Aster Vault adds spot trading with a new Perp + Spot account for new vaults

What Aster changed

Aster, the multi-chain perpetuals exchange, announced on its official X account on 13 November 2026 that Aster Vault now supports spot trading. Until now a vault could only trade perpetual futures. With the update, a manager can hold spot and perpetual positions inside the same vault.

The switch happens when a vault is created. Aster's launch graphic shows a new account type menu on the Create Vault screen with two choices, a Perp only account and a new Perp + Spot account, and states that the option is for new vaults only. Aster's post tells managers to select Perp + Spot when they create a new vault.

Why spot matters for vault strategies

Aster says having spot and perps in one vault lets managers try new strategies, naming spot-perp hedging and delta-neutral funding strategies. In a typical delta-neutral funding trade, a trader buys an asset on the spot market and opens an equal short perpetual position, aiming to collect funding payments while price moves largely cancel out. Aster did not publish any example returns, and funding rates change over time, so such strategies can still lose money through fees, slippage, funding flips or liquidation of the perp leg.

How Aster vaults work

Aster vaults are pooled accounts run by a vault manager. Investors deposit into a vault and receive a share of its net asset value, while the manager makes every trading decision. According to Aster's documentation, creating a vault requires locking 100 ASTER and making an initial investment of at least $100. If a closed vault's lifetime profit and loss is zero or negative, the 100 ASTER is burned.

Managers set a profit share of 0% to 100% on realised investor profits and a lock-up period, one day by default, during which deposits cannot be redeemed. Each new deposit restarts the lock-up for the investor's whole position. Aster's documentation also says vault settings cannot be changed after creation, which is consistent with the new account type applying only to vaults created from now on.

What is still unclear

Aster's vault documentation, last updated before this launch, still says vault accounts may only trade perpetual futures and lists spot trading as unsupported. Aster has not yet said how spot fees, spot reward campaigns or transfers between the spot and futures sides of a vault work under the new account type, and the announcement does not mention regional eligibility. Investors should check a vault's account type, tradable assets, profit share and lock-up on its vault page before depositing.