Hypertake is an independent web interface for Hyperliquid's HIP-4 prediction markets (outcomes) and perpetual futures. You connect your own wallet; every order is placed, matched and settled on Hyperliquid, and your money stays in your own Hyperliquid account. Hypertake is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hyperliquid. Markdown of this page: https://hypertake.net/docs/perps/opening-a-position.md. Full documentation index: https://hypertake.net/llms.txt
Perps · Trading
Opening a position
How to go long or short on Hyperliquid perps with Hypertake: leverage, amount, preview and one click on desktop
To open a perps position, choose Long or Short, set the leverage, enter your money and press the button. Before you press, Hypertake shows the position it makes, your liquidation price and the most you can lose. On desktop one click places the order; on the phone you tap twice.
On desktop
Pick a market
Open Perps and choose one in the selector. See Perps markets.
Choose a side
Press Long to gain if the price rises, or Short to gain if it falls.
Set the leverage
Drag the Leverage slider, from 1× to the market's maximum. Or drag the amber liquidation line on the chart: on an isolated order that sets the leverage for you.
ResultThe liquidation line moves on the chart as you drag.
Enter your money
Type into Your money, drag its slider, or press Max.
ResultUnder it: "Trades like $1,000 · 0.0125 BTC", the position you'll open.
Check the summary
Read Position, Liquidation (and how far it is from the price) and Most you can lose. Open Profit breakdown to see the result if the price moves 1%, 5% or 10% either way.
Check Order settings
The fold shows "Right away · Isolated" by default. Open it to choose When (Now or At my price) and What backs it (Isolated or Cross). See Order types.
Press the button
It names the order: Go long · $1,000 (the position's value). One click sends it.
ResultA notice says it filled, at what average price, or that a limit order is on the book. The position appears in Positions and on the chart.
On the phone
Open the market
Tap it in the Perps tab, then tap Long or Short at the bottom.
Type your money
A full-screen order opens at $0, with nothing filled in. Type on Hypertake's keypad; tap ⇅ to type the size in the coin instead.
Adjust leverage, TP / SL or type
Rows under the amount open their own sheets: Leverage (a slider with 1×, 2×, 5×, 10×, 20× and the maximum, Isolated or Cross, and the live liquidation), take profit and stop loss, and Market ▾ for the order type.
Tap twice
The button names the order, such as Open long · $100 (your money). The first tap turns it into Confirm · Open long · $100 for 5 seconds; the second places it. Changing anything disarms it.
ResultA market order shows its estimated fill before you tap ("fills ≈ 80,012").
The phone asks one more question only when an order is unusually risky: leverage of 20× or more, more than half of what you have available, or an estimated fill more than 1% from the price on a thin book. A short risk sheet lists why, with the position, liquidation and fee, before you confirm. The phone also refuses to place an order on a price more than 15 seconds old.
| Desktop | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| To place | One click | Two taps within 5 seconds |
| Starting leverage | 10× (or the market's maximum, if lower) | 5× |
| Starting margin mode | Isolated | Isolated |
| Button amount | The position's value ("Go long · $1,000") | Your money ("Open long · $100") |
| Extra check | None | A risk sheet past 20×, 50% of available, or 1% slippage |
What the button tells you
Until the order is valid, the desktop button says what's missing instead of placing anything:
| Button says | Why |
|---|---|
| Connect a wallet to trade. | No wallet connected |
| Turn on one-tap trading | Trading isn't on in this browser yet: one signature, once, then one click per order |
| Use one balance | Your Hyperliquid account keeps spot and perps apart; this switches it to one balance without moving anything |
| Enter your amount. | Nothing typed |
| Enter a limit price. | A limit order with no price |
| Positions start at $10: $1.00 of yours at 10×. | Below Hyperliquid's $10 minimum position |
| More than you have available. | Your money plus the fee is more than Hyperliquid says you can use |
| Too small for this market. | Rounded down to the market's size step, it's zero |
| Take profit must be above 80,000. | A take profit or stop loss on the wrong side of the price |
ExamplePriya's first long
- Priya has $250 available. She opens BTC at 80,000 and presses Long.
- She sets 10×, types $100 in Your money: "Trades like $1,000 · 0.0125 BTC".
- The summary shows Liquidation about 72,911, 8.9% below, and Most you can lose $100.
- The footnote reads "Fee $0.45 · fills right away": Hyperliquid's base taker rate. On mainnet, Hypertake's 0.1% ($1.00) is charged on top.
- She clicks Go long · $1,000. The order fills at once; her long appears under Positions with its entry and liquidation drawn on the chart.
Flow$100 of Priya's balance → 10× → $1,000 BTC long → fills at the best asks, no worse than 5% above the mid
Hypertake never places an order by itself: every order comes from your press, signed in your browser by your trading key and sent straight to Hyperliquid. The signed order is only valid for 60 seconds, so a request stuck on a bad connection can't land minutes later.
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