How to follow smart money in crypto

Most large traders are anonymous. Hyperliquid names them, so you can see who made a trade and read their past record.

Smart money is the name people give to traders who move large amounts: funds, market makers and a few individuals with a profitable past record.

Following them shows what large money is doing. On our record their new positions went their way about as often as chance, also when two or more opened the same way: what we measured.

Most of it is anonymous

Normal exchange You see the trade

A $5M buy goes through. You never learn who made it.

On-chain You see an address

Labelling tools like Nansen and Arkham name the addresses they can identify. Many stay anonymous.

Hyperliquid You see the account

The exchange publishes who traded, in real time and for free.

Why Hyperliquid is the one exchange you can follow

Hyperliquid's public feed names the account on both sides of every trade. Open a wallet to read its live positions, leverage, liquidation price and trade history.

Follow, do not copy. You get an alert when the wallet trades. Its positions are leveraged contracts, shown as information with a history. It is not copy-trading, and nothing here is investment advice.

How to do it, step by step

  1. Watch the large trades. The live whale feed filtered to Hyperliquid shows coin, side, size and account.
  2. Read the account. See what it holds, at what leverage, and where it gets liquidated.
  3. Read the proven traders list. The proven traders board ranks accounts by realized profit from closed trades. One lucky position does not qualify.
  4. Follow and get an alert. An alert reaches you when the wallet trades again: as it happens on a paid plan, an hour later on free. Browser notifications reach you away from the tab.

What the list counts, and what it leaves out

Counted Repeat, realized profit

Profit from trades the account has already closed, across many closes.

Left out One big open bet

"Profit" on one leveraged position that has not closed. The board counts closed trades only and shows the misses.

Checking the record

Every signal is scored on what price did next, hits and misses alike, on the public track record.

Following smart money is a lens, not a guarantee, and past outcomes do not ensure future results.

See the proven Hyperliquid traders →

Follow a wallet to get an alert when it trades. Or read about Hyperliquid whale tracking.

Following smart money: common questions

What is smart money in crypto?
The name people give to traders who move large amounts: funds, big trading firms and a few individuals with a profitable past record. Following them means being told what they do, not copying their trades. On our record their new positions went their way about as often as chance.
Can I copy a smart-money wallet automatically?
No. Following a wallet sends you an alert when it trades. It places no trade for you.
Is following smart money financial advice?
No. It is information, not advice. Past results do not guarantee future ones.
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