1024EX adds leveraged trading to prediction markets

1024EX has launched Leveraged Event Markets, bringing leverage, isolated margin and long-short trading to prediction markets. The company says the product is designed to turn event outcomes into tradable positions as it pushes prediction markets beyond simple yes-or-no bets. Why it matters: - Prediction markets are still early compared with spot and derivatives trading, and most platforms only let users make simple yes-or-no bets. - 1024EX is trying to make event markets more capital-efficient and more useful for risk management. - The shift matters because real-world events can now be treated more like tradable financial assets than static forecasts. What happened: - 1024EX launched Leveraged Event Markets with isolated margin, leverage and long-short trading. - The new offering is live alongside the company’s broader on-chain trading infrastructure. - 1024EX also introduced a Points Program for trading, opening positions, participating in markets and platform engagement. The details: - 1024EX currently supports up to 10× leverage in selected event markets. - Each event market has its own isolated margin account. - Gains or losses in one event position do not automatically affect positions in other markets. - Users can take both bullish and bearish positions on event outcomes. - The company says the feature set turns event outcomes from static predictions into actively managed trading positions. - The FIFA 2026 World Cup Winner market is being used as an example of how the product works. - In the company’s illustration, a $10 position predicting Portugal to win could create about $126 in payout on a traditional prediction platform. - Under 10× leverage on 1024EX, the same directional position may create about $1,260 in potential payout exposure, based on illustrative assumptions. - Leverage increases both potential gains and potential losses. - Users face margin-trading risks including liquidation and capital loss. - 1024EX says its matching, execution, risk and settlement systems support event markets in the same account architecture used across the exchange. - The platform says this setup makes event markets look more like exchange-grade financial infrastructure. - The Points Program may eventually unlock platform rewards, ecosystem benefits, exclusive opportunities and other incentives. Between the lines: - The launch is about more than bigger payouts; it is an attempt to create a full trading framework around event outcomes. - 1024EX is positioning event markets as a new asset class rather than a prediction tool or discussion forum. - The company is also building for AI agents, not only human traders, which signals a broader bet on autonomous participation in markets. - Xavier Qin said the most important future infrastructure is not AI itself, but the ability for AI to execute, transact and participate in markets. - That view helps explain why 1024EX is linking event trading, AI tools and programmable financial infrastructure under one platform. What’s next: - 1024EX expects event markets to expand beyond sports into macroeconomic releases, interest-rate decisions, employment reports, technology launches, industry developments, political events and on-chain milestones. - The company aims to build a market infrastructure layer where real-world events can be priced, traded and risk-managed. - The World Cup is positioned as the first use case, not the end point. The bottom line: - 1024EX is betting that prediction markets will evolve into event financial markets, with leverage and trading infrastructure making event outcomes continuously tradable.