Bitunix SOLUSDT perp opens at 10x by default. Here is how to set up a first trade on purpose

[Trading setup] Default leverage on Bitunix's SOLUSDT perpetual is 10x, per the exchange's public trading-pair data. The maximum is 100x and the minimum is 1x. A lot of first trades go out at whatever the box already says, so here is a setup routine that starts from the numbers instead.

The image shows the live Bitunix SOLUSDT perpetual trading page this afternoon: price header, chart and order book.

What is set before you touch size

Margin mode: isolated ring-fences the margin for this one position; cross shares your whole futures balance across positions. Leverage: change it from the default only after you know your stop distance. Both live at the top of the order panel.

Sizing on this contract

Bitunix quotes SOLUSDT size in SOL. The minimum order is 0.1 SOL. A single market order can be up to 10,000 SOL; a limit order up to 1,000,000 SOL.

Worked example, API numbers at about 4:16 PM ET (mark 100.44, index 100.48)

• Size: 10 SOL x 100.44 = 1,004.40 USDT notional
• At the default 10x: margin = 100.44 USDT
• 24h range: 99.84 to 102.71, a 2.87 move, about 2.9% of price
• At 10x, that one-day range equals about 29% of the margin. At 20x it would be about 57%.
• Funding was +0.01% per 8h: about 0.10 USDT per settlement on this position, paid by longs

Exits come with the order

Add TP and SL in the same ticket. If the stop sits outside the normal daily range and you still want to risk only a fixed amount, shrink the size rather than raising leverage.

The same routine works on the BTC, ETH, XRP and DOGE perps, but each has its own minimum size and leverage ceiling, so check the contract before you copy a setup across.

Before your next SOL trade: what stop distance are you using, and does your leverage leave room for it?