HTX Long and Short: Trading Both Directions on Futures

Long and Short, Defined

Going long profits if the price rises; going short profits if the price falls, achieved on a futures contract without ever borrowing or holding the underlying asset the way a spot short-sale would require.

Opening Either Side on HTX

Select Buy/Long or Sell/Short on the futures order form for HTX Futures/Swap contracts, choose your leverage and margin mode, and confirm size before submitting.

Trade Both Directions on HTX

Registration link: https://www.htx.com/invite/en-us/1f?invite_code=gi5t3223

Referral / invite code, if HTX asks for one separately: gi5t3223

• URL: https://www.htx.com/invite/en-us/1f?invite_code=gi5t3223
• Code: gi5t3223
• Open it in a private window if old cookies from another invite are still set in your browser

Holding a Long and a Short at Once

one-way and hedge mode on HTX. One-way mode nets any long and short on the same contract into a single position; hedge mode, where offered, keeps them as two separate positions with their own margin and PnL.

Funding Rewards or Costs Depending on Direction

funding settles every 8 hours on most contracts A positive rate generally means longs pay shorts; a negative rate flips that — check the live sign before assuming which side is paying.

The Direction-Specific Mistake on HTX

Migrating from an old Huobi account and assuming a carried-over margin setting is still correct without checking it fresh on HTX.

• Confirm long vs short before submitting, not after
• Check the position mode if you intend to hold both sides
• Check the funding sign before holding through a settlement

What Makes HTX Different Here

HTX's bigger differentiator is a long operating history under the earlier Huobi branding, HTX Prime listings, and a VIP ladder carried over from that history — worth keeping in mind for anything beyond the basics covered above.

Layer that on top of isolated and cross margin, and the risk picture on HTX looks different from a generic checklist.

a futures calculator for margin, liquidation, and PnL on the trading screen, but none of it replaces reading the live contract terms before you size a trade.

• Watch for: migrating from an old Huobi account and assuming a carried-over margin setting is still correct without checking it fresh on HTX
• Also watch for: reusing a leverage habit from years ago without rechecking today's maintenance-margin brackets for the same contract
• Run your numbers through a fee calculator before assuming the headline rate applies to your trade