Stock Perps Hours and Force-Close: Markets an Agent Shouldn't Enter Blindly
Crypto perps run around the clock; stock perps may not. See the documented session hours, force-close rule and off-hours limits an agent must encode first.
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Pre-Deploy Checklist for an Agent Trading on LeverUp
Eight checks to run before an automated agent opens a leveraged perp position: permissions, guardrails, fees, liquidation distance, session hours, collateral.
What Is Agentic Trading on Perps? (And Why Grok, Meta Muse and Cue Keep Coming Up)
Agentic trading on perps means an AI agent reads data, decides, and stages orders with leverage. Here are the five jobs, the limits, and what stays the same.
AI Trading Bot vs AI Agent on Perps: What Changes When the Market Has Leverage
Rule-based bots and LLM agents fail differently once leverage is on. See how holding costs, funding and liquidation change the picture on leveraged perps.
Scoped Keys and Delegated Access: What an Agent Can Actually Do to Your Perp Position
Read, trade or withdraw: an agent's key can mean three different things. See what a scoped key can and cannot do to a leveraged perp position if it leaks.
Risk Guardrails in Code: Pre-Trade Checks an Agent Cannot Skip
A prompt that says 'be careful' is not a risk limit. See which pre-trade checks belong in code, and why the model itself should not hold write access to them.
Funding and Holding Costs for an Always-On Agent
An agent can watch markets every second without tiring, but open positions accrue costs on a clock it does not control. See how holding and funding fees add up.
Liquidation and Fee Drift: What Happens When an Agent Holds Overnight
A liquidation price saved at entry goes stale as fees accrue. See what a perp liquidation formula includes and why an overnight hold exposes that gap.
Meta Muse, Connectors and Human Approval: How Delegated Trading Differs From a Hosted Agent
Approving each order and pre-authorizing a scoped key are different ways to delegate trading. See how they differ and what each leaves for you to control.
Support and Resistance: How to Find and Trade Key Levels in Crypto
Support and resistance are price areas where traders often react. Learn how to draw them as zones, handle breakouts and wicks, and use them on perps.
Bollinger Bands: What They Are and How to Use Them in Crypto Trading
Bollinger Bands show how far price sits from its recent average, measured in volatility. Learn the formula, squeezes, %B, and how to read them on perps.
What Is a Liquidation Heatmap and How to Read It
A liquidation heatmap estimates where leveraged positions could be force-closed. Learn how it's built, how to read it, and where its limits are.
Funding Rate Arbitrage: How Delta-Neutral Perp Strategies Work (and Where They Break)
Funding rate arbitrage pairs a spot position with an opposite perp position to collect funding without betting on price direction. Here's the mechanics, a worked example, and the risks that make it less 'risk-free' than it sounds.
Spot vs Perp Trading: What's the Difference?
Spot and perpetual futures are the two main ways to trade crypto. One gives you ownership of the asset; the other gives you leveraged price exposure. Here's how they differ in mechanics, costs, and risk — and when to use each.
Perp DEX vs CEX: Where Should You Trade Perpetuals?
Perp DEXes and centralized exchanges offer perpetual contracts but differ in custody, liquidity, fees, and transparency. Here's how to choose.
Mark Price vs. Last Price: Why Perps Use Two Different Numbers
Last price is whatever the most recent trade printed. Mark price is a reference price used for liquidations. Here's why perp platforms keep them separate — and what happens when a single trade briefly disconnects the two.
Limit vs Market vs Stop Orders in Crypto Perps: What Each One Prioritizes
Market orders prioritize execution, limit orders cap your price, and stop orders wait for a trigger. Compare limit vs market vs stop orders, time in force (GTC, IOC, FOK), and how order types work on LeverUp.
Perpetual Futures Learning Path: From Basics to Market Structure
A reading path through the LeverUp blog for perp traders: start with how perpetual futures work, move on to risk and trading costs, then study liquidity models, oracles, and new perp markets. Each guide is labeled by level with reading time.
Cross Margin vs Isolated Margin: How Each Changes Your Liquidation Risk
Cross margin shares your account's collateral across positions, while isolated margin limits each position to its own collateral. Worked examples show how each mode moves your liquidation price and how much you can lose.
AI Trading Agent vs Trading Bot: What's Actually Different in 2026
An AI trading agent is not just a smarter trading bot. Bots follow fixed rules; agents read news and onchain data, plan steps, and use tools. Here's how they differ, where each fits, and why agents still need hard limits in code.
Do AI Trading Bots Actually Work? What They Can and Can't Do in Crypto
Do AI trading bots work? They can execute a plan with discipline, but automation alone doesn't create an edge. Here's what a crypto trading bot does, why backtests and PnL screenshots mislead, the red flags regulators warn about, and a checklist for picking one.
