Glossary
Oracle price is the externally sourced reference price Hyperliquid uses as the honest anchor for a market.
In short
The oracle price aggregates prices from outside the venue to represent an asset's fair value, feeding funding calculations and the mark price. It prevents on-venue price movement alone from dictating margin outcomes.
Without an external reference, a large enough participant could move the venue's own price and trigger liquidations against others. The oracle makes that attack far more expensive.
It also means the perp can visibly deviate from the oracle for a period — that deviation is what funding is charged on.
Methodology
Scoring and replacement are documented in full on How it works and in the Docs (Policy v3). In short: the Elite basket is sticky, emergencies remove a leader immediately, and soft issues accrue at most one strike per UTC day with three strike-days triggering replacement. Read how it works or the documentation for the full table.
Questions
No. Mark price is derived using the oracle plus venue data.
Not directly. Fills come from the order book; the oracle governs funding and margin.
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