Gate Contract Points: Trader Strategy Accelerator and Value Feedback System

The Gate Contract Points System is an exclusive growth incentive mechanism launched by Gate for contract trading users. Since its official launch in October 2025, it has rapidly evolved from a simple reward program into a core bridge connecting user trading behaviors with platform ecosystem benefits.

This system quantifies behaviors such as contract trading, asset holdings, and inviting friends into accumulable and redeemable points, ensuring that every platform participation generates long-term value.

01 Contract Points System: Definitions and Core Rules

The Gate Contract Points System is not a traditional loyalty program but a behavior valuation engine designed specifically for contract traders. The system automatically calculates and distributes points based on users’ actual contract trading activities, account asset balances, and invitation status.

These points serve as internal rights tokens on the platform, non-transferable or tradable, but can be used to redeem various practical rewards.

The system operates under several core principles: points are automatically tallied daily and distributed the next day; abnormal trading behaviors are excluded; all point sources are calculated independently. Users do not need to register separately; as long as their contract trading behaviors comply with the rules, they will naturally enter the point accumulation system.

02 Three Main Ways to Earn: How to Accumulate Your Points

The accumulation of contract points mainly revolves around three dimensions, providing diverse participation options for different user types.

Contract Trading Points are the primary source of system points. The system tracks users’ effective daily contract trading volume (including opening and closing positions) and awards points according to a tiered structure.

For example, a trading volume of 400 USDT can earn 1 point, with no daily cap, encouraging active participation from high-frequency and large-volume traders.

Asset Balance Points offer a steady stream of points for users holding assets. The system snapshots the USDT and BTC balances in users’ contract accounts daily and awards fixed points based on USD value ranges. Note that assets in financial accounts like Yu’e Bao are not included in the calculation.

The table below clearly shows the daily reward points for different asset balance ranges:

Invitation Reward Points expand the social aspect of point earning. By inviting new users to participate in contract trading, users can earn additional points. Successfully inviting 1, 2, and 3 or more new users grants 1, 2, and 3 points daily respectively, provided the invited users also earn at least 2 points on the same day.

03 Valuation and Redemption of Points: From Airdrops to Ecosystem Privileges

The core purpose of accumulating contract points is to exchange them for tangible value. Gate has designed various application scenarios for points.

Participating in Airdrops is the most direct and popular way to use points. Users can redeem points for various tokens periodically airdropped by Gate. For example, in the 45th round of Gate contract points airdrop, users holding at least 60 points could exchange for 60 DOGE, and those holding at least 120 points could exchange for 20 SUI, with individual account gains exceeding $31 at the time.

Direct Exchange for Practical Resources. Users can go to the points page to directly exchange points for cash tokens, contract position experience vouchers, or contract trial funds. These resources help users reduce trading costs or try new trading strategies directly.

Gaining Ecosystem Privilege Access. Contract points are gradually becoming a credential for participating in Gate’s entire ecosystem activities, such as subscription events for new tokens (TGE) or other exclusive ecosystem initiatives. In the future, the platform plans to further integrate this points system with decentralized products like Gate Perp DEX, expanding its application scope.

04 Strategies and Planning: Efficient Use of the Points System

To maximize the benefits of contract points, strategic planning based on trading habits is essential.

Diversified Point Accumulation is the most effective strategy. Users should combine their own circumstances to earn points through trading, holdings, and invitations simultaneously. For example, during periods of increased market volatility and trading opportunities, users can appropriately increase trading frequency and volume to earn more trading points.

At the same time, maintaining a certain scale of USDT or BTC in the contract account can ensure stable daily asset balance points.

Understanding and Managing Point Validity Periods is crucial. Each contract point has a 15-day validity period from the date of issuance, after which it will automatically expire.

The system adopts a “first-expire, first-used” deduction principle. Users need to regularly check the points page and prioritize using soon-to-expire points to avoid losses due to oversight.

Avoid Common Pitfalls. New users should understand that contract points are platform rights tools, not tradable tokens or assets. Engaging in unfamiliar high-risk contract trading solely to “farm points” is counterproductive and may lead to losses. The points system is better suited as an additional value reward for users with existing contract trading experience.

05 Platform Strategy and Future Outlook

The Gate Contract Points System is not an isolated feature but an important part of Gate’s multi-layered strategy to enhance platform liquidity and user stickiness.

It collaborates with other platform initiatives, such as industry-specific liquidity support programs and global prime broker programs, to build a positive feedback ecosystem: users’ trading behaviors contribute liquidity and earn points, which in turn enable better trading through resource redemption, forming a “behavior equals value” growth loop.

Looking ahead, Gate plans to deepen the integration of the points system. Points earned on a centralized platform (like Gate centralized exchange) may generate value on related decentralized platforms (such as Gate Perp DEX), greatly enhancing the practicality and attractiveness of the points.

For frequent contract traders on Gate, contract points have evolved into an effective tool for capitalizing trading behaviors.

Future Outlook

In the 13th round of Gate contract points GUSD airdrop, each eligible user received 30 GUSD, worth $30. Recently, in the 45th round, individual account gains exceeded $31.

These continuously realized values clearly outline a fact: trading contracts on Gate, every opening and closing position, and every asset accumulation are quietly accumulating credentials for future rewards.