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Hedge DCA on Hyperliquid

DCA-style accumulation with a paired short hedge — capture trend exposure while a delta-offset position absorbs drawdown. Funding-rate aware, kill-switch shared.

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What is Hedge DCA?

DCA-style accumulation with a paired short hedge — capture trend exposure while a delta-offset position absorbs drawdown. Funding-rate aware, kill-switch shared.

Hedge DCA sits in AI Traders' non-custodial layer on Hyperliquid. Both legs (and the grid layer for Hedge Combo) trade through one HL agent wallet — the protocol enforces "trade only" at the contract level. No leg can be accidentally enabled to withdraw.

Capabilities

Paired long + short

Primary leg accumulates per DCA rules; hedge leg sizes inversely to capture delta-neutral profile during chop.

Funding-rate aware

Hedge leg pauses when 24h funding is positive enough that holding short costs more than the hedge saves on drawdown.

Drawdown absorber

On a -10% move, vanilla DCA bleeds; hedge DCA shows ~50–70% of that drawdown because the short leg gains.

Single risk-gate

Both legs share the kill-switch and the leverage cap. No way to accidentally enable one without the other.

Same agent wallet

Both legs trade through one HL agent wallet. The protocol enforces "trade only" on both.

Backtest with funding cost

180-day HL data backtest includes funding cost on both legs — no "funding paradise" mirage.

How to start

01

Configure DCA frame

Set averaging interval, safety-order count, leverage cap, take-profit target (same as vanilla DCA).

02

Set hedge ratio

Choose hedge-leg size as % of primary leg (50% default; 100% = fully neutral; 0% = vanilla DCA).

03

Funding-rate threshold

Set the funding-rate ceiling above which hedge leg pauses (default 0.05%/8h).

04

Paper-trial 7 days

Both legs in paper mode. Decision log shows when hedge pauses and why. Promote to live with one click.

FAQ

Is Hedge DCA the same as Gainium's hedge bot?+
Architecturally similar — DCA primary + paired short. AI Traders runs both legs through one HL agent wallet (protocol-enforced trade-only). Gainium runs them as two workers (bots-hedge-dca container) on traditional CEX rails.
When does Hedge DCA outperform vanilla DCA?+
On choppy/ranging markets where vanilla DCA bleeds on whipsaws. On clean trends, vanilla DCA outperforms because the hedge leg drags. Use Hedge DCA when you expect range; vanilla when you expect trend.
Does funding cost eat all the hedge gains?+
Sometimes yes — and that's why the funding-rate gate exists. When 24h funding > threshold, hedge pauses and you fall back to vanilla DCA behavior. Backtest checks this honestly.
Can I run hedge ratio > 100%?+
Yes but it's no longer a hedge — it's a net short position. AI Traders UI warns above 100%. Lever cap still enforced; total leverage from both legs cannot exceed configured limit.