Docs Reference
Questions
Short answers to what people ask before and after their first trade.
Does Afterbell hold my money?
No. Your USDC stays in your own Hyperliquid account. Afterbell sends the orders you sign; it never takes custody, and withdrawals go only to your own address.
What can the trading key do?
Place and cancel orders for your account, nothing else. It cannot withdraw or move funds. It lives in this browser, and you can revoke it on Hyperliquid at any time. The away key, if you turn on running while away, is the same kind of key kept encrypted on Afterbell’s server; turning it off deletes it.
What happens when I close the tab?
Everything on the exchange stays: resting orders, take-profits, stops and trailing stops. Trailing stops stop moving, and chases, icebergs and timed orders pause, unless running while away is on, which runs them on Afterbell’s servers (how).
Which wallets work?
Any browser wallet, such as MetaMask, Rabby or Phantom. On a phone, Connect opens Afterbell inside MetaMask, Phantom, Coinbase Wallet or Trust Wallet.
What is the smallest trade?
Hyperliquid takes no order under $10, and credits no deposit under 5 USDC.
Why does a stock perp move while its exchange is closed?
It is a perpetual future on Hyperliquid, trading around the clock. Its price follows its own trading until the home market opens, then the oracle follows fresh exchange prints and the gap since the close settles in seconds (The session guard).
What does “since close” mean?
The live price against this perp’s own price when its home market last closed. Crypto never closes, so its move is over 24 hours.
Why is funding so high on some stock perps?
Funding pays whichever side is less crowded. When most traders are short a stock perp, shorts pay longs, sometimes hundreds of percent a year at the current hourly rate. It is paid or received every hour and shows on each position.
Why was my leverage capped?
The session guard caps it for a few minutes around a home market’s open, an earnings release or a macro release. It is a default: tick Trade anyway to keep yours (why).
What does Afterbell charge?
A builder fee on each fill, never more than the 0.03% ceiling you approve, and less by volume, rank, as a new wallet or during the launch. Hyperliquid’s own fee is separate and the same everywhere (Fees).
Is anything paid?
The site is free: every heatmap, the liquidations feed, the traders pages and the data. The one paid thing is the API plan, for code that serves other people (The Afterbell API).
Which languages?
English, 한국어, 日本語, 中文, Español, Português, Türkçe, Русский and Tiếng Việt, from the foot of any page.
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