Pre-IPO Perps and Data Perps: How Do You Price a Perp With No Spot Market?
A normal perp is anchored to a spot price. Pre-IPO perps on OpenAI or Anthropic, and data perps on things like shipping traffic, don't have one. Here's how venues price them instead, why prices differ across venues, and what traders should check first.
How to Build a Grok Bot Trading Agent on LeverUp (Gasless, No Wallet Popups)
Grok Bot can run named agents with their own tools, memory, and a cloud terminal. Here's how to wire one up to trade perps on LeverUp using gasless intent signing, with a scoped key that can't transfer tokens or withdraw collateral.
What Are the Hidden Costs of Perp Trading?
Leverage numbers and fee percentages don't tell the whole story. Here's a full breakdown of what actually eats into perp trading returns: open/close fees, holding fees, funding, slippage, and the cost structure of liquidation.
What Is MEV? How It Affects Your Trades on a Perp DEX
MEV — maximal extractable value — is the profit that can be extracted by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions on a blockchain. Here's how it actually works, and why the mechanics change depending on whether you're trading against an order book, an AMM, or oracle-referenced pricing.
Going Short on a DEX: How Perp Traders Profit When Prices Drop
A short position gains value when an asset's price falls. Here's what actually happens when you open a short on a perpetual DEX, how it differs from a long, and what to watch for — liquidation, funding, and leverage risk in both directions.
Trading Gold On-Chain: What a Gold Perpetual Actually Is
Gold is one of the oldest hedges in traditional finance, and it's now tradeable on-chain as a perpetual contract. Here's what an on-chain gold perp is, how it differs from an ETF or futures contract, and how it works on LeverUp.
Beyond LeverUp: A Trader's Map of the Monad Ecosystem
Trading on LeverUp doesn't happen in isolation — it sits inside a broader Monad ecosystem of wallets, bridges, stablecoins, portfolio tools, and other DeFi protocols. Here's how the pieces around your trading activity fit together.
What Is a Perp DEX? How Decentralized Perpetual Exchanges Work
A perp DEX is a decentralized exchange for perpetual futures: leveraged long or short exposure, with self-custody instead of an exchange holding your funds. Here's how it differs from a spot DEX and a CEX, and the main ways perp DEXs are built.
What You Can Do When Category Labs Announces an $80M Buyback for $MON
Category Labs expanded its $MON buyback plan from $30M to $80M. Here's why holding MON idle is a missed opportunity — and one path to put it to work.
Alex 101: The Illusion of Liquidity
In perp markets, liquidity is one of the easiest things to claim and one of the hardest things to prove. When a venue's liquidity is too thin, the chart starts telling the truth.
LVMON Stake: Yield Source, APY Formation, and Transparency
$LVMON staking APY isn't a fixed-rate promise or a black-box subsidy. Here's where the yield comes from, how sLVMON share value works, and what the on-chain data shows.
Risk Management for New Traders on LeverUp
Leverage can amplify gains — but without a risk framework, it amplifies losses just as fast. Here's how to manage risk as a new perp trader.
What Is Oracle Pricing in DeFi? How Price Feeds Work in Crypto Trading (2026)
Price oracles bring real-world asset prices on-chain. Here's how they work, why oracle freshness matters for perpetual futures, and what stale pricing risk means for your trades.
What Is Slippage in DeFi? Price Impact, Tolerance, and How to Minimize It (2026)
Slippage is the difference between the price you expect to pay and the price you actually get. Here's why it happens in DeFi, how oracle-priced perp markets handle it differently, and how to minimize it when trading.
What Is Leverage Trading in Crypto? How It Works and What to Know (2026)
Leverage trading lets you control a larger position than your deposited capital. Here's how the math works, what leverage does to your liquidation risk, and how to size positions without blowing up your account.
What Is a Funding Rate in Crypto? How It Works and What It Signals (2026)
A funding rate is the periodic payment between longs and shorts in a perpetual futures market. Here's how it keeps perp prices anchored to spot, what a high rate signals about positioning, and how to factor it into your trades.
What Is Open Interest in Crypto? How to Read OI Like a Trader (2026)
Open interest measures the total value of all active positions in a market. Here's what rising and falling OI actually signals, how to use it alongside price action, and why it matters more in perp markets than anywhere else.
Your Liquidation Price, Calculated — The Exact Math Behind When LeverUp Closes Your Position
Liquidation is what happens when your collateral runs out. Here's the exact math behind when it triggers on LeverUp, what the oracle's role is, and how to manage your positions to stay out of range.
What Are Perpetual Futures? A Complete Guide to Perps (2026)
Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives with no expiry date. Learn how funding rates, leverage, liquidations, and mark price work — and how perps became the dominant instrument in DeFi trading.
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