---
name: gdex-perp-copy-trading
description: HyperLiquid perpetual futures copy trading — discover top perp traders, create/manage perp copy trades, fill history, opposite-direction copying, and market data
---

# GDEX: Perp Copy Trading (HyperLiquid)

Automatically mirror perpetual futures positions (long/short) from top-performing HyperLiquid traders. Supports opposite-direction copying, fixed or proportional sizing, and TP/SL controls.

> **This is completely separate from Solana spot copy trading (`gdex-copy-trading`).** Different chain (EVM, chainId=1 vs Solana 622112261), different ABI methods (`hl_create`/`hl_update` vs `create_copy_trade`/`update_copy_trade`), different field schemas. Both `isDelete` and `isChangeStatus` permanently DELETE copy trades on both chains.

## When to Use

- Browsing top HyperLiquid perp traders (by volume, PnL, or deposit)
- Getting detailed trading stats for a specific trader
- Creating a perp copy trade to follow a trader's long/short positions
- Updating or deleting a perp copy trade
- Viewing perp copy trade fill history with enrichment
- Checking market data (assets, DEXes, clearinghouse state, open orders)
- Checking deposit tokens and USDC balance

## Prerequisites

- `@gdexsdk/gdex-skill` installed
- For discovery: `loginWithApiKey()` only
- For read (list/tx_list): Full sign-in with session key (`chainId: 1`)
- For write (create/update): Full sign-in + computedData

## Auth Tiers

| Tier | Endpoints | Auth Needed |
|------|-----------|-------------|
| Discovery | `top_traders`, `top_traders_by_pnl`, `user_stats`, `perp_dexes`, `all_assets`, `clearinghouse_state`, `open_orders`, `deposit_tokens`, `usdc_balance` | API key only |
| Read | `list`, `tx_list` | Session-key auth (`userId` + encrypted `data`) |
| Write | `create`, `update` | computedData (ABI-encode + sign + AES-encrypt) |

## Key Differences from Solana Copy Trading

| Feature | Solana (`gdex-copy-trading`) | HL Perp (`gdex-perp-copy-trading`) |
|---------|---------|------|
| Chain | Solana (622112261) | EVM (chainId = 1) |
| Asset Type | Spot tokens | Perpetual futures (long/short) |
| ABI Methods | `create_copy_trade` / `update_copy_trade` | `hl_create` / `hl_update` |
| ABI Fields | 12 create / 16 update (chainId=uint256) | 8 create / 11 update (all strings) |
| Opposite Copy | ❌ Not supported | ✅ `oppositeCopy` flag |
| `isChangeStatus` | ⚠️ Permanently deletes! | ⚠️ Also permanently deletes (same as `isDelete`) |
| Copy Modes | 1=fixed SOL, 2=% of trader | 1=fixed USD per order, 2=proportion of trader's size |
| TP/SL | Optional | **Mandatory** (both > 0, lossPercent < 100) |
| Max Copies | `config.maxCopyTrades` | Default 3 (`hyperLiquidConfig.maxFuturesCopy`) |

## Discovery Endpoints (No Auth)

### Top Traders by Volume/TradeCount/Deposit

```typescript
const topByVolume = await skill.getHlTopTraders('volume');
const topByTrades = await skill.getHlTopTraders('tradeCount');
const topByDeposit = await skill.getHlTopTraders('deposit');
// Cached 15 minutes
```

### Top 30 Traders by PnL

```typescript
const topPnl = await skill.getHlTopTradersByPnl();
// Response: { isSuccess: true, topTraders: { day: [...], week: [...], month: [...] } }
// Each entry: { ethAddress, accountValue, windowPerformances: [{ window, percentage, pnl }] }
```

### Detailed User Stats

```typescript
// NOTE: Requires the MANAGED wallet address, not the control wallet.
// Control wallet and external trader addresses return "Wallet not found".
const stats = await skill.getHlUserStats('0xManagedWalletAddress');
// Cached 1 hour in Redis
```

