---
title: "Get Smart Money Perpetual Trades Data"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/smart-money/perp-trades"
tags: ["Smart Money"]
---

# Get Smart Money Perpetual Trades Data

`POST /api/v1/smart-money/perp-trades`

Access real-time perpetual trading activity from smart traders and funds on Hyperliquid. This endpoint provides granular transaction-level data showing exactly what sophisticated traders are trading on perpetual contracts.

Key Features:
- Hyperliquid perpetual contracts only (no chain field needed)
- Real-time trading data from smart money wallets
- Detailed trade information including coin, amount, price, action, and type
- Smart money filtering capabilities
- Type filtering (Market/Limit)
- Only new positions filter to show only position opening trades (defaults to false - shows all trades)

## Request body

- SmartMoneyPerpTradesRequest
  - `filters` SmartMoneyPerpTradesFilters — Filters for smart money perpetual trades endpoint. These filters control which perpetual trades and traders are included in the trades analysis.
    - `include_smart_money_labels` SmartMoneyFilterType[] — Include smart money labels for traders
    - `exclude_smart_money_labels` SmartMoneyFilterType[] — Exclude smart money labels for traders
    - `trader_address` union — Trader address filter
      - string
      - string[]
    - `trader_address_label` union — Trader name or label filter
      - string
      - string[]
    - `token_symbol` string — Token symbol filter
    - `type` 'Market' | 'Limit' — Enum for trade types.
    - `token_amount` NumericRangeFilter — Filter for numeric values (floats) with optional min/max bounds. Use for prices, volumes, ratios, and other decimal values. - Values between -10.5 and 100.75
      - `min` number — Minimum value (inclusive)
      - `max` number — Maximum value (inclusive)
    - `price_usd` NumericRangeFilter — Filter for numeric values (floats) with optional min/max bounds. Use for prices, volumes, ratios, and other decimal values. - Values between -10.5 and 100.75
      - `min` number — Minimum value (inclusive)
      - `max` number — Maximum value (inclusive)
    - `value_usd` NumericRangeFilter — Filter for numeric values (floats) with optional min/max bounds. Use for prices, volumes, ratios, and other decimal values. - Values between -10.5 and 100.75
      - `min` number — Minimum value (inclusive)
      - `max` number — Maximum value (inclusive)
    - `side` union — Position side filter - Long or Short
      - 'Long' | 'Short' — Shared enum for position side direction.
      - PositionSide[]
    - `action` union — Action filter - combined buy/sell with position action (e.g., 'Buy - Add Long', 'Sell - Open Short')
      - 'Buy - Add Long' | 'Buy - Reduce Short' | 'Buy - Open Long' | 'Buy - Close Short' | 'Sell - Add Short' | 'Sell - Reduce Long' | 'Sell - Open Short' | 'Sell - Close Long' — Shared enum for perpetual trade action types (combined buy/sell with position actions).
      - PerpActionType[]
  - `only_new_positions` boolean — When True, includes 'Open' position actions (Open Long, Open Short). Can be combined with other action filters using OR logic (union). When False (default), returns all trades.
  - `pagination` PaginationRequest — Pagination parameters for API requests.
    - `page` integer — Page number (1-based)
    - `per_page` integer — Number of records per page (max 1000)
  - `order_by` SortOrderSmartMoneyPerpTradesSortField[] — Custom sort order to override the endpoint's default ordering. Examples: - [{"field": "value_usd", "direction": "DESC"}] - Sort by trade value descending - [{"field": "block_timestamp", "direction": "ASC"}] - Sort by timestamp ascending - [{"field": "token_amount", "direction": "DESC"}, {"field": "block_timestamp", "direction": "ASC"}] - Sort by token amount descending, then timestamp ascending
    - `field` 'block_timestamp' | 'token_amount' | 'price_usd' | 'value_usd', required — Enum for sortable fields in smart money perp trades.
    - `direction` 'ASC' | 'DESC', required — Enum for sort directions.

## Response `200`

Smart money perpetual trades data

- SmartMoneyPerpTradesResponse — Response model for smart money perpetual trades endpoint. Contains the filtered smart money perpetual trades data with metadata.
  - `data` SmartMoneyPerpTrade[], required — List of smart money perpetual trade records
    - `trader_address_label` string, required — Name of the trader, based on Nansen labels
    - `trader_address` string, required — Hexadecimal representation of the trader's address, i.e. the signer of the transaction
    - `token_symbol` string, required — The token symbol
    - `side` 'Long' | 'Short' — Shared enum for position side direction.
    - `action` string, required — The action taken by the trader (Add, Reduce, Open, Close)
    - `token_amount` number — Trade size in contract units
    - `price_usd` number — Trade price in USD
    - `value_usd` number — Notional trade value in USD
    - `type` 'Market' | 'Limit', required — Enum for trade types.
    - `block_timestamp` string, required — The timestamp of the block
    - `transaction_hash` string, required — Hexadecimal representation of the transaction hash
  - `pagination` PaginationInfo, required — Pagination information for API responses.
    - `page` integer — Current page number
    - `per_page` integer — Number of records per page
    - `is_last_page` boolean — Whether this is the last page

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - Invalid request parameters or malformed request
- `401` — Authentication error - No API key found in request
- `402` — Payment Required - This endpoint supports pay-per-request via x402 and MPP. x402 responses advertise payment options in `Payment-Required`; MPP responses advertise a fresh `WWW-Authenticate: Payment ...` challenge. Successful MPP responses may include `Payment-Receipt`.
- `403` — Forbidden - User does not have required subscription tier or has exceeded credit limit
- `404` — Not Found - The requested resource was not found
- `422` — Validation error - Invalid request parameters
- `429` — Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded
- `500` — Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred

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