Open Broker

Hyperliquid trading CLI. Execute orders, manage positions, and run trading strategies on Hyperliquid DEX.

Installation

npm install -g openbroker

Quick Start

# 1. Setup (generates wallet, creates config, approves builder fee)
openbroker setup

# 2. Fund your wallet with USDC on Arbitrum, then deposit at https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/

# 3. Start trading
openbroker account                          # View account info
openbroker buy --coin ETH --size 0.1        # Market buy
openbroker search --query GOLD              # Find markets

Commands

Setup

openbroker setup                # One-command setup (wallet + config + builder approval)

The setup command handles everything automatically:

• Generates a fresh trading wallet (recommended for agents) or accepts your existing private key
• Saves configuration to ~/.openbroker/.env (permissions 0600)
• Approves the builder fee (required for trading)

Setup offers three modes:

1. Generate fresh wallet (recommended for agents) — cleanest option, no browser steps
2. Import existing key — use a key you already have
3. Generate API wallet — restricted wallet requiring browser approval from a master wallet

Info Commands

account — View Account Info

Show balance, equity, margin, and positions summary.

openbroker account              # Balance, equity, margin, positions
openbroker account --orders     # Also show open orders

positions — View Positions

Detailed position view with entry/mark prices, PnL, leverage, liquidation distance, and margin used.

openbroker positions             # All open positions
openbroker positions --coin ETH  # Single position detail

funding — Funding Rates

View funding rates sorted by annualized rate. Highlights high-funding opportunities.

openbroker funding              # Top 20 by annualized rate
openbroker funding --top 50     # Top 50
openbroker funding --coin ETH   # Single asset
openbroker funding --sort oi    # Sort by open interest

markets — Market Data

Market data for perpetuals. Pass --coin for a detailed single-asset view with oracle price, min size, and more.

openbroker markets              # Top 30 perps by volume
openbroker markets --coin ETH   # Detailed view for ETH
openbroker markets --sort change --top 10  # Top movers

all-markets — All Markets

Browse all available markets across main perps, HIP-3 perps, spot, and HIP-4 outcomes — grouped by type.

openbroker all-markets                # Everything
openbroker all-markets --type perp    # Main perps only
openbroker all-markets --type hip3    # HIP-3 perps only
openbroker all-markets --type spot    # Spot only
openbroker all-markets --type outcome # HIP-4 outcomes only
openbroker all-markets --top 20       # Top 20 by volume

search — Search Markets

Search for assets by name across all providers (perps, HIP-3, spot, HIP-4 outcomes). Shows funding comparison when an asset is listed on multiple venues.

openbroker search --query GOLD             # Find all GOLD markets
openbroker search --query ETH --type perp  # ETH perps only
openbroker search --query PURR --type spot # PURR spot only
openbroker search --query BTC --type outcome # HIP-4 outcomes only

spot — Spot Markets & Balances

openbroker spot                  # All spot markets
openbroker spot --balances       # Your spot token balances
openbroker spot --coin PURR      # Filter by coin
openbroker spot --top 20         # Top 20 by volume

outcomes — HIP-4 Outcome Markets

Search and inspect prediction/outcome markets. Outcome sides use Hyperliquid's encoded spot-like coin form: #<encoding>, where encoding = 10 * outcomeId + side; side 0 is usually YES and side 1 is usually NO.

openbroker outcomes --query BTC
openbroker outcomes --outcome 123
openbroker outcomes --outcome 123 --side yes --json
openbroker outcomes --balances

fills — Trade Fill History

View your trade executions with prices, fees, and realized PnL.

openbroker fills                          # Recent fills
openbroker fills --coin ETH               # ETH fills only
openbroker fills --coin BTC --side buy --top 50

orders — Order History

View all historical orders including filled, canceled, and rejected. Use --open to show only currently open orders.

openbroker orders                         # Recent orders
openbroker orders --open                  # Currently open orders only
openbroker orders --open --coin ETH       # Open orders for a specific coin
openbroker orders --coin ETH --status filled
openbroker orders --top 50

order-status — Check Order Status

Look up the status of a specific order by ID.

