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Long vs Short Crypto Trading: How Both Work on EVEDEX
A long profits when price rises, a short when it falls. On EVEDEX both work the same way on 52 perpetuals: 0.015% maker, funding every 8 hours, 200x on BTC up to $50,000.
Long or short on EVEDEX
EVEDEX perpetual terms on September 15, 2026, from EVEDEX trading terms and docs.
Long vs short, with an On EVEDEX column
How the two positions differ on a perpetual contract, with EVEDEX trading terms. Venues for leveraged shorts are ranked in the crypto exchange for leverage trading guide and on the best crypto futures exchange page.
| Criterion | Long | Short | On EVEDEX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profits when | Price rises above entry | Price falls below entry | Both directions on all 52 pairs |
| Largest loss | Price falls to liquidation | Price rises to liquidation | Cross margin: whole balance backs positions |
| Funding | Pays when the rate is positive | Receives when the rate is positive | Calculated every 8 hours, charged hourly |
| Liquidation at 100x | About a 0.6% drop, excluding costs | About a 0.6% rise, excluding costs | Maintenance 0.4% on BTC-USD up to $50,000 |
| Fees on $10,000 | $4.50 taker or $1.50 maker | $4.50 taker or $1.50 maker | 0.045% taker, 0.015% maker, both directions |
| Limits | Spot longs need no margin | Spot shorts need borrowing | Perpetuals only; USDT margin |
Data as of September 15, 2026: EVEDEX trading terms (leverage, maintenance margin), EVEDEX fees and Help Center; liquidation distance = initial margin 1% minus maintenance 0.4%.
Why trade both directions on EVEDEX
Longs and shorts share one USDT margin, one fee schedule and the same funding rules.
Short as easily as long
A perpetual short needs no borrowed coins: pick Short on any of the 52 pairs and post USDT margin.
Same fees both ways
0.015% maker and 0.045% taker on longs and shorts, with up to 35% cashback on your own trades.
Funding can pay you
When the funding rate is positive, shorts receive it from longs; funding is calculated every 8 hours and charged hourly.
ADL Protection Reserve
A $500,000 reserve, live since July 18, 2026, reduces cases where profitable positions are auto-deleveraged.
Connect your wallet
Log in to the EVEDEX exchange with your wallet. There is no traditional KYC; deposits pass AML screening.
Deposit USDT
Fund your account from 6 USDT. The first deposit deploys a personal deposit contract on Arbitrum for about 0.1 USDT.
Open BTC-USD
Choose Long or Short, set leverage within the pair cap and place the order. The minimum order is 5 USDT.
A long and a short on the same $10,000
The math is symmetric; the risks are not identical.
Post 1,000 USDT at 10x to open $10,000 of BTC-USD. A 5% rise earns a long $500 and costs a short $500, before fees and funding; a 5% fall does the reverse. Opening and closing with taker orders costs $9.00, or $3.00 with maker orders. A short on a spot exchange requires borrowing the coin, while a perpetual short does not. Because EVEDEX uses cross margin only, a losing position draws on your whole balance, so size each trade before you open it.
Risk disclosure
Leveraged perpetuals can lose your entire margin quickly. Perpetual futures carry a high risk of loss. EVEDEX services are not intended for UK retail clients. This page is not investment advice.
Long vs short crypto questions
Going long means opening a position that gains when the price rises; going short means one that gains when it falls. On perpetual futures both are one click apart. On EVEDEX, longs and shorts pay the same 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker fees on all 52 pairs.
Open a short position on a perpetual futures contract: choose the pair, select Short, set leverage within the pair’s cap and post margin. On EVEDEX you post USDT, pay 0.045% as a taker or 0.015% as a maker, and funding is calculated every 8 hours and charged hourly.
Yes. Crypto can be shorted with perpetual futures, dated futures or margin loans on exchanges that offer them. On EVEDEX, all 52 pairs are perpetual contracts that can be shorted, including BTC-USD, ETH-USD and SOL-USD at up to 200x on positions up to $50,000 notional.
Yes, on a spot margin market you short sell by borrowing a coin, selling it and buying it back later. Perpetual futures reach the same exposure without borrowing: you open a short contract with margin. On EVEDEX, the minimum order is 5 USDT and the minimum deposit 6 USDT.
You short crypto by taking a position that profits from a price decline. The simplest route is a perpetual future: post margin, open a short and close it later by buying back. A $10,000 short on EVEDEX costs $4.50 in taker fees to open and $4.50 to close.
Crypto can be shorted on derivatives venues such as Binance Futures, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and EVEDEX, subject to each venue’s country rules. EVEDEX lists 52 perpetual pairs with $678.6M open interest on September 15, 2026.
A short squeeze happens when a rising price forces short sellers to buy back, through stop-losses or liquidations, which pushes the price higher still. High leverage makes it faster: at 100x on EVEDEX BTC-USD, a rise of about 0.6% brings a short to its liquidation level, before fees.
Yes. A 1x short posts margin equal to the full position size, so a 100% price rise would be needed to exhaust it, apart from fees and funding. On EVEDEX you choose leverage per pair from 1x up to its cap, such as 200x on BTC-USD for positions up to $50,000 notional.
