Guides
The basics of trading crypto perpetuals with a method, from how the market works to the costs and risks of each trade.
What the funding rate is and why it matters when trading perpetuals
How the funding rate works on perpetual contracts, who pays whom, how to read the number, and when it becomes a warning sign.
How Hyperliquid works: the decentralized perpetuals exchange
What Hyperliquid is, how its onchain order book works, how to deposit USDC, and which risks to weigh before trading.
Hyperliquid agent wallets: trade without granting withdrawal access
What a Hyperliquid agent wallet (API wallet) is, what it can and cannot do, and why it lets you use an app without handing over custody.
Stop loss, take profit and risk/reward: how to set them before you enter a trade
How to place your stop loss and take profit, calculate the risk/reward ratio and size your position, with a worked example.
Volume breakouts: the strategy Aval follows
How the breakout strategy works with volume and daily trend confirmation, where the stop and target go, and when it tends to fail.
Why an AI trading on its own tends to lose money
What Alpha Arena showed about language models trading crypto unsupervised, and how separating calculation, scoring and decision reduces that risk.
Backtest
How Aval's breakout rule would have done over about 180 days of real Hyperliquid candles, pair by pair, with fees.