Oracle Prices
For TradFi perpetual markets, index and mark prices rely on:
external oracle data during trading hours
off-hours pricing during non-trading hours
Trading hours are specified for each market below.
Oracle Migration
Extended is in the process of migrating the oracle infrastructure for select TradFi markets. Until the dates specified in the table below, the listed markets will continue to rely on trade.xyz oracle feeds (delivered by Pragma), after which they will migrate to a RedStone-powered oracle.
25/05/2026
Precious Metals
XAU, XAG, XPT
25/05/2026
FX
EUR, USDJPY
28/05/2026
Industrial Metals
XCU
01/06/2026
Index
SPX, NDX
10/06/2026
Energy
WTI, NATGAS, XBR
Equities, EWY, and SPCX are not part of this migration phase and continue to use the existing Stork setup.
Oracle Price Reference
Indices
SPX, NDX
Value of the index
Energy
WTI
1 barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Light Sweet Crude Oil
Energy
NATGAS
1 MMBtu of Henry Hub natural gas
Energy
XBR
1 barrel of Brent Crude Oil
Precious Metals
XAU
1 troy ounce of gold
Precious Metals
XAG
1 troy ounce of silver
Precious Metals
XPT
1 troy ounce of platinum
Industrial Metals
XCU
1 pound of copper
FX
EUR
EUR/USD exchange rate
FX
USDJPY
USD/JPY exchange rate
Equities
All
Underlying share price
ETFs
EWY
EWY share price
Pre-IPO
SPCX
Trade.xyz SpaceX reference price
Oracle Price Methodology
The table below outlines the Oracle Price Methodology for all TradFi markets, including the provider, calculation methodology, underlying price reference, and oracle availability.
Precious Metals: XAU, XAG, XPT
23/5**
Equities & ETFs: All
Regular, pre-market, and post-market sessions: NYSE/Nasdaq midpoint prices via licensed data providers.
Overnight: Blue Ocean ATS
24/5
* CME and ICE futures equivalent: a proprietary aggregate of market-maker and broker feeds that has historically shown high correlation with CME and ICE L1 mid-prices. Used as an alternative to direct CME and ICE market data. Expected maximum deviation from CME and ICE L1 mid-prices is 1-2 bps, depending on the market.
** 23/5 = 6:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET, Sunday to Friday, with 1 hour daily gaps.
*** Fallback is automatically triggered when the primary source is down or significantly deviates from the median of fallback sources.
Outside of Oracle Availability windows, the index and mark prices are calculated based on the off-hours pricing mechanics.
Futures-to-spot normalisation
For indices (SPX and NDX), where the price represents a futures-implied spot price, the oracle normalises the futures price to a spot equivalent using the cost-of-carry formula:
where:
r= risk-free rate (SOFR) sourced from New York Fedd= annualised dividend yield, derived from major index ETF dividend yields and updated monthly. Current values can be obtained here.T= days to futures expiry
Roll Schedule for Indices
Index oracles (SPX and NDX) reference quarterly futures contracts. The active contract follows the standard quarterly cycle, with settlement codes corresponding to the contract month:
H — March
M — June
U — September
Z — December
The active contract rolls to the next quarterly contract before expiry, on the corresponding “Active Until” date. The active and expiry dates for each quarterly contract are shown below:
H6
2026-03-16 14:00:00 UTC
2026-03-20 13:30:00 UTC
M6
2026-06-15 14:00:00 UTC
2026-06-18 13:30:00 UTC
U6
2026-09-14 14:00:00 UTC
2026-09-18 13:30:00 UTC
Z6
2026-12-14 15:00:00 UTC
2026-12-18 14:30:00 UTC
Roll Schedule for Energy and Industrial Metals
For markets that reference futures-based price feeds (WTI, XBR, NATGAS, XCU), the active contract rolls over a 5-business-day transition window.
The roll period runs from the 5th to the 10th business day of the month. During this period, the oracle price transitions from the front-month contract to the next active contract using a linear weighting model that updates at predefined timestamps aligned with internal pricing sessions.
Updated weightings take effect when the oracle switches back to external pricing at 6:00 PM ET.
Roll Example. If WTI is referencing the M6 contract and rolling into N6, the transition proceeds as follows:
Day 5, 5:30 PM ET
80%
20%
Day 6, 5:30 PM ET
60%
40%
Day 7, 5:30 PM ET
40%
60%
Day 8, 5:30 PM ET
20%
80%
Day 9, 5:30 PM ET
0%
100% (roll complete)
Active contract schedule
The table below shows the active contract at the start of each month and the corresponding roll target for each energy and industrial metals market.
XCU (Copper)
K6 → N6
N6
N6 → U6
U6
U6 → Z6
Z6
Z6
Z6 → H7
H7
WTI
K6 → M6
M6 → N6
N6 → Q6
Q6 → U6
U6 → V6
V6 → X6
V6 → X6
X6 → Z6
Z6 → F7
XBR (Brent)
M6 → N6
N6 → Q6
Q6 → U6
U6 → V6
V6 → X6
X6 → Z6
Z6 → F7
F7 → G7
G7 → H7
NATGAS
K26 → M26
M26 → N26
N26 → Q26
Q26 → U26
U26 → V26
V26 → X26
X26 → Z26
Z26 → F27
F27 → G27
Off-hours Pricing
During off trading hours, if the oracle has not been updated for 5 minutes, both the index price and mark price for TradFi markets are calculated as follows:
where:
β = e^(-10 sec / 1 hour), implying that the index is updated every 10 secondsImpact_Mid_Price= 10-minute EMA impact mid price
The maximum deviation of the index and mark price from the last known oracle price is capped at ± 1 / (max market leverage).
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