Learn to trade perps
Short, practical explainers for people who want to understand what they are clicking before they click it. No jargon that isn't defined, no filler.
What Are Perpetual Futures (Perps)?
A perpetual future is a derivative that tracks a spot price but never expires. How perps work, why funding exists, and what actually happens when you open one.
How Funding Rates Work
Funding is the payment that keeps a perpetual future pinned to spot. What sets the rate, who pays whom, and how to read it as a positioning signal.
Cross vs Isolated Margin
Cross margin shares your whole balance across positions. Isolated margin ring-fences each one. Which to use, and the failure mode of each.
Perp Order Types, Explained
Market, limit, stop, scale, TWAP and chase orders: what each one does, when it helps, and the mistake each one invites.
HIP-3 Builder Dexs on Hyperliquid
HIP-3 lets anyone deploy their own perpetual markets on Hyperliquid. What that means for the assets you can trade and the risks that come with it.
How On-Chain Prediction Markets Work
Shares that pay 1 USDC if an outcome happens. How pricing, settlement and share splitting work on Hyperliquid's prediction markets.