQ.

## Intensive Launches in May: 5 New Perpetual Contracts Including DRAM and SHLD

On May 18 at 14:30 (UTC+8), Gate’s stocks contract zone launched 5 new perpetual contracts for the first time, including DRAM (Lennx storage chip ETF), HIMS (Hims health), SHLD (Global X Defense Technology ETF), IWM (BlackRock Russell 2000 ETF), and FLNC (Frenz energy). All of them are settled in USDT and support 1–20x long/short trading. In addition, on May 12, Gate also launched 9 new CFD contract trading pairs such as GEV and KLAC, covering two categories: individual stocks and ETFs.

## CFD Contracts Continue to Expand: 53 Trading Pairs Support 4x Fixed Leverage

Gate’s TradFi stocks zone currently offers 53 CFD trading pairs, covering underlyings such as SHLD (GLOBAL X Defense Technology ETF), DRAM (Roundhill Memory ETF), and GME (GameStop). All trading pairs support 4x fixed leverage. This service covers CFD derivatives for traditional financial assets including metals, forex, indices, commodities, and popular US stocks, giving users more diversified cross-market trading choices.

## Strategic Upgrade: TradFi Upgraded from a Single Product to a Comprehensive Trading Segment

In May 2026, Gate officially announced a major upgrade to its TradFi trading system. The existing CFD products in the TradFi segment were unified under the name “CFD contracts,” and TradFi was upgraded from the previous single-product concept to a comprehensive trading segment covering three core trading types: CFD contracts, perpetual contracts, and spot tokens. This architecture upgrade means Gate is shifting from competing with a single product to competing across a comprehensive trading ecosystem. Users can complete cross-market, multi-strategy asset allocation within the same account.

In terms of transparency, Gate’s April 2026 transparency report shows that the platform now supports more than 430 types of traditional financial CFD assets and more than 70 types of tokenized stock assets. Through a unified account framework that integrates spot trading, derivatives, and physical asset products, Gate continues to strengthen liquidity integration across different market segments.

## Summary

Gate’s layout in the TradFi space is undergoing a qualitative transformation from point to surface. From the 891% daily surge in US30 contract open interest, to a complete product matrix covering the five major asset categories of indices, metals, forex, commodities, and stocks; from the 5 new perpetual contracts and 9 CFD contracts launched intensively in May, to the strategic move of upgrading TradFi into a comprehensive trading segment—Gate is building a truly “one-stop multi-asset trading platform.”