openbroker order-status --oid 123456789   # By order ID
openbroker order-status --oid 0x1234...   # By client order ID

fees — Fee Schedule

View your fee tier, maker/taker rates, discounts, and recent daily trading volumes.

openbroker fees

candles — OHLCV Candle Data

View candlestick chart data for an asset.

openbroker candles --coin ETH                           # 24 hourly candles
openbroker candles --coin BTC --interval 4h --bars 48   # 48 four-hour bars
openbroker candles --coin SOL --interval 1d --bars 30   # 30 daily bars

funding-history — Historical Funding Rates

View historical funding rate data for an asset.

openbroker funding-history --coin ETH              # Last 24h
openbroker funding-history --coin BTC --hours 168  # Last 7 days

trades — Recent Trades (Tape)

View recent trades for an asset with buy/sell volume breakdown.

openbroker trades --coin ETH              # Last 30 trades
openbroker trades --coin BTC --top 50     # Last 50 trades

rate-limit — API Rate Limit

Check your API rate limit usage and capacity.

openbroker rate-limit

Trading Commands

buy / sell / market — Market Orders

Execute market orders with slippage protection. buy and sell are shortcuts that set --side automatically.

openbroker buy --coin ETH --size 0.1
openbroker sell --coin BTC --size 0.01
openbroker buy --coin SOL --size 10 --slippage 100 --dry
openbroker buy --coin ETH --size 0.1 --verbose

limit — Limit Orders

Place a limit order at a specific price. Supports three time-in-force modes.

openbroker limit --coin ETH --side buy --size 1 --price 3000
openbroker limit --coin BTC --side sell --size 0.1 --price 100000 --tif ALO
openbroker limit --coin SOL --side buy --size 10 --price 150 --reduce

trigger — Trigger Orders (Conditional TP/SL)

Place conditional orders that activate when price reaches a trigger level. Used for stop losses, take profits, and conditional entries.

# Take profit: sell HYPE when price rises to $40
openbroker trigger --coin HYPE --side sell --size 0.5 --trigger 40 --type tp

# Stop loss: sell HYPE when price drops to $30
openbroker trigger --coin HYPE --side sell --size 0.5 --trigger 30 --type sl

# Buy stop: buy BTC on breakout above $75k
openbroker trigger --coin BTC --side buy --size 0.01 --trigger 75000 --type sl --reduce false

Trigger behavior:

• TP: Limit price = trigger price (favorable fill)
• SL: Limit price = trigger ± slippage (ensures fill in fast markets)

tpsl — Set TP/SL on Existing Position

Attach take-profit and/or stop-loss trigger orders to an open position. Supports absolute prices, percentage offsets, and breakeven stops.

openbroker tpsl --coin HYPE --tp 40 --sl 30          # Absolute prices
openbroker tpsl --coin ETH --tp +10% --sl -5%        # Percentage from entry
openbroker tpsl --coin HYPE --tp +10% --sl entry      # Breakeven stop
openbroker tpsl --coin ETH --sl -5%                   # Stop loss only
openbroker tpsl --coin ETH --tp 4000 --sl 3500 --size 0.5  # Partial position

Shows risk/reward ratio and potential profit/loss before placing.

cancel — Cancel Orders

openbroker cancel --all                    # Cancel all open orders
openbroker cancel --coin ETH               # Cancel all ETH orders
openbroker cancel --coin ETH --oid 123456  # Cancel specific order
openbroker cancel --all --dry              # Preview what would be cancelled

outcome-buy / outcome-sell / outcome-order — HIP-4 Outcome Orders

Buy or sell a YES/NO outcome token. Buying opens exposure to that side; selling reduces or closes that token balance. Market orders are IOC limits with slippage protection.

openbroker outcomes --query BTC
openbroker outcome-buy --outcome 123 --outcome-side yes --size 10 --dry
openbroker outcome-buy --outcome 123 --outcome-side no --size 5 --price 0.42
openbroker outcome-sell --outcome #1230 --size 10
openbroker outcome-order --outcome 123 --outcome-side yes --side buy --size 10

Advanced Execution

twap — Native TWAP Order

Place a native Hyperliquid TWAP order. The exchange handles order slicing and execution timing server-side — returns immediately with a TWAP ID.

