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Master perpetual futures trading with our comprehensive guides, tutorials, and expert insights

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Getting Started

New to perpetuals? Start here with the fundamentals of futures trading.

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Strategy Building

Learn trading strategies, risk management, and position sizing.

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Advanced Techniques

Master advanced concepts like price action, on-chain metrics, and funding rates.

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WebSocket Alerts: Real-Time Trade Notifications

Get instant notifications when top traders make moves. Learn how to set up WebSocket connections to receive real-time trade alerts with millisecond latency.

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Building a Copy Trading Bot with WebSocket Alerts

Build a fully functional copy trading bot that automatically mirrors trades from top traders. Complete guide with code examples, risk management, and production deployment tips.

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Webhook Integration Guide: HTTP Notifications

Set up webhooks to receive HTTP POST notifications at your endpoints when trades occur. Learn HMAC signature verification, retry handling, and best practices.

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Complete Copytrader Setup Guide: From Elite to Profit

The complete walkthrough from getting Elite subscription to making your first copied trade. Learn to build a watchlist, configure alerts, and set up automated copy trading.

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Perpetuals 101: A Beginner's Guide

Learn the fundamentals of perpetual futures contracts, how they differ from traditional futures, and why they've become the most popular trading instrument in crypto.

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Your First Perpetual Trade on Jupiter

A complete walkthrough for opening your first perpetual position on Jupiter Perpsβ€”from connecting your wallet to managing and closing your trade.

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Understanding Long vs Short Positions

Master the two fundamental position types in perpetual trading. Learn when to go long, when to short, and how each strategy works in different market conditions.

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Essential Perpetuals Terminology

Master the language of perpetual futures trading. From funding rates to mark price, understand every key term you'll encounter on your trading journey.

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How to Find Top Traders on the Leaderboard

Discover how to use PerpsTracker's leaderboard metrics to identify consistently profitable traders. Learn which stats matter most and how to interpret them.

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Risk Management Strategies for Perpetual Futures

Master the essential techniques that separate profitable traders from those who blow up their accounts. Learn position sizing, stop losses, and leverage management.

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Understanding Funding Rates in Perpetual Futures

Learn how funding rates work, why they exist, and how to profit from this unique mechanism. Master arbitrage strategies and funding rate trading.

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Reading Order Flow and Liquidation Cascades

Learn to decode real-time trading activity, identify liquidation clusters, and anticipate market moves before they happen by analyzing on-chain order flow.

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7 Deadly Perpetual Trading Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

Learn from others' expensive mistakes. Discover the seven errors that have blown up more accounts than bad market calls ever will, and how to avoid them.

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Understanding Liquidations: How to Avoid Getting Rekt

Master the mechanics of liquidation in perpetual futures. Learn how to calculate your liquidation price, understand the liquidation process, and most importantlyβ€”never get liquidated.

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Trading Psychology & Emotional Discipline

Master the mental game of trading. Learn to recognize your emotional triggers, beat FOMO and revenge trading, and develop the discipline that separates profitable traders from the rest.

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Building Your Complete Trading Plan

Transform from random trading to systematic success. Learn how to create a comprehensive trading plan covering strategy, risk management, psychology, and performance tracking.

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Copy Trading: How to Follow Top Traders

Learn how to leverage PerpsTracker's leaderboard to identify profitable traders worth copying. Discover proper allocation strategies, risk management, and common pitfalls to avoid.

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Leverage Explained: Choosing the Right Multiplier

Understand leverage mechanics, calculate safe leverage for your strategy, and learn why less leverage often equals more profit. Includes formulas for every trading style.

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Reading Price Action & Market Structure

Master the art of reading raw price movements. Learn to identify trends, support/resistance, reversal patterns, and make high-probability trades without relying on indicators.

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Position Sizing: The Key to Long-Term Success

Master the most overlooked aspect of trading. Learn proven position sizing methods including Fixed Fractional, Kelly Criterion, and Fixed Ratio to maximize returns while protecting your capital.

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Using Leaderboards to Find Alpha Traders

Discover how to use PerpsTracker's leaderboard to identify genuinely skilled traders. Learn to analyze Sharpe ratios, max drawdowns, and consistency metrics to separate luck from skill.

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On-Chain Metrics: What Top Traders Watch

Learn to track the data that professional traders monitor daily. Master Open Interest, Funding Rates, CVD, Long/Short Ratios, and other critical on-chain signals for better trade timing.

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Mastering the Leaderboard: Find Traders Worth Following

Learn how to use the PerpsTracker Leaderboard effectively. Discover which metrics matter, how to identify genuine skill vs luck, and find traders whose strategies you can learn from.

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Using Live Trades to Spot Market Opportunities

Master the Live Trades feed to understand real-time market activity. Learn to read trade flow, identify whale movements, and use live data to inform your trading decisions.

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Building Your Watchlist: Track Traders Like a Pro

Master the Watchlist feature to monitor your favorite traders, track their positions in real-time, and never miss a trading opportunity on Jupiter Perps.

Ready to Start Trading?

Put your knowledge into practice. Track top traders, analyze their strategies, and copy their moves with PerpsTracker.