#### HlUserStats Shape

```typescript
interface HlUserStats {
  '24h': number;        // PnL last 24 hours
  '7d': number;         // PnL last 7 days
  '30d': number;        // PnL last 30 days
  week: number;
  dailyPnls: Array<{
    timeMs: number;
    date: string;
    pnl: number;
    pnlPercentage: number;
    capitalDeployed: number;
  }>;
  volumes: Record<string, number>;
  tradesCount: Record<string, { win: number; lose: number; total: number }>;
  percentagePnl: Record<string, number>;
  capitalDeployed: Record<string, number>;
  allTime: { pnl: number; pnlPercentage: number; capitalDeployed: number };
}
```

### Perp DEXes

```typescript
const dexes = await skill.getHlPerpDexes();
// { isSuccess: true, perpDexes: ['HyperLiquid', ...] }
```

### All Tradeable Assets

```typescript
const assets = await skill.getHlAllAssets();
// { isSuccess: true, count: N, assets: [...] }
```

### Clearinghouse State (Account Positions)

```typescript
// Single DEX
const state = await skill.getHlClearinghouseState('0xTraderAddress');

// All DEXes
const stateAll = await skill.getHlClearinghouseStateAll('0xTraderAddress');
```

### Open Orders

```typescript
// Single DEX
const orders = await skill.getHlOpenOrdersForCopy('0xTraderAddress');

// All DEXes
const ordersAll = await skill.getHlOpenOrdersAllForCopy('0xTraderAddress');
```

### Deposit Tokens

```typescript
const tokens = await skill.getHlDepositTokens();
// { isSuccess: true, tokens: { "42161": [{ name, symbol, address, chainId, decimals, minDeposit, HLReceiver }] } }
// Key is chain ID ("42161" = Arbitrum One)
```

### USDC Balance (Arbitrum)

```typescript
const balance = await skill.getHlUsdcBalanceForCopy('0xTraderAddress');
```

## Read Endpoints (Session-Key Auth)

Require `userId` and `data` (AES-encrypted session key from `buildGdexUserSessionData`).

### List User's HL Copy Trades

```typescript
import { buildGdexUserSessionData } from '@gdexsdk/gdex-skill';

const data = buildGdexUserSessionData(sessionKey, apiKey);
const list = await skill.getHlCopyTradeList({ userId, data });
// { isSuccess: true, count: 2, allCopyTrades: [...] }
```

#### HlCopyTradeConfig Shape

```typescript
interface HlCopyTradeConfig {
  copyTradeId: string;
  copyTradeName: string;
  copyMode: number;              // Backend stores ABI offset (416/480), not the actual 1/2 value
  chainId: number;               // Always 1 (EVM)
  isActive: boolean;
  userId: string;
  userWallet: string;            // MANAGED wallet address
  traderWallet: string;          // EVM address
  lossPercent: number;
  profitPercent: number;
  fixedAmountCostPerOrder: string;
  oppositeCopy: boolean;         // Always true in response (backend ABI offset bug)
  createdAt: number;
  lastUpdated: number;
  totalTrades: number;
  totalVolumes: number;
  totalPnl: number;
}
```

### Fill History

```typescript
const txList = await skill.getHlCopyTradeTxList({
  userId,
  data,
  page: '1',
  limit: '20',  // max 100
});
// { isSuccess: true, totalCount: 42, txes: [...] }
// Cached 15 seconds
```

#### HlCopyTradeTx Shape

```typescript
interface HlCopyTradeTx {
  coin: string;              // e.g. "BTC"
  px: string;                // Fill price
  sz: string;                // Fill size
  side: string;              // "B" (buy) or "S" (sell)
  time: number;              // Unix ms
  closedPnl: string;
  oid: string;               // HyperLiquid order ID
  dir: string;               // e.g. "Open Long"
  copyTradeName: string;     // or "N/A"
  traderTxHash: string;      // or "N/A"
  traderSize: string;        // or "N/A"
  traderPrice: string;       // or "N/A"
  traderWallet: string;      // or "N/A"
}
```

