MY PERP DEX FOCUS LIST
HIGH FOCUS
These are the perps where I allocate the most capital and time, trading almost every day.
My high-focus list is mostly made up of early protocols without a public points program. If these protocols launch points later, early activity should have the best upside.
→ First is @TxFlow_L1.
An early RWA-focused perp protocol with around 8,100 traders. I’m expecting a points program around October–November, so this is the window to build activity before it goes live.
TxFlow also runs frequent trading competitions with real prizes. With a properly structured delta-neutral strategy, these campaigns can make the activity close to free or even profitable when the rewards cover the trading costs.
→ Second is @entropyIO.
Entropy is a HIP-3 perp deployer on Hyperliquid, focused on equities and pre-IPO markets.
The interesting part is its pricing mechanism. Entropy uses a liquidity-weighted oracle that combines the local order book with external reference prices. The weight changes depending on executable market depth, which is especially important for assets that do not have a normal 24/7 spot market.
It is still extremely early. The latest public tracker shows around 8.3K unique traders over 30 days and only a handful of live markets.
I have no idea whether Entropy will launch a token. But if they introduce points later, early users should have a meaningful advantage.
→ Third is @QFEX.
QFEX is TradFi-only. No crypto markets, no public points program and still a very early product.
And it is already ranked #8 by open interest on DeFiLlama, with $221.86M in OI.
QFEX is tracking retroactive activity, so getting in early matters.
→ The fourth is @get_truenorth.
TrueNorth is a trading agent with one of the most successful calls around the disruption of giants like Anthropic and OpenAI.
It is still super early, and retroactive activity will be taken into account.
Right now, there are only two perps available through the agent: Hyperliquid and Ondo Perps. More perp venues should be integrated in the future.
I mainly use the agent for my own strategies and to open positions on other perp DEXs. That way, I can build activity on TrueNorth while farming the perp DEX at the same time.
Recently, TrueNorth ran a three-week competition together with Ondo Perps with $50,000 in prizes. Traders also made another $150,000 in PnL during the competition.
That shows the advantage an agent like TrueNorth can give you.
Not using an agent for trading is like digging a hole with a shovel when you could be using an excavator.
MID FOCUS
These are protocols where I trade less often and allocate a smaller part of my capital. The goal is mostly to maintain organic activity.
→ First is @tradexyz.
It is currently the #1 perp venue in the TradFi sector.
No public points program. No clear token signal. There were some community rumours about future rewards, but nothing concrete about the format or timing.
So for now, I’m only maintaining organic activity there.
→ Next is @Poly_Perps.
I’m not very active on Polymarket Perps, but I still keep some activity because of the company behind it.
A valuation around $21B, major investors and the upcoming LeBron James partnership make it difficult to ignore.
Polymarket Perps already has around 21,000 traders.
I don’t expect a token in 2026 or early 2027. Maybe the second half of 2027 will be a better time to think about it.
→ Third is @variational_io.
Some people may ask why Variational is only third in my Mid Focus list.
The answer is simple: the later you enter a perp, the fewer points you can farm.
The Variational points program ends in roughly a week and a half. At current farming efficiency, one point costs around $12 to farm, which is roughly 2x the current OTC value.
I still maintain organic activity on Variational, but I see higher upside in earlier perps.
And don’t forget about the upcoming Sybil filter. If you have a large farm, I would think twice before putting all your eggs in one basket.
LOW FOCUS
These are protocols I barely farm, but I still keep an eye on them.
→ First is @Lighter_xyz RH.
There is already a Season 2 points program, with around 28,115 traders.
You can ask: why wait if the longer I wait, the fewer points I can earn?
Because more people will eventually understand the best way to farm it, competition will increase and the farm will become less efficient.
Honestly, I don’t believe much in second seasons from perp DEXs.
Name me one perp that distributed a second drop at the same level as the first one.
→ Next is @risextrade.
I only have 300.5 points from the retroactive period after doing around $130,000 in volume.
I’m barely farming RISEx now because I didn’t like the percentage distributed through the retroactive program or the overall points economics.
This is where my perp activity is concentrated right now.
Everything else is either a skip or simply not worth my time at the moment.
A 5-day-old wallet just showed up on the @entropyIO leaderboard.
