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Re: Incredibly confused by Bitcoin Futures contracts on icbit
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BitFutex
on 28/03/2013, 20:26:41 UTC

If I open at $100 and close at $105 I expect to gain +$5, but actually this is not the case with icbit.  This is because it quotes the price in USD per BTC but the settlement price is actually based on the inverse.
i.e. BTC per USD.

So you are gaining/losing fractions of BTC, which is no good for hedging.