Your first trade
Once you have funds on Hyperliquid, placing a trade takes a moment. The one-time setup is approving a trading agent so you don’t have to confirm every single order in your wallet.
Set up a trading agent (once)
Hyperliquid lets you delegate order signing to an agent — a key that can place and cancel orders on your behalf, but cannot withdraw your funds. Approving an agent means a smooth, no-popup trading experience.
Start a trade
Open the trading desk (Trade in the nav) and place your first order. If no agent is set up yet, Hypersight prompts you to approve one.
Sign the approval
You’ll sign once with your wallet. This approves the agent and, if applicable, the Hypersight builder fee (see Fees).
Trade freely
From now on, orders, cancels, and leverage changes are signed silently by the agent — no wallet pop-up per action.
An agent can trade, not withdraw. Approving a trading agent never lets it move funds out of your account. You can review, rename, or revoke agents at any time in Settings → Trading agents.
Place an order
Pick a market
Choose a perp or spot market from the trading desk, or search with ⌘K / Ctrl+K.
Choose a side and size
Go long or short (perps), or buy/sell (spot). Set your size — you can type an amount or use the percentage slider.
Pick an order type
Market for an immediate fill, or limit to set your price. More advanced types (stop-loss, take-profit, scale, TWAP) are covered in Order types.
Submit
Confirm. The order is signed by your agent and sent to Hyperliquid. You’ll see it appear in your open orders / positions instantly.
Managing your position
Open positions, orders, and balances all show up in your Portfolio. From there you can close positions, set take-profit / stop-loss brackets, and track your PnL live.
Want a safety net? Set up a Dead-man switch to automatically pull your orders if you don’t return to the app within a chosen window.