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FAQs on how self service affiliate links work on dYdX

Self Service Affiliate Links

Below are the formulas that both the Dollar PNL and Percent PNL use to determine the rankings of all accounts on dYdX.

Leaderboard Calculations

David Gogel

Everett Hu

Corey Miller

FAQs on trading Perpetual Contracts on dYdX

Perpetuals

What is Layer 2?

Will Layer 2 changes benefit spot/margin trades or only Perpetuals?

How do Ethereum and Layer 2 interact?

General Questions about Layer 2

Deposits & Withdrawals to Layer 2 with the 0x API DEX aggregator.

How does the integration with 0x API work?

Depositing to, and withdrawing from Layer 2

How do deposits and withdrawals work?

How do wallets support Layer 2?

Accounts & Wallets

Market, Limit, Stop Limit, Trailing Stop Orders

Perpetual Order Types

Reduce-Only Orders

Orders

This article describes what a user's maximum position size can be per market

Maximum Position Sizes

L2 Perpetual Contract Specs

How is PNL Calculated on Layer 2 Perpetuals?

Perpetual Trade Fees

Perpetual Funding Rate

Detailed explanation of cross-margining on the Perpetual

How does Cross-Margining work on Perpetuals?

Maximum Leverage for Perpetuals

What happens if Perpetual accounts go underwater?

Contract Loss Mechanisms

How do liquidations work and what is the penalty for liquidation?

Perpetual Contract Liquidations

Where does liquidity for Perpetual markets come from?

Trading & Funding

Are the L2 Perpetual smart contracts audited?

How do Layer 2 Perpetuals remain non-custodial?

What is promising me that my money can be transferred back to L1? What prevents dYdX from ignoring my withdrawal requests?

I lost my stark key! How can I recover my funds?

Security & Audits

What is on-chain vs. off-chain?

Price Oracles on Layer 2

What is Cairo?

What is a Stark Key?

What is StarkEx?

Technical Details

How to trade on dYdX using imToken

A Beginner’s Guide To Going Long & Short using Perpetuals on dYdX

How to deposit USDC or any ERC-20 token into your L2 Perpetual account?

How to Select a Market?

Understanding Details of the Market

Understanding funding rate details

Understanding your account balance & leverage

Selecting order types

Choosing the appropriate position (buy or sell)

Understanding trade execution

Understanding open positions

Understanding open orders

Understanding historical fills

Closing Your Position

Understanding P&L & Returns

Managing Your Risk

Withdrawing Funds from Layer 2

Tutorials

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