The first deposit was on Oct 20, and it already has $1.71M in equity. It’s short both Anthropic and OpenAI: $1.5M on ANTH at 4x with entry $1,934, and $374K on OAI at 6x with entry $1,470. Unrealized PnL is +$23K on ANTH and +$12K on OAI.
It’s not alone. Among the wallets on Entropy’s leaderboards (top 100 for 24h, 7d and 30d), 23 are short ANTH for a total of $6.6M, and only 10 are long, with $1M. The second biggest short is a $900K wallet. @NMTD8 is short too.
Anthropic still hasn’t made its S-1 public, and ANTH is down about 5% from its Oct 22 high, the day I opened my short. Big money seems to see it the same way I do, and I’m still holding my short.
Tomorrow we could finally get the details of @AnthropicAI IPO, with its S-1 expected as soon as Friday. Pre-IPO markets currently price it at around $2T.
Polymarket gives 73% that it lists by the end of November.
I’m not expecting anything super bullish from this, I’m expecting a drop. Look at Meta in 2012 and SpaceX in 2026: both topped right around the IPO and then fell hard. If Anthropic follows the same pattern, that’s not great news for crypto either, especially with so many token launches coming soon. I don’t know for sure, this is just my thinking.
@entropyIO is the most liquid pre-IPO market for Anthropic. ANTH has $45M of open interest and $8.6M in 24h volume, at an implied valuation of $1.95T. It’s the only HIP-3 deployer on Hyperliquid with Anthropic and OpenAI, so you can trade the IPO valuation 24/7 before it lists.
A 5-day-old wallet just showed up on the @entropyIO leaderboard.
The first deposit was on Oct 20, and it already has $1.71M in equity. It’s short both Anthropic and OpenAI: $1.5M on ANTH at 4x with entry $1,934, and $374K on OAI at 6x with entry $1,470. Unrealized PnL is +$23K on ANTH and +$12K on OAI.
It’s not alone. Among the wallets on Entropy’s leaderboards (top 100 for 24h, 7d and 30d), 23 are short ANTH for a total of $6.6M, and only 10 are long, with $1M. The second biggest short is a $900K wallet. @NMTD8 is short too.
Anthropic still hasn’t made its S-1 public, and ANTH is down about 5% from its Oct 22 high, the day I opened my short. Big money seems to see it the same way I do, and I’m still holding my short.
Remember “yes” from this list? The #10 HYPE airdrop wallet with 894k HYPE, not on @entropyIO leaderboard.
It’s still trading. Its first trade on Entropy was in the launch week, on August 30, and since then almost all of its activity has been on ANTH, with some OAI and GPRO. Since Oct 15 alone it has made 327 fills on ANTH, all taker orders. The last trade was yesterday, and right now it’s holding a small 6x ANTH long.
It’s not a size play. The position is only about $35k. But it’s a wallet with one of the biggest HYPE airdrops that has been coming back to Entropy for almost two months without any public profile or linked X.
Hyperliquid OG users aren’t just parked there. Some of them are actively trading Entropy.
Digging through the wallets of HYPE airdrop whales, I found something interesting about @entropyIO.
Many of them trade io markets, but most aren’t on the leaderboard and have no linked X. Only 6 are public: @NMTD8, @punk2498_, @bizyugo, @RaccoonHKG, @Wanyewest69 and @delucinator.
Besides the 6 public whales, I found at least 44 more wallets that traded on Entropy. 29 of these 50 aren’t on its leaderboard. Most just trade without drawing attention.
This concentration of whales makes you think, maybe they know something. The easiest way to get rich is to follow big capital.
Remember “yes” from this list? The #10 HYPE airdrop wallet with 894k HYPE, not on @entropyIO leaderboard.
It’s still trading. Its first trade on Entropy was in the launch week, on August 30, and since then almost all of its activity has been on ANTH, with some OAI and GPRO. Since Oct 15 alone it has made 327 fills on ANTH, all taker orders. The last trade was yesterday, and right now it’s holding a small 6x ANTH long.
It’s not a size play. The position is only about $35k. But it’s a wallet with one of the biggest HYPE airdrops that has been coming back to Entropy for almost two months without any public profile or linked X.
Hyperliquid OG users aren’t just parked there. Some of them are actively trading Entropy.