## Write Endpoints (ComputedData Auth)

### Create an HL Perp Copy Trade

```typescript
await skill.createHlCopyTrade({
  apiKey,
  userId,
  sessionPrivateKey,
  traderWallet: '0xTraderEvmAddress',
  copyTradeName: 'BTC Whale Follower',
  copyMode: 1,                    // Fixed USD amount per order
  fixedAmountCostPerOrder: '50',  // $50 per copied trade
  lossPercent: '25',              // 25% stop-loss (mandatory, > 0)
  profitPercent: '100',           // 100% take-profit (mandatory, > 0)
  oppositeCopy: false,            // Copy same direction
});
```

**ABI Schema (`hl_create`, 8 fields, ALL strings):**

| # | Field | Type | Description |
|---|-------|------|-------------|
| 0 | traderWallet | string | EVM address to copy |
| 1 | copyTradeName | string | Human-readable label |
| 2 | copyMode | string | "1" or "2" |
| 3 | fixedAmountCostPerOrder | string | USD amount (mode 1) or ratio (mode 2) |
| 4 | lossPercent | string | Stop-loss % |
| 5 | profitPercent | string | Take-profit % |
| 6 | nonce | string | Auto-generated |
| 7 | oppositeCopy | string | "1" or "" |

### Update an HL Perp Copy Trade

```typescript
await skill.updateHlCopyTrade({
  apiKey,
  userId,
  sessionPrivateKey,
  copyTradeId: 'abc123...',
  traderWallet: '0xTraderEvmAddress',
  copyTradeName: 'BTC Whale (Updated)',
  copyMode: 2,                    // Switch to proportional
  fixedAmountCostPerOrder: '0.5', // 50% of trader's size
  lossPercent: '30',
  profitPercent: '150',
  oppositeCopy: true,             // Now copy opposite direction
});
```

### Delete an HL Perp Copy Trade

Use either `isDelete` or `isChangeStatus` — both permanently delete the trade.

```typescript
await skill.updateHlCopyTrade({
  ...existingParams,
  isDelete: true,  // Permanently deletes
});
```

> **⚠️ WARNING: `isChangeStatus` also PERMANENTLY DELETES the trade.**
> Despite the name suggesting a toggle, `isChangeStatus` behaves identically to `isDelete`
> on the current backend. This matches Solana copy trade behavior.

**ABI Schema (`hl_update`, 11 fields, ALL strings):**

| # | Field | Type | Description |
|---|-------|------|-------------|
| 0 | traderWallet | string | EVM address |
| 1 | copyTradeName | string | Label |
| 2 | copyMode | string | "1" or "2" |
| 3 | fixedAmountCostPerOrder | string | Amount or ratio |
| 4 | lossPercent | string | Stop-loss % |
| 5 | profitPercent | string | Take-profit % |
| 6 | nonce | string | Auto-generated |
| 7 | isDelete | string | "1" or "" |
| 8 | isChangeStatus | string | "1" or "" |
| 9 | copyTradeId | string | Existing trade ID |
| 10 | oppositeCopy | string | "1" or "" |

## Backend Quirks (Live E2E Findings)

> These are verified behaviors observed during live E2E testing.

1. **`copyMode` in responses is the ABI byte-offset, not the actual value.** For `hl_create` (8 fields) the offset is 416; for `hl_update` (11 fields) it's 480. The actual copy mode value (1 or 2) exists in the ABI data but the backend stores the offset instead.

2. **`oppositeCopy` in responses is always `true`** for the same ABI-offset reason. The offset slot is always a non-zero number (736 for create, 960 for update), which the backend interprets as truthy.

3. **Both `isDelete` and `isChangeStatus` permanently DELETE** the copy trade. `isChangeStatus` does NOT toggle `isActive` on/off. This matches Solana copy trade behavior exactly.

4. **`user_stats` requires the MANAGED wallet address** (`userWallet` from the copy trade config), not the control wallet address. The control wallet and external trader wallets return `{"code":103,"error":"Wallet not found"}`.

5. **Discovery endpoints use different query params:**
   - `user_stats`: `?user=<address>` (managed wallet only)
   - `clearinghouse_state`, `clearinghouse_state_all`: `?address=<address>`
   - `open_orders`, `open_orders_all`: `?address=<address>`
   - `usdc_balance`: `?address=<address>`

6. **`top_traders_by_pnl`** returns nested structure: `{ day: [...], week: [...], month: [...] }` where each entry has `ethAddress`, `accountValue`, and `windowPerformances`.

