BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements)
Every dated BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contract — each expiry listed on the day — with every trade print and the complete Level-2 book, captured co-located with nanosecond venue and receive timestamps. 1,072 trading days as futures-curve day bundles, €1 per day, bought as a guest with instant download.
BitMEX has ceased operations — the last recorded day is 2026-09-16. The complete archive up to that day remains available to download; nothing has been removed and purchased files stay yours.
BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) on BitMEX — activity
Trades and USD turnover summed over every contract of the series across 11 captured days to 2026-09-16, from the recorded tick data — the per-day averages divide by the captured days. Buy share, best-bid/ask depth and Level-2 update counts are turnover-weighted over the same window.
One purchase, the whole series for a day
A futures-curve day bundle contains every BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contract with an expiry date that was listed on BitMEX on that UTC day (3 contract files on the latest covered day). Each file carries the full raw feed of one contract: every trade print and every Level-2 order-book update, plus the mark, index and liquidation messages the venue publishes, in the same zstd-compressed schema as our spot and perpetual data. The perpetual itself is a separate instrument and not part of the bundle.
Coverage runs October 2023 – September 2026 — 1,072 trading days, 72.1 GB compressed in total. A day typically holds 6 contract files (up to 8 on the busiest day, 246 MB). Pick individual days in the shop calendar for €1 each; delivery is an instant per-file download or one archive for the whole day.
BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) — development since capture
1,015,273 trades and $1.8B of USD turnover over 614 captured days since 2025-01-11 — record day 2025-10-10 with $48.0M, biggest single contract XBTZ25 (2025-10-10, $27.5M).
| Month | Days | Trades | Turnover (USD) | Avg / day | Contracts traded | L2 updates | vs previous month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16 | 199 | $820.8K | $51.3K | 33 | 625.9K | −86.1 % |
| Aug 2026 | 31 | 1,479 | $5.9M | $190.0K | 63 | 2.3M | −80.7 % |
| Jul 2026 | 31 | 22,500 | $30.5M | $983.0K | 146 | 36.2M | −49.0 % |
| Jun 2026 | 30 | 26,861 | $59.8M | $2.0M | 142 | 13.9M | +206.8 % |
| May 2026 | 31 | 11,579 | $19.5M | $628.8K | 71 | 0 | −12.0 % |
| Apr 2026 | 30 | 10,779 | $22.2M | $738.8K | 60 | 0 | −78.6 % |
| Mar 2026 | 31 | 57,840 | $103.4M | $3.3M | 95 | 0 | +10.4 % |
| Feb 2026 | 28 | 31,376 | $93.7M | $3.3M | 97 | 0 | +3.4 % |
| Jan 2026 | 31 | 51,452 | $90.6M | $2.9M | 91 | 0 | −15.4 % |
| Dec 2025 | 31 | 65,593 | $107.2M | $3.5M | 122 | 0 | +1.9 % |
| Nov 2025 | 30 | 68,748 | $105.2M | $3.5M | 127 | 0 | −44.3 % |
| Oct 2025 | 31 | 81,467 | $188.8M | $6.1M | 104 | 0 | +68.0 % |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 79,809 | $112.4M | $3.7M | 94 | 0 | −43.0 % |
| Aug 2025 | 31 | 118,413 | $197.2M | $6.4M | 96 | 0 | +48.8 % |
| Jul 2025 | 31 | 67,777 | $132.5M | $4.3M | 95 | 0 | −33.3 % |
| Jun 2025 | 30 | 83,583 | $198.7M | $6.6M | 116 | 0 | −11.0 % |
| May 2025 | 31 | 126,694 | $223.3M | $7.2M | 141 | 0 | +142.6 % |
| Apr 2025 | 30 | 86,144 | $92.0M | $3.1M | 111 | 0 | +743.0 % |
| Mar 2025 | 31 | 7,050 | $10.9M | $352.1K | 103 | 0 | −20.5 % |
| Feb 2025 | 28 | 6,551 | $13.7M | $490.1K | 96 | 0 | — |
| Jan 2025 | 21 | 9,379 | $10.8M | $512.0K | 55 | 0 | — |
BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) — trades and USD turnover summed per calendar month (UTC) over every contract, from our own daily statistics of the recorded tick data. Days = captured UTC days; a partial month shows no month-over-month change. Contracts traded and L2 (order-book) updates exist for days captured with the extended statistics.
BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) — activity by weekday
Thursdays carry the most turnover, about $53.8K per day.
| Weekday (UTC) | Avg turnover / day | USD | Avg trades | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | $19.2K | 8.5 | 2 | |
| Tuesday | $32.8K | 18 | 2 | |
| Wednesday | $20.1K | 6.5 | 2 | |
| Thursday | $53.8K | 16 | 1 | |
| Friday | $15.0K | 16 | 1 | |
| Saturday | $22.7K | 7 | 1 | |
| Sunday | $22.9K | 10 | 2 |
BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) — average USD turnover and trades per weekday over the captured days of the last 30, from our own daily statistics; weekdays without a captured day show —.
BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) — last 30 days in the archive
Files, size, contracts traded, trades, USD turnover, buy share, top-of-book depth and order-book updates per UTC day, from the recorded tick data.
| UTC day | Files | Size | Traded | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | Top-1 depth | L2 updates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 3 | 1.61 MB | 2 | 5 | $6.0K | 0 % | $10.2K | 15.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-15 | 3 | 4.17 MB | 3 | 11 | $16.8K | 1 % | $12.4K | 59.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-14 | 3 | 3.81 MB | 2 | 9 | $22.4K | 2 % | $11.0K | 44.9K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-13 | 3 | 2.66 MB | 2 | 7 | $7.6K | 29 % | $7.4K | 18.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-12 | 3 | 2.24 MB | 2 | 7 | $22.7K | 13 % | $4.8K | 6.8K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-11 | 3 | 3.50 MB | 3 | 16 | $15.0K | 7 % | $6.9K | 38.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-10 | 3 | 3.37 MB | 3 | 16 | $53.8K | 17 % | $10.1K | 31.8K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-09 | 3 | 3.44 MB | 2 | 8 | $34.2K | 15 % | $7.0K | 34.2K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-08 | 3 | 3.33 MB | 1 | 25 | $48.7K | 34 % | $13.3K | 31.1K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-07 | 3 | 2.96 MB | 1 | 8 | $16.0K | 9 % | $12.6K | 22.6K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-06 | 3 | 2.76 MB | 2 | 13 | $38.1K | 53 % | $10.4K | 21.1K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-05 | 3 | 2.54 MB | 1 | 1 | $100 | 100 % | $11.5K | 20.4K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-04 | 3 | 4.30 MB | 3 | 16 | $59.0K | 83 % | $19.1K | 67.0K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-03 | 3 | 4.78 MB | 2 | 20 | $190.0K | 55 % | $27.4K | 81.0K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-02 | 3 | 4.43 MB | 3 | 17 | $233.7K | 72 % | $25.1K | 68.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-09-01 | 3 | 4.29 MB | 1 | 20 | $56.7K | 91 % | $28.0K | 63.5K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-31 | 3 | 4.66 MB | 1 | 11 | $140.6K | 87 % | $36.0K | 75.4K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-30 | 3 | 3.37 MB | 1 | 16 | $89.0K | 43 % | $25.6K | 43.9K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-29 | 3 | 2.79 MB | 1 | 3 | $8.5K | 65 % | $22.8K | 25.0K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-28 | 4 | 5.39 MB | 2 | 22 | $124.9K | 72 % | $30.5K | 89.9K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-27 | 4 | 5.93 MB | 2 | 12 | $45.2K | 58 % | $31.4K | 91.5K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-26 | 4 | 5.73 MB | 3 | 12 | $256.0K | 49 % | $26.3K | 81.3K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-25 | 4 | 6.48 MB | 3 | 90 | $553.3K | 44 % | $29.0K | 107.7K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-24 | 4 | 6.21 MB | 1 | 41 | $142.3K | 42 % | $21.3K | 98.4K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-23 | 4 | 5.29 MB | 2 | 84 | $308.6K | 25 % | $12.5K | 70.0K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-22 | 4 | 5.93 MB | 1 | 39 | $111.1K | 64 % | $8.5K | 90.1K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-21 | 4 | 7.11 MB | 2 | 136 | $436.7K | 60 % | $26.0K | 131.0K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-20 | 4 | 7.81 MB | 3 | 86 | $193.4K | 52 % | $21.9K | 156.2K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-19 | 4 | 5.48 MB | 3 | 272 | $1.6M | 71 % | $18.3K | 89.8K | Buy day → | |
| 2026-08-18 | 4 | 3.72 MB | 2 | 46 | $78.2K | 15 % | $13.5K | 33.3K | Buy day → |
Traded = contracts with at least one trade that day. Buy share = taker-buy side of USD turnover. Top-1 depth = mean of the best bid and best ask notional in USD, weighted by turnover. L2 updates = order-book level updates recorded across all contracts of the day. Days captured before the extended statistics show —.
BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) curve by expiry — 2026-09-16
Every contract of the curve with a trade on the newest captured UTC day, front expiry first — open, high, low, close, VWAP, days to expiry and the premium over the front contract; the previous days fold out below.
On 2026-09-16, 2 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 5 trades, $6.0K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $5.0K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 0 | 78,545 | 78,545 | 77,467 | 77,467 | 77,467 | 1 | $1.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 0 | 75,700 | 75,900 | 75,600 | 75,600 | 75,770 | 4 | $5.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
Open, high, low, close and VWAP are that UTC day’s trade prints per contract, in the contract’s quote currency. Days left counts whole UTC days from the day shown to the expiry day. “vs front” is a contract’s close over the close of the nearest contract that does not expire on the day shown — a difference between two recorded prints, not annualised and not a basis against spot. It is shown only where both contracts printed at least 50 trades that day: the last print of a thinly traded contract can be hours old, and a contract expiring that day stops printing at its expiry hour. Buy share = taker-buy side of USD turnover. A contract without a trade that day has no row; its file is still part of the day bundle (2 of 3 contract files of the day had trades).
2026-09-15 — 3 contracts, 11 trades, $16.8K turnover
On 2026-09-15, 3 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 11 trades, $16.8K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $14.1K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 1 | 78,242 | 78,545 | 78,242 | 78,545 | 78,545 | 1 | $1.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 1 | 78,555 | 78,555 | 75,700 | 75,700 | 76,662 | 9 | $14.1K | 1 % | buy file → |
| XBTZ26 | 2026-09-16 | 1 | 76,000 | 76,000 | 76,000 | 76,000 | 76,000 | 1 | $1.7K | 0 % | buy file → |
2026-09-14 — 2 contracts, 9 trades, $22.4K turnover
On 2026-09-14, 2 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 9 trades, $22.4K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $18.1K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 2 | 77,250 | 78,555 | 77,250 | 78,555 | 78,523 | 6 | $18.1K | 3 % | buy file → |
| XBTZ26 | 2026-09-16 | 2 | 77,000 | 77,000 | 76,000 | 76,000 | 76,698 | 3 | $4.3K | 0 % | buy file → |
2026-09-13 — 2 contracts, 7 trades, $7.6K turnover
On 2026-09-13, 2 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 7 trades, $7.6K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $4.2K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 3 | 79,012 | 79,012 | 78,242 | 78,242 | 78,499 | 3 | $3.4K | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 3 | 77,200 | 77,250 | 76,730 | 77,250 | 76,763 | 4 | $4.2K | 52 % | buy file → |
2026-09-12 — 2 contracts, 7 trades, $22.7K turnover
On 2026-09-12, 2 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 7 trades, $22.7K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $21.7K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 4 | 78,700 | 79,012 | 78,700 | 79,012 | 79,012 | 1 | $1.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 4 | 77,359 | 77,500 | 77,200 | 77,200 | 77,379 | 6 | $21.7K | 14 % | buy file → |
2026-09-11 — 3 contracts, 16 trades, $15.0K turnover
On 2026-09-11, 3 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 16 trades, $15.0K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTZ26 with $11.0K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 5 | 78,400 | 78,700 | 78,400 | 78,700 | 78,700 | 1 | $500 | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 5 | 77,000 | 77,359 | 76,770 | 77,359 | 76,896 | 11 | $3.5K | 29 % | buy file → |
| XBTZ26 | 2026-09-16 | 5 | 78,000 | 78,000 | 77,000 | 77,000 | 77,136 | 4 | $11.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
2026-09-10 — 3 contracts, 16 trades, $53.8K turnover
On 2026-09-10, 3 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts printed trades on BitMEX, expiring 2026-09-16: 16 trades, $53.8K USD turnover. The busiest contract was XBTU26 with $26.8K turnover.
