What Gate launched
On November 6, 2026, Gate announced margin trading for Gate Stocks, the part of Gate TradFi where you buy shares with USDT. You can now borrow USDT to buy more stock than your own funds allow, or borrow eligible shares and sell them short, which lets you profit from or hedge against a falling price.
The feature is available on the Gate website and, according to Gate, in the app from version 8.43.0. Not every stock supports it: the stock’s trading page shows whether margin buying, short selling or both are possible.
Margin buying and short selling explained
The two sides of the feature work differently:
- Margin buying: you borrow USDT and use it, together with your own funds, to buy a larger position. If the price rises, your gain is larger than without the loan; if it falls, your loss is larger too, and you pay interest on the borrowed amount.
- Short selling: you borrow shares and sell them, then buy them back later to return them. You profit if the price falls in between. If the price rises instead, your loss grows with it, and because a price can keep rising, the potential loss has no fixed limit.
- Hedging: a short position can offset part of the risk of shares you already hold, at the cost of borrowing fees.
What Gate shows before you trade
Gate says the stock trading page now shows margin information for each supported stock, including:
- Which directions are supported, and the margin requirements for long and short positions.
- How much you can buy on margin or sell short, and how much you have already borrowed in USDT or shares.
- A reference interest rate for borrowing shares.
- A confirmation window that repeats these details before an order goes through. Filled orders then appear in your order list and open positions in your position list.
Managing loans and interest
Your Stock Account now lists your USDT borrowing, interest records, margin trading fees and an ELR figure, which Gate describes as the account’s remaining liquidity ratio. Watch it: as losses grow, this ratio falls, and Gate warns that margin trading carries a risk of forced liquidation.
To repay a margin loan, you transfer USDT into the Stock Account; Gate says available funds there are used to repay the loan automatically. When you buy back shares to close a short position, they are returned automatically. The margin feature is off by default, and you can only switch it off again after repaying all loans, returning borrowed shares and canceling open orders.
How to turn it on
Gate lists these steps:
- Open the Stocks trading page on the Gate website, or update the app to version 8.43.0 or later and go to Stocks from Assets or TradFi.
- Switch on margin trading, which is off by default.
- Pick a stock that supports margin trading, check the margin requirement, the amount available and the reference rate, transfer USDT if needed, and place the order.
- Track positions, loans and interest in your Stock Account, and repay loans or return shares when you close positions.
Risks to weigh
Leverage magnifies losses as well as gains, and interest and borrowing fees accrue for as long as a loan is open. If the value of your account falls too far, Gate can close your positions, possibly at a bad price.
Stocks also trade only during market hours. Prices can jump between one session and the next, for example after company news, so you may not be able to cut a losing position before a large move. A short position can lose more than the value of the shares you sold.
Before you use it
Gate’s announcement does not list margin requirements or interest rates; they are shown per stock on the trading page and can change. Read Gate’s margin rules before you switch the feature on, check that Gate Stocks is available where you live, and keep any borrowed position small enough that a sudden move would not wipe out your account.
