What is ApeCoin?
ApeCoin is a token linked to the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and related projects. Holders take part in ApeCoin DAO, which votes on how its treasury is spent. APE is also the gas token of ApeChain, a network built for the ApeCoin community, and is used in games and services that support it.
The APE perpetual tracks the price of ApeCoin, settles in USDC and never expires. It trades on Hyperliquid's main exchange. You can go long or short with up to 5× leverage, around the clock.
Contract details
- Market
APE, main exchange- Tracks
- The price of ApeCoin
- Settlement
- USDC, no expiry
- Leverage
- 5× at any size
- Margin
- Cross or isolated
- Size step
- 0.1 APE
- Funding
- Paid every hour
- Fees on Hypurr Desk
- 0.07% market, 0.04% limit
- Trading hours
- Around the clock, every day
Size a APE trade from its stop
Hypurr Desk asks where your stop goes and how much of your account you are willing to lose there, then works out the size. An example at 0.11398, from when this page was built:
- Account
- $1,000.00
- Risk
- 1% = $10.00
- Stop
- 2% below entry, at 0.11170
- Size
- 4069.0 APE ($463.87)
- Loss at the stop, fees included
- $10.00
- Leverage
- 5× cross, $92.77 margin
The stop sets the loss, not the leverage: leverage only decides how much margin the position ties up. Move the stop and the size follows, so a wider stop means a smaller position and the same loss. The stop is placed on the exchange with the entry. How risk sizing works.
Questions about APE
What is the maximum leverage on APE?
5×. Hypurr Desk sizes each order from your stop, so the leverage follows from how much you choose to risk.
How often is funding paid on APE?
Every hour. When the rate is positive, longs pay shorts; when it is negative, shorts pay longs. The current rate is shown at the top of this page.
What does it cost to trade APE on Hypurr Desk?
At the exchange's base tier, 0.07% of the position value for market orders and 0.04% for limit orders that rest on the book, including the 0.025% Hypurr Desk fee. There is no subscription and no sign-up.
Do I own APE when I trade this market?
No. A perpetual tracks the price of ApeCoin and settles gains and losses in USDC. You never hold the coins, and positions can be closed out if losses use up their margin.
