Hyperliquid Guides & Explainers
Plain-English explainers on Hyperliquid funding rates, whales, open interest, liquidations and fees — with real data from HyperIntel.
What is a good funding rate on Hyperliquid?
What "good" means for funding on Hyperliquid, the normal hourly range, and how to read a rate that is drifting away from it.
What is the long/short ratio?
What the long/short ratio measures on Hyperliquid, why it is a sentiment gauge rather than a direction signal, and how to read extremes without overreacting.
How do Hyperliquid funding rates compare to Binance?
How Hyperliquid and Binance funding rates differ in interval, settlement, and transparency, and why the same market can quote very different rates on each.
How do liquidations work on Hyperliquid?
How liquidations work on Hyperliquid, what maintenance margin means, and how to read liquidation cascades without mistaking them for sentiment.
How do you track smart money on Hyperliquid?
How to identify and follow consistently profitable traders on Hyperliquid, what their behaviour does and does not predict, and the pitfalls of copying on-chain wallets.
How do you spot a whale on Hyperliquid?
The on-chain signals that reveal large traders on Hyperliquid — big open interest, large fills, and concentrated position changes — and what they do and do not tell you.
How do you save on Hyperliquid trading fees?
The difference between maker and taker fees on Hyperliquid, why takers pay more, and exactly how to place orders that qualify as maker.
How do you read open interest on Hyperliquid?
What open interest measures on Hyperliquid, how to pair it with price and funding, and the patterns that actually carry information.
What is funding rate arbitrage on Hyperliquid?
How funding rate arbitrage works, why Hyperliquid's on-chain perps make it observable, and the costs and risks that determine whether a spread is actually worth taking.