| Contract | Expiry (UTC) | Days left | Open | High | Low | Close | VWAP | Trades | Turnover | Buy share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBTH27 | 2026-09-16 | 6 | 80,455 | 80,455 | 78,400 | 78,400 | 78,533 | 8 | $18.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
| XBTU26 | 2026-09-16 | 6 | 78,331 | 78,331 | 76,915 | 77,000 | 77,254 | 5 | $26.8K | 35 % | buy file → |
| XBTZ26 | 2026-09-16 | 6 | 78,800 | 78,800 | 78,000 | 78,000 | 78,267 | 3 | $9.0K | 0 % | buy file → |
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BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data — FAQ
What BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data can I download?
Every dated contract of the curve — each expiry listed on the day — for one UTC day (3 contract files on the latest day): tick-by-tick trades and Level-2 order-book updates, plus the mark, index and liquidation messages the venue publishes, one file per contract.
How far back does the BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data go?
Coverage runs October 2023 – September 2026 — 1,072 trading days in total.
Is the BitMEX perpetual part of the BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) bundle?
No. The bundle holds the contracts with an expiry date. The perpetual and the spot market are separate instruments, sold per instrument-day in the Data Shop — the same days line up tick by tick with the curve.
How is a BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) day delivered?
Per contract file, or as one archive for the day. A day above 4 GB compressed ships as a resumable tar stream instead of a ZIP.
Can I get BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data as CSV or Parquet?
Yes — every free sample and every purchased tick day also exports as gzipped CSV or Parquet at no extra cost: trades and liquidations (derivatives, 2026 onward) in both formats. BitMEX records full order-book depth without a separate BBO stream — the free reader script converts depth locally. Timestamps are integer microseconds UTC and the columns load straight into pandas, polars or DuckDB — see the formats overview.
How much does BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) historical data cost?
€1 per futures-curve day bundle — every contract of the curve for that day — no subscription, no minimum order; buy as a guest in the Data Shop and download immediately. Credit packs lower the effective price and never expire.
Do I need an account or a sales call?
No. Pick the BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) curve-days in the Data Shop, pay by card as a guest and download immediately — no subscription, no minimum order, no KYC, no enterprise contract, no sales call. Coding agents buy the same bundles through the MCP server.
How is the BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data captured?
Co-located at the venue, message by message: every Level-2 update and every trade print carries the exchange timestamp and our receive timestamp in integer nanoseconds, an event-id chain makes any gap visible, and one normalized schema across 35+ venues means a parser written for Binance reads these files unchanged. It is the same capture our own high-frequency trading engine runs on — nothing sampled, no top-N cut.
Why does the BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) data end in September 2026?
BitMEX has ceased operations — the last recorded day is 2026-09-16. The complete archive up to that day remains available to download; nothing has been removed and purchased files stay yours.
How many BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts trade per day on BitMEX?
On average 2 BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts had at least one trade per UTC day over the last 11 captured days on BitMEX, with about 29.6K order-book level updates recorded per day. A day bundle contains every contract file of the series for that day.
How liquid are BitMEX BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contracts?
Over the last 11 captured days, the mean best-bid/best-ask notional was about $10.0K per side, 21 % of USD turnover was taker-buy. These figures are computed from the recorded Level-2 order books and trade prints — the same data in the day bundles.
What was the most traded BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contract on 2026-09-16?
XBTU26 — $5.0K USD turnover over 4 trades on BitMEX. The 2 most traded contracts of the series did 5 trades and $6.0K that UTC day. Open, high, low, close and VWAP per contract are listed on this page; the tick-level data is in the day bundle.
What was the busiest BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) trading day on BitMEX?
2025-10-10, with $48.0M of USD turnover over 11,590 trades across every BTC futures (XBT, all settlements) contract of the day; the busiest full month was May 2025 at $223.3M. Since our statistics began on 2025-01-11 the series has recorded 1,015,273 trades and $1.8B over 614 captured days; the single biggest contract was XBTZ25 on 2025-10-10 with $27.5M. Any of these days is a downloadable bundle.