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TLDR

An automated grid trading bot for Hyperliquid that places buy and sell orders at set intervals to profit from small price swings in crypto derivatives.

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    What it does
      Automated grid trading
      Places buy sell orders
      Rebalances on price moves
      Testnet and mainnet
    Tech stack
      Node.js
      Python
      YAML config
    Use cases
      Automated crypto trading
      Strategy testing
      API learning
    Audience
      Crypto traders
      Developers
      Hyperliquid API learners

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Run an automated grid trading strategy on Hyperliquid with configurable price levels and risk limits.

USE CASE 2

Test a trading strategy on testnet with fake funds before risking real money on mainnet.

USE CASE 3

Learn the Hyperliquid API through the included Python example scripts.

What is it built with?

Node.jsPythonYAML

How does it compare?

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Setup difficultymoderateeasyeasy
Complexity4/53/52/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires a wallet private key and YAML strategy config, carries real financial risk if run on mainnet with real funds.

No license information is stated in the README.

In plain English

This is an automated grid trading bot for Hyperliquid, a decentralized platform for trading cryptocurrency derivatives. Grid trading is a strategy where you place a series of buy orders below a price and sell orders above it, at evenly spaced intervals, and then collect small profits each time the market moves up or down and hits one of your orders. This bot handles that process automatically, placing the orders, watching for fills, and rebalancing the grid as the market moves. The README leads with a prominent risk warning: trading derivatives can result in losing your entire investment, and the authors describe the project as being for education and research. They recommend starting on a testnet, which uses fake funds, before connecting real money. Setup takes a few steps. You clone the repository, install dependencies with npm, copy an environment file template and add your wallet's private key, and then edit a YAML configuration file to define your strategy. The config file controls which token you are trading, how many price levels your grid spans, how wide the price range is, and several risk limits: the maximum percentage of your wallet the bot can use, a drawdown threshold at which the bot pauses, and optional stop-loss and take-profit levels. The README includes example configurations for conservative, balanced, and aggressive risk appetites. The bot runs continuously once started, checking for order fills and adjusting the grid on a loop. Pressing Ctrl+C cancels all open orders and stops the bot. The README walks through a concrete example with actual price numbers to show exactly what the grid looks like in practice: if a token is trading at a given price, the bot places five buy orders below and five sell orders above at calculated intervals. The bot is built on Node.js and runs on both testnet and mainnet depending on your configuration. The repository also includes Python example scripts described as educational tools for learning the Hyperliquid API.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how grid trading works using the example in this README with five buy and five sell orders.
Prompt 2
Walk me through setting up the YAML configuration file for a conservative risk grid strategy.
Prompt 3
What risk limits like drawdown threshold and stop-loss does this bot's config file support?
Prompt 4
How do I connect this bot to Hyperliquid testnet before using it with real funds?

Frequently asked questions

What is hyperliquid-trading-bot?

An automated grid trading bot for Hyperliquid that places buy and sell orders at set intervals to profit from small price swings in crypto derivatives.

What language is hyperliquid-trading-bot written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Node.js, Python, YAML.

What license does hyperliquid-trading-bot use?

No license information is stated in the README.

How hard is hyperliquid-trading-bot to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is hyperliquid-trading-bot for?

Mainly developer.

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