7. **`deposit_tokens`** response keys are chain IDs (e.g., `"42161"` for Arbitrum), not chain names. Each token includes `name`, `symbol`, `address`, `chainId`, `decimals`, `minDeposit`, `HLReceiver`.

## Backend Validation Rules

- **TP/SL mandatory**: Both `lossPercent` > 0 (and < 100) and `profitPercent` > 0
- **Copy modes**: Mode 1 = fixed USD per order, Mode 2 = proportion of trader's size
- **Max copies**: Default 3 per user (`hyperLiquidConfig.maxFuturesCopy`)
- **No self-copy**: Can't copy your own wallet
- **Circular dependency**: Full DFS graph cycle detection (A→B→C→A prevented)
- **No duplicates**: Can't copy the same trader wallet twice

## How Copies Execute

Copies are NOT executed at API call time. A background watcher monitors tracked traders:
1. Detects trader's new perp position (open/close/modify)
2. Calculates your position size based on copyMode
3. Opens/closes a mirrored position (or opposite if `oppositeCopy=true`)
4. Applies TP/SL based on your lossPercent/profitPercent settings
5. Tracks fill in `HLCopyTradeTrack` collection for tx_list

## Example: Full HL Perp Copy Trading Flow

```typescript
import {
  GdexSkill,
  buildGdexUserSessionData,
  generateGdexSessionKeyPair,
  buildGdexSignInMessage,
  buildGdexSignInComputedData,
} from '@gdexsdk/gdex-skill';
import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const skill = new GdexSkill();
skill.loginWithApiKey(apiKey);

// 1. Sign in (chainId: 1 for HL operations)
const wallet = ethers.Wallet.fromPhrase(mnemonic);
const { sessionPrivateKey, sessionKey } = generateGdexSessionKeyPair();
const nonce = String(Date.now());
const msg = buildGdexSignInMessage(wallet.address, nonce, sessionKey);
const sig = await wallet.signMessage(msg);
const payload = buildGdexSignInComputedData({
  apiKey, userId: wallet.address, sessionKey, nonce, signature: sig,
});
await skill.signInWithComputedData({ computedData: payload.computedData, chainId: 1 });
const data = buildGdexUserSessionData(sessionKey, apiKey);
const userId = wallet.address.toLowerCase();

// 2. Discover top traders
const topTraders = await skill.getHlTopTradersByPnl();
const bestTrader = topTraders.topTraders[0];
console.log(`Top trader: ${bestTrader.address}, volume: $${bestTrader.volume}`);

// 3. Check trader's stats
const stats = await skill.getHlUserStats(bestTrader.address);
console.log(`30d PnL: $${stats.userStats['30d']}`);

// 4. Create a copy trade
await skill.createHlCopyTrade({
  apiKey,
  userId,
  sessionPrivateKey,
  traderWallet: bestTrader.address,
  copyTradeName: `Top PnL: ${bestTrader.address.slice(0, 8)}`,
  copyMode: 1,
  fixedAmountCostPerOrder: '25',  // $25 per copied trade
  lossPercent: '30',
  profitPercent: '100',
});

// 5. Monitor
const list = await skill.getHlCopyTradeList({ userId, data });
for (const ct of list.allCopyTrades) {
  console.log(`${ct.copyTradeName}: active=${ct.isActive}, trades=${ct.totalTrades}, PnL=$${ct.totalPnl}`);
}

// 6. Check fill history
const fills = await skill.getHlCopyTradeTxList({ userId, data, limit: '20' });
for (const tx of fills.txes) {
  console.log(`${tx.coin} ${tx.dir}: ${tx.sz} @ $${tx.px}, PnL=${tx.closedPnl}`);
}
```

## Related Skills

- **gdex-authentication** — Auth setup and sign-in required for read/write
- **gdex-copy-trading** — Solana spot copy trading (separate system)
- **gdex-perp-trading** — HL perp order management, positions, leverage
- **gdex-perp-funding** — Deposit/withdraw USDC to HL account
- **gdex-portfolio** — Monitor portfolio including copied positions