FAQ
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”What is Archon, in one sentence?
Section titled “What is Archon, in one sentence?”Software that runs a published trend rule on your own Hyperliquid account: it holds a market while its trend is up and nothing while it is not, at 1x, and stops itself if the account falls 30% from its peak.
Will it make me money?
Section titled “Will it make me money?”On the months it had never seen, from 1 Dec 2025, the frozen rule made +41.5% against +44.8% for holding the same 32 markets, and its worst fall was −13.9% against holding’s −41.8%. That is most of the upside for a third of the downside, and the research desk works every day to push returns higher. Like any trading, it can lose money. Strategies has the full picture.
The fine print
On the full history Hyperliquid serves, the frozen rule made +150.0% against +101.7% for holding the same 32 markets. It was chosen on that history, so those figures flatter it. The unseen months above are the fairer test.
Who is it for?
Section titled “Who is it for?”People who want exposure to crypto’s big trends without sitting through its collapses, and who prefer a written rule to their own judgement in the moment.
Do I need to be technical?
Section titled “Do I need to be technical?”Not for Archon Hosted. You connect a wallet, create one key on Hyperliquid and paste it in. Self-hosting needs an AI assistant such as Claude Code or Codex, which does the technical part and can answer questions from these docs.
Is Archon affiliated with Hyperliquid?
Section titled “Is Archon affiliated with Hyperliquid?”No. Archon is independent software that trades on Hyperliquid through its public interface, like many other tools. Hyperliquid has not reviewed or endorsed it.
Why Hyperliquid?
Section titled “Why Hyperliquid?”It is a fully on-chain exchange: your funds sit in your own account, every trade is public, and it lets you give a program a key that can trade without being able to withdraw. That is what makes Archon possible without ever holding your money.
Money and safety
Section titled “Money and safety”Does Archon hold my money?
Section titled “Does Archon hold my money?”No. Your funds stay in your Hyperliquid account. Archon is given an API wallet, which signs orders for the account.
Can Archon withdraw my funds?
Section titled “Can Archon withdraw my funds?”On testnet, on 28 Oct 2026, a withdrawal and two transfers signed with an API wallet were refused and the balance did not move. We will repeat the test on mainnet before real-money accounts go live. Your main wallet, which can withdraw, is never shared. See Safety and custody.
What happens if Archon’s servers go down?
Section titled “What happens if Archon’s servers go down?”Your positions stay on Hyperliquid exactly as they were. Nothing watches them until the engine is back, and then it carries on from what the account actually holds.
What if Archon goes out of business?
Section titled “What if Archon goes out of business?”Your funds were never with Archon, so there is nothing to recover. Your positions are on Hyperliquid and you can close them yourself in Hyperliquid’s app at any time.
Can I lose more than I put in?
Section titled “Can I lose more than I put in?”The engine never uses leverage above 1x and never shorts, so its own positions never exceed the account’s value. Your losses are limited to what is in the account; the 30% halt is designed to stop the fall well before that.
How do I stop it?
Section titled “How do I stop it?”Pause new trades, close everything, disconnect, or replace the API wallet on Hyperliquid, which cuts Archon off at once. See Controls.
How it trades
Section titled “How it trades”How often does it trade?
Section titled “How often does it trade?”The rules decide on 4-hour candles. In the unseen slice, from 1 Dec 2025 to 22 Oct 2026, the frozen rule averaged about 8 buys and sells per market. Days with no trades at all are normal.
Why does it buy after a market has already gone up?
Section titled “Why does it buy after a market has already gone up?”That is what a trend rule does. It waits for evidence that a trend has started, a new 200-candle high for the frozen rule, and accepts missing the first part of the move in exchange for not buying every dip in a falling market.
Why did it sell, and then the price went up?
Section titled “Why did it sell, and then the price went up?”The rule sells when the trend breaks by its definition. Sometimes the trend resumes; the rule will buy again if it makes a new high. Those false exits are the cost of getting out early when a fall is real.
Can I choose which markets it trades?
Section titled “Can I choose which markets it trades?”The listed rules trade the 32-market universe they were tested on. You can limit how much of the account they use with the capital cap, and choose fewer slots for larger positions.
Does it use stop-losses?
Section titled “Does it use stop-losses?”Not per position. The rule’s exit is its stop: below the 200-candle average, Breadth Trend sells. Above every market sits the account-wide 30% halt.
What about funding?
Section titled “What about funding?”Perpetual positions pay or receive funding every hour while they are open; longs usually pay. Archon’s published results leave it out. The one funding rate the research observed was BTC at 10.95% a year, and it is only paid while a position is held.
Hosted or self-hosted
Section titled “Hosted or self-hosted”Which should I choose?
Section titled “Which should I choose?”Hosted if you want nothing to install and nothing to keep running. Self-hosted if you want your trading key to never leave your own machine, and you have, or are happy to set up, an AI coding assistant and a machine that stays on.
Can I switch later?
Section titled “Can I switch later?”Yes, either way. Early access covers both.
Is the self-hosted engine the same as the hosted one?
Section titled “Is the self-hosted engine the same as the hosted one?”Yes. The same code runs both.
Paying
Section titled “Paying”Why crypto only?
Section titled “Why crypto only?”You already hold it to trade on Hyperliquid, and an on-chain payment can be checked by anyone. There is no card on file to be charged by mistake.
Does hosting renew by itself?
Section titled “Does hosting renew by itself?”No. Crypto cannot be pulled from your wallet, and we would not want it to be. You send each payment yourself, for one, six or twelve months, and the dashboard reminds you before the paid period ends.
What happens if my hosting runs out?
Section titled “What happens if my hosting runs out?”Nothing is sold for you. New positions stop, and each held position leaves when the rule exits it. Once the account is flat, Archon deletes its copy of your key. See Billing.
Is hosting free on testnet?
Section titled “Is hosting free on testnet?”Yes, during the preview. You pay for a hosting pack only to be hosted on mainnet, with real money.
Testnet and mainnet
Section titled “Testnet and mainnet”What is testnet?
Section titled “What is testnet?”Hyperliquid’s practice network. It works like the real one with play money from a faucet. Archon runs on it exactly as it would with real funds.
When can I use real money?
Section titled “When can I use real money?”After your account has run on testnet for 7 days without an incident, and only when you choose to. Testnet opens on 30 Oct 2026.
Getting help
Section titled “Getting help”How do I reach a person?
Section titled “How do I reach a person?”Write to support@archon.quest. Say which wallet you signed in with, the time, and the exact message you saw. Never put a key or a seed phrase in an email. Nobody at Archon will ask for one by email; the only key Archon takes is an API wallet key, pasted into the app.
Can my AI assistant answer my questions?
Section titled “Can my AI assistant answer my questions?”If you self-host, yes, and it is usually the fastest way. It can read every page of these docs from llms-full.txt and look at your engine directly. Archon Hosted customers can write to us instead.
Stuck? Ask your AI assistant if you self-host; it can read these docs as plain text. Otherwise write to support@archon.quest with the time and the exact message you saw.
Archon is independent software that trades on Hyperliquid. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hyperliquid. Nothing here is investment advice. Perpetual futures can lose money, and past results, measured in sample or out of it, do not predict future ones.