Follow the Leader: Crypto Trader Offering Copycat Strategy Nets 1,021% Gain – DL News

Hyperliquid operates a derivatives trading framework on Arbitrum, with assets exceeding $15 million parked in its “mirror trading” containers.

Mirror trading involves mimicking the transactions of another ideally successful investor. Containers act analogously to liquidity pools, with added functionalities.

At Hyperliquid, participants have the option to establish their personal container for others to invest into. The container owner may then trade with the pooled funds, securing 10% of the returns if profitable.

Although the container proprietor engages in trading with the funds, they are prohibited from extracting these resources from the container. Conversely, those who injected funds may retract their input following a one-day waiting period.

Hyperliquid’s peak performer, known by the alias Crypto Vikings, notched a 1,023% earnings in the previous month. This trader also racked up a 415% gain on STFX, another mirror trading hub, in the same timeframe.

Since the inauguration of the container on January 21, Crypto Vikings has delivered in excess of $560,000 for investors, personally gaining nearly $56,000 from profit sharing. Furthermore, as the principal investor in their container, they amassed in excess of $306,000 to date.

Crypto Vikings has yet to comment upon request.

The container currently maintains five Bitcoin, INJ, ORDI, SUI, and OP long positions that show an unmaterialized gain of around $70,000.

The container’s history shows more than 600 trades, with merely 66 culminating in losses. The most substantial deficit to date stands at $2,009, contrasted by a top win of $56,914.

Despite a record of impressive container performance, historic outcomes do not guarantee future success. Trader missteps directly impact investor’s finances within the container.

An anecdote includes an investor who allocated $47,532 to the container 20 days prior. Subsequent to the investment, the user faced a depletion of $6,712, tallying a 14% diminution.

Spiking funding costs necessitate sizeable outlays for sustaining long positions, with over $225,000 expended by the container for maintaining the mentioned long positions.

The projected yearly funding rate for Bitcoin stands at 82%, indicating a long-held position would incur charges amounting to 82% of its valuation in fees over an year.

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