Perpetuals

FAQs on trading Perpetual Contracts on dYdX

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42 articles in this collection
Written by Corey Miller, Vijay Chetty, David Gogel and 1 other

Trading Leagues

Trading Leagues FAQ

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

Leaderboard Calculations

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

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

General Questions about Layer 2

What is Layer 2?

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

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

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

How do Ethereum and Layer 2 interact?

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Accounts & Wallets

How do deposits and withdrawals work?

Depositing to, and withdrawing from Layer 2

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

How do wallets support Layer 2?

Overview of wallets supporting Layer 2

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Orders

Perpetual Order Types

Market, Limit, Stop Limit, Trailing Stop Orders

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Trading & Funding

Maximum Position Sizes

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

Written by Corey Miller
Updated this week

L2 Perpetual Contract Specs

Written by Vijay Chetty
Updated this week

How is PNL Calculated on Layer 2 Perpetuals?

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Perpetual Trade Fees

Perpetuals on Layer 2 Fees FAQ

Written by David Gogel
Updated this week

Perpetual Funding Rate

Detailed explanation of funding rate

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

How does Cross-Margining work on Perpetuals?

Detailed explanation of cross-margining on the Perpetual

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Maximum Leverage for Perpetuals

Max leverage for each market

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Contract Loss Mechanisms

What happens if Perpetual accounts go underwater?

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Perpetual Contract Liquidations

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

Written by David Gogel
Updated this week

Where does liquidity for Perpetual markets come from?

Perpetual market liquidity FAQ

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Security & Audits

Are the L2 Perpetual smart contracts audited?

How can I trust that my funds are safe?

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

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

How do Layer 2 Perpetuals remain non-custodial?

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

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

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

Technical Details

What is on-chain vs. off-chain?

Layer 2 on-chain vs. off-chain

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

Price Oracles on Layer 2

Overview of Oracle system

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

What is Cairo?

Overview of Cairo

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

What is a Stark Key?

Overview of Stark Keys

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

What is StarkEx?

Overview of StarkEx

Written by Corey Miller
Updated over a week ago

Tutorials

How to trade on dYdX using imToken

Written by Yiran Tao
Updated over a week ago

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

Perpetuals Trading Guide

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

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

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

How to Select a Market?

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding Details of the Market

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding funding rate details

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding your account balance & leverage

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Selecting order types

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Choosing the appropriate position (buy or sell)

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding trade execution

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding open positions

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding open orders

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding historical fills

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Closing Your Position

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Understanding P&L & Returns

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago

Managing Your Risk

Written by David Gogel
Updated over a week ago