Read the noun on the ticket
Dated, perpetual, price-referenced, something else. If you cannot quote it, you cannot trade it.
Futures as a word people import
Best AI Futures Trader
If you need a futures commission merchant, hire one. If you need a derivative ticket in a wallet, read the spec twice.
Context, not a slogan
Futures is a borrowed noun. On TV it means pits and dates. In crypto UIs it often means “not spot.” OpenFidex may show markets that behave like futures or like perps. This page exists to stop the import of CME folklore onto the wrong object.
The AI should say the instrument’s real name, not “futures” as seasoning. If a card cannot tell you whether you are in a dated contract or a perpetual-style book, skip it. Seasoning is how people mis-size expiry.
A practical sequence
Use this as a checklist. None of it is a trading recommendation.
Find expiry or funding
One of those clocks will tax you. Know which.
Size like a derivative
Notional is not a suggestion. It is the joke the market plays on adjectives.
Do not mix FCM stories into support tickets
We cannot give you a pit report or a delivery notice. We can help you read software.
Controls that matter for this style
Perpetuals are a different instrument
If you already know you want perps, use that guide. This page is for the imported word “futures.”
Commodities folklore
Oil and copper people especially should reread their asset pages after this one.
Leverage page is the next door
Futures-shaped tickets often come with levers. Do not collect them like stamps.
No pit, no clerk, no undo
Say it until it is boring.
Questions this page actually answers
Do you offer micro crude and ES?
Do not assume a CME menu. The live list is the list. This page will not fake a product board.
Is a perp a future?
Traders argue. Your liquidation engine does not care about the seminar. It cares about the spec you signed.
Can AI roll a dated contract for me?
A roll is a new ticket. New tickets need you. There is no quiet house roll.
Why not merge with leverage?
Leverage is a dial. Futures is a noun people import. Different confusion, different essay.
Does OpenFidex hold my funds or place trades for me?
No. OpenFidex is a non-custodial software interface. A wallet is created in your browser, you keep the keys, and you cryptographically sign every order before it reaches a third-party venue such as Hyperliquid. The software does not take custody of assets and does not submit transactions unless you sign them.
Keep reading
Nearby guides on the same topic — different intent, different copy.
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