# Buy 1 ETH over 30 minutes
openbroker twap --coin ETH --side buy --size 1 --duration 30

# Sell 0.5 BTC over 2 hours without randomized timing
openbroker twap --coin BTC --side sell --size 0.5 --duration 120 --randomize false

# Preview order details
openbroker twap --coin ETH --side buy --size 2 --duration 60 --dry

twap-cancel — Cancel TWAP Order

Cancel a running native TWAP order by its TWAP ID.

openbroker twap-cancel --coin ETH --twap-id 77738308

twap-status — TWAP Order Status

View TWAP order history and currently running TWAP orders.

openbroker twap-status              # All TWAP history
openbroker twap-status --active     # Only running TWAPs

scale — Scale In/Out

Place a grid of limit orders to scale into or out of a position. Three distribution modes control how size is allocated across price levels.

openbroker scale --coin ETH --side buy --size 1 --levels 5 --range 2
openbroker scale --coin ETH --side buy --size 2 --levels 8 --range 5 --distribution exponential
openbroker scale --coin BTC --side sell --size 0.5 --levels 4 --range 3 --reduce

bracket — Bracket Order (Entry + TP + SL)

Complete trade setup in one command. Supports market or limit entry with automatic take-profit and stop-loss trigger orders.

openbroker bracket --coin ETH --side buy --size 0.5 --tp 3 --sl 1.5
openbroker bracket --coin BTC --side sell --size 0.1 --entry limit --price 100000 --tp 5 --sl 2

Executes in 3 steps: Entry → TP trigger → SL trigger. Shows risk/reward ratio and potential profit/loss.

chase — Chase Order

Follow the price with ALO (post-only) limit orders to get maker fills and avoid taker fees.

openbroker chase --coin ETH --side buy --size 0.5
openbroker chase --coin SOL --side buy --size 10 --offset 1 --timeout 60 --max-chase 50
openbroker chase --coin BTC --side sell --size 0.1 --offset 2 --timeout 600

Uses ALO orders exclusively, guaranteeing maker rebates. Stops when filled, timed out, or max chase reached.

Strategies

funding-arb — Funding Arbitrage

Collect funding payments by taking positions opposite to the majority. Monitors funding continuously and auto-closes when rates drop.

openbroker funding-arb --coin ETH --size 5000 --min-funding 25
openbroker funding-arb --coin BTC --size 10000 --duration 24 --check 30
openbroker funding-arb --coin ETH --size 5000 --dry

Note: Hyperliquid funding is paid hourly (not 8h like CEXs). Annualized = hourly × 8,760.

grid — Grid Trading

Automatically buy low and sell high within a price range. Replaces filled orders on the opposite side.

openbroker grid --coin ETH --lower 3000 --upper 4000 --grids 10 --size 0.1
openbroker grid --coin BTC --lower 90000 --upper 100000 --grids 5 --size 0.01 --mode long

Handles graceful shutdown (Ctrl+C) — cancels all grid orders and prints PnL summary.

dca — Dollar Cost Averaging

Accumulate a position over time with regular purchases at fixed USD amounts.

openbroker dca --coin ETH --amount 100 --interval 1h --count 24
openbroker dca --coin BTC --total 5000 --interval 1d --count 30

Reports running average price, total acquired, and unrealized PnL after completion.

mm-maker — Market Making (ALO / Maker-Only)

Provide liquidity using ALO (Add Liquidity Only) orders that are rejected if they would cross the spread. Guarantees you always earn the maker rebate (~0.3 bps). Reads the actual order book for pricing.

openbroker mm-maker --coin HYPE --size 1 --offset 1
openbroker mm-maker --coin ETH --size 0.1 --offset 2 --max-position 0.5

Fee structure: Taker ~2.5 bps (you pay), Maker ~0.3 bps (you earn). ALO-only = always earn.

mm-spread — Market Making (Spread-Based)

Place bid/ask quotes around the mid price, earning the spread when both sides fill. Includes inventory skewing and cooldown after fills.

openbroker mm-spread --coin ETH --size 0.1 --spread 10
openbroker mm-spread --coin BTC --size 0.01 --spread 5 --max-position 0.03 --cooldown 3000

Inventory management: When LONG → bid wider, ask tighter. When SHORT → bid tighter, ask wider. At max position → stops quoting that side.

