OKX to list USD-margined expiry futures

Published on Feb 11, 20262 min read

To support the growth of the USDⓈ ecosystem and meet your trading needs, OKX will list USD-margined expiry futures for BTC/USD and XAU/USD at 2:00 am and 3:00 am UTC, respectively, on February 16, 2026. These futures are indexed to BTC/USD and XAU/USD and support USDC and USDG as settlement currencies.

The following contracts will be listed first:

BTCUSD UM-20FEB26

BTCUSD UM-27FEB26

BTCUSD UM-27MAR26

BTCUSD UM-26JUN26

XAUUSD UM-20FEB26

XAUUSD UM-27FEB26

XAUUSD UM-27MAR26

XAUUSD UM-26JUN26

Listing rules for USD-margined expiry futures:

Contract durations	4 durations: Weekly/Bi-weekly Quarterly/Bi-quarterly (March, June, September, and December)
Expiration time	Weekly: every Friday at 8:00 am UTC Quarterly: the last Friday of each calendar quarter at 8:00 am UTC
Listing time	New contracts are listed at 8:00 am UTC. Only bi-weekly and bi-quarterly contracts are listed. New and existing contracts with different expiration dates: Bi-weekly: every Friday Bi-quarterly: the third-last Friday of the expiration month (March, June, September, and December) New and existing contracts with the same expiration dates: The new contracts aren’t listed. For example, if a quarterly contract already expires on a certain date, a new bi-weekly contract set to expire on the same date isn’t listed.

OKX team,

Feburary 11, 2026

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