Kalshi Challenges Traditional Exchanges with S&P 500 Perpetual Futures

Kalshi, a prediction market operator, has filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch equity index perpetual futures, expanding its offerings beyond event-driven contracts.

The proposed contracts would allow traders to take leveraged long or short positions on indexes such as the S&P 500 without owning the underlying shares.

Kalshi's new filings include S&P 500 and copper perpetuals, signaling an expansion beyond event-driven contracts into broad-based asset classes.