Global Options

Safety

Always use --dry first to preview any operation:

openbroker buy --coin ETH --size 0.1 --dry

Use testnet for testing:

export HYPERLIQUID_NETWORK="testnet"

Configuration

Config is loaded from these locations (in order of priority):

1. Environment variables
2. .env file in current directory
3. ~/.openbroker/.env (global config)

Run openbroker setup to create the global config, or set environment variables:

export HYPERLIQUID_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...     # Required: wallet private key
export HYPERLIQUID_NETWORK=mainnet       # Optional: mainnet (default) or testnet
export HYPERLIQUID_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS=0x... # Optional: for API wallets

Fresh Wallet Setup (Recommended for Agents)

The simplest setup for agents — generates a dedicated wallet, auto-approves the builder fee, and is ready to trade after funding:

openbroker setup    # Choose option 1, fund with USDC, start trading

API Wallet Setup (Alternative)

For delegated trading without moving funds, use an API wallet:

export HYPERLIQUID_PRIVATE_KEY="0x..."        # API wallet private key
export HYPERLIQUID_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS="0x..."    # Main account address

Note: API wallets require browser approval from the master wallet. The master wallet signs ApproveAgent and ApproveBuilderFee transactions via the approval URL provided during setup.

Builder Fee

Open Broker charges 1 bps (0.01%) per trade to fund development. The builder fee is automatically approved during openbroker setup.

openbroker approve-builder --check       # Check approval status
openbroker approve-builder               # Retry approval if needed
openbroker approve-builder --max-fee "0.05%"  # Custom max fee

OpenClaw Plugin

OpenBroker ships as an OpenClaw plugin. When installed via OpenClaw, it registers structured agent tools and a background position watcher — no Bash wrappers needed.

Install via OpenClaw

openclaw plugins install openbroker

Or install from a local checkout during development:

openclaw plugins install -l ./open-broker-mvp

After installation, run openbroker setup to configure your wallet (same onboarding as the standalone CLI).

Plugin Tools

When loaded, the plugin registers these agent tools:

Background Position Watcher

The plugin runs a background service that polls your Hyperliquid account every 30 seconds and sends webhook notifications when:

• Position opened — new position detected
• Position closed — position removed
• Size changed — position increased or decreased
• PnL threshold — unrealized PnL changed by more than the configured % (default: 5%)
• Margin warning — margin usage exceeds threshold (default: 80%)

Plugin Configuration

Configure in your OpenClaw settings under plugins.entries.openbroker.config:

{
  "privateKey": "0x...",
  "accountAddress": "0x...",
  "network": "mainnet",
  "hooksToken": "your-hooks-secret",
  "watcher": {
    "enabled": true,
    "pollIntervalMs": 30000,
    "pnlChangeThresholdPct": 5,
    "marginUsageWarningPct": 80,
    "notifyOnPositionChange": true,
    "notifyOnFunding": true
  }
}

All fields are optional — the plugin falls back to ~/.openbroker/.env and environment variables.

OpenClaw Webhook Setup

For the position watcher to notify your agent, you need webhooks enabled in your OpenClaw gateway config:

hooks:
  enabled: true
  token: "your-hooks-secret"   # Must match hooksToken in plugin config

The watcher sends alerts to POST /hooks/agent with wakeMode: "now", which triggers an immediate agent turn. The agent receives a message like:

Position alert: ETH unrealized PnL changed from +$500 to -$200 (-140%).

CLI Commands

The plugin also registers CLI commands accessible via the OpenClaw CLI:

openclaw ob status    # Show watcher state and current positions
openclaw ob watch     # Run watcher in foreground (debugging)

Development

For local development without global install:

git clone https://github.com/monemetrics/openbroker.git
cd openbroker
npm install
npx tsx scripts/info/account.ts

License

MIT