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INTRODUCING BARRIER FUTURES

Defined Risk. Unlimited Potential. Total Control.

Barrier Futures are MTF-traded regulated futures contracts with mandatory stop-loss and optional take-profit and expiration, combining the power of leveraged trading with absolute risk certainty. Every position has a defined maximum loss from the moment of entry: no liquidation surprises, no margin calls, no funding fees draining your account. By building risk management directly into the product, Barrier Futures let you focus on opportunity — not anxiety — turning leveraged trading from a gamble into a calculated decision.

Example Broker Implementation

Example Integration into a Pattern Scanner

The integration of Barrier Futures into a pattern scanner system like in this example allows users to trade chart patterns with a single click.

Position Privacy

Stop Liquidation Hunters.
Protect Your Position.

On traditional exchanges, your liquidation levels are public data — visible on heatmaps, scraped by bots, and exploited by sophisticated traders who deliberately push price into liquidation clusters. Barrier Futures eliminate this attack vector entirely.

Traditional Perpetual Futures
Your Liquidation Is Public
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Liquidation clusters visible to everyone via Coinglass, Kingfisher, etc.
Liquidation levels aggregated and published in real-time
Whales and bots deliberately push price to trigger cascading liquidations
Large positions become visible targets — the bigger you trade, the more exposed you are
Forced market-order liquidations create slippage beyond your intended stop
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Barrier Futures
Your Risk Is Private
Barrier levels are a bilateral contract — invisible to the market
Knock-out levels are contractual and private — nothing for scrapers to aggregate
No liquidation engine means no cascading liquidation spirals
Institutional-size positions stay invisible — trade large without painting a target
Guaranteed exit at barrier level — no slippage, no surprise losses beyond your defined max
Position Privacy
Your risk parameters are a bilateral contract between you and the MTF — invisible to the broader market.
Guaranteed Stop-Loss
The barrier level acts as an absolute stop — your maximum loss is defined and guaranteed at entry. No exceptions.
No Cascading Liquidations
Clean exits at defined levels eliminate the domino-effect crashes that destabilize markets and harm retail traders.

Benefits for Brokers and Financial Services Providers

Add leveraged crypto, commodity and stock trading to your platform without building margin infrastructure. Barrier Futures are MTF-regulated derivatives with built-in risk management — your clients get the leverage they want, you get calculable exposure and stock-simple integration. No liquidation engines. No insurance funds. No 24/7 risk operations. Just connect, offer, and grow.

Stock-Like API

Integrate as easily as equities — standard order placement, no complex margin websockets or funding rate streams

Zero Margin Infrastructure

No liquidation engines, no margin monitoring systems, no maintenance margin calculations to build or maintain

Days to Launch, Not Months

Skip the 6-month development cycle for margin systems — go live with leveraged products in weeks

MTF Regulated

Offer clients a fully licensed, MiFID II-compliant trading venue — not offshore derivatives

No Insurance Fund Liability

Every position's max loss is pre-funded — no balance sheet exposure from fund depletion

Better Client Outcomes = Better Retention

Clients who don't get surprise-liquidated stay clients — improved LTV and retention

Gamification Ready

Time-based barriers enable trading competitions, prediction challenges, and event trading

Social Trading Built-In

Shareable trade setups with referral tracking — every trader becomes an acquisition channel

No Liquidation Cascades

Positions close at defined levels, not in domino-effect market crashes

White-Label Ready

Offer Barrier Futures under your brand with full regulatory coverage

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No 24/7 Risk Operations

Position risk is defined at entry — no overnight teams watching margin levels or triggering liquidations

Differentiate from Offshore

Stand apart from competitors still relying on unregulated perpetual venues

Benefits for the Clients

Trade with leverage. Know your risk. Always. Barrier Futures are regulated derivatives with built-in risk management — your maximum loss is defined before you enter, not discovered after you're liquidated. No funding fees draining your position. No margin calls in the middle of the night. No liquidation roulette. Just clear, transparent, controlled trading with the upside you want and the protection you need.

Know Your Risk Upfront

Your maximum possible loss is defined before you trade — no surprises, no uncertainty

No Liquidation Surprises

Your stop-loss executes at your level, not at whatever price the liquidation engine achieves

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No Funding Fees

No 8-hourly funding rates silently draining your position over time

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No Margin Calls

Your position is fully funded at entry — sleep without worrying about margin requirements

Regulated Protection

Trade on a licensed MTF under MiFID II with real investor protection and segregated funds

Flexible Time Horizons

Optional expiration lets you hold indefinitely or set a defined trading window

Automated Take-Profit

Set your target and the position closes automatically — no need to watch charts 24/7

True Leverage, True Control

Access meaningful leverage while maintaining complete control over your risk parameters

Pattern Trading Ready

One-click setups for technical patterns — Head & Shoulders, flags, stars, and more

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Share & Earn

Share your trade setups via referral links and earn when others copy your trades

Trade the Event

Time-based barriers perfect for earnings, FOMC, ETF decisions, and news events

Transparent Execution

Clear rules, defined outcomes — no hidden mechanics or complex funding formulas

Defined risk trading.
Engineered for reality.

Barrier Futures deliver what perpetual futures never could: absolute certainty about your maximum loss before you enter a trade. Unlike traditional leveraged products that liquidate positions unpredictably during volatility, Barrier Futures build risk management directly into the instrument itself. Every position has a mandatory stop-loss barrier — your exit level is guaranteed, not hoped for. By combining MTF-regulated execution with optional take-profit and expiration barriers, traders gain the leverage they want with the protection they need. No funding fees. No margin calls. No liquidation cascades. Just clear rules and defined outcomes.

"The derivatives market was built on complexity that benefits intermediaries, not traders. We asked a simple question: what if risk management wasn't an afterthought but the foundation? Barrier Futures are the answer — a product where knowing your worst-case scenario isn't a feature, it's the entire point. We're not optimizing the old model. We're replacing it with something that finally puts the trader in control."

Patrick Gruhn, CEO and Founder

Built for control

Barrier Futures were designed for traders who deserve to know their risk before they take it. Every feature, from mandatory stop-loss barriers to optional take-profit and expiration levels, reflects our belief that risk management shouldn't be an afterthought bolted onto complex derivatives. Whether you're a first-time trader seeking leverage or an institutional desk requiring regulatory compliance, you deserve instruments where the worst-case scenario is defined at entry — not discovered during a liquidation cascade.


We've spent years building and operating an MTF and watching retail traders get liquidated at the worst possible moments — wiped out by volatility spikes, funding rate bleeds, and cascade effects they never saw coming. That experience taught us what matters: defined risk before execution, guaranteed exit levels, and product design that protects traders from the mechanics that historically worked against them.

At Perpetuals.com, we don't believe leveraged trading should mean unlimited downside risk. Traditional perpetual futures were designed for exchange profitability, not trader protection — with funding rates, insurance funds, and liquidation engines that extract value at every turn. Barrier Futures flip this model entirely: your maximum loss is locked in the moment you enter, funded upfront, with no margin calls, no funding fees, and no liquidation surprises.

This is a product built by operators who've seen what happens when complexity serves the house instead of the trader. No hidden mechanics. No fine-print gotchas. No "it depends on market conditions" when you ask about your risk. Just a regulated instrument on a licensed MTF where the rules are clear, the outcomes are defined, and the trader — finally — is in control.

Patrick Gruhn, CEO and Founder