FAQ · Playing
The arena
The trading screen — chart, order panel, profit ladder, positions, and live chat.
What's on screen
The arena is where a live match plays out. It streams real prices and updates every trader's standing continuously.
- Chart — a live candlestick chart for the selected market, with a timeframe switcher and ghost markers for recent trades in the match.
- Asset picker — switch between every market the tournament was configured with.
- Order panel — go long or short, choose size and leverage, and close positions.
- Positions table — your open positions with live unrealized profit.
- Profit ladder — the live leaderboard for this match, ranking every seat.
- Game chat — switch to the sidebar Game tab while you are in a match.
- Skull chip — your current skull count in the trailing 24h.
Placing trades
Pick a market, choose a side, set your size and leverage, and fire. Fills are instant at the live price — there's no spread to fight and no real slippage. Close a position to lock in its profit, or leave it open and let it ride until the buzzer.
Long / Short
Long profits when price rises; Short profits when it falls. You can hold positions in multiple markets at once.
One live data source
The chart, the marks on your positions, and the profit ladder all read from the same Hyperliquid price stream, so what you see on the chart is exactly what your profit is calculated against. More on the data feed in Assets & data.