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Largest positions

Largest tracked Hyperliquid positions (venue=lighter: tracked Lighter accounts) with entry, leverage, liquidation price and the signed distance from the mark to the liquidation price (liqDistance, fraction).

GET/api/v1/positions/topEvery keyPaginated

Who can call it

Available with every key and keyless (X-Blockmetric-Access: public). Keys of Free accounts get free-tier data (real-time feeds, 30 days of history, heatmap over time for every coin over the last 24 hours, liquidation levels now for every coin, the same as the free web plan); Pro and Desk keys the data of their plan; API Dev / API Pro raise the limits.

No key: 24 h
Free: 30 days
Pro: 365 days
Desk: 1095 days
API Dev: 365 days
API Pro: 1095 days

History window per plan. Limits: Authentication & limits.

Parameters

Parameters of /positions/top
Parameter	Description
`coin`string	Coin name as on Hyperliquid (BTC, ETH, kPEPE, HIP-3 names like xyz:TSLA); case-insensitive.
`side`string	long \| short (optional).one of long, short
`minUsd`number	Minimum position notional in USD, default 0.≥ 0 · default 0
`limit`integer	Number of items, default 50, clamped to 1–500.1–500 · default 50
`cursor`string	Next page: the value of meta.nextCursor from the previous response (keep the other parameters unchanged). Cursors are signed: an edited cursor answers 400; paging stops at the plan history.
`venue`string	hyperliquid (default, the Hyperliquid answer as before) \| lighter (tracked Lighter accounts: address = the Lighter account index, venue = "lighter", liqPx as the exchange reports it). A switched-off venue answers 400.one of hyperliquid, lighter · default hyperliquid
`fields`string	Comma-separated fields of every item to return, e.g. address,coin,side,positionUsd,liqPx (case-insensitive). All other fields are left out, so large lists get much smaller; an unknown name answers 400 with the list of fields. Default: every field.
`format`string	json (default: the { data, meta } envelope) \| csv (the rows with a header line; nested values as JSON text) \| ndjson (one JSON object per row and line). csv and ndjson carry the meta block in headers: Link rel="next" and X-Blockmetric-Next-Cursor (next page), X-Blockmetric-Next-After (forward polling), X-Blockmetric-Updated-At, X-Blockmetric-Warnings, X-Blockmetric-License. Errors stay JSON.one of json, csv, ndjson · default json

Response fields

Every success is { data, meta }; these are the fields of data. meta is the same on every endpoint.

Response fields of /positions/top
Field	Description
`[].address`string	Hyperliquid address (lowercase), or with venue "lighter" the Lighter account index.
`[].label`string · nullable	Wallet label (public label or leaderboard display name).
`[].accountValue`number · nullable	Account value (USD).
`[].coin`string	Coin name as on Hyperliquid (BTC, kPEPE, HIP-3 names like xyz:TSLA).
`[].side`"long" \| "short"	Position side (for liquidations: the side of the liquidated position).
`[].size`number	Size in coins.
`[].entryPx`number · nullable	Entry price.
`[].positionUsd`number	Notional (USD).
`[].leverage`number · nullable	Leverage of the position (notional / margin).
`[].leverageType`string · nullable	cross \| isolated
`[].liqPx`number · nullable	Liquidation price.
`[].liqDistance`number · nullable	Signed distance from the mark to the liquidation price, fraction (−0.12 = 12 % below the mark).
`[].mark`number · nullable	Hyperliquid mark price.
`[].marginUsed`number · nullable	Margin used (USD).
`[].unrealizedPnl`number · nullable	Unrealised PnL (USD).
`[].updatedAt`string (ISO 8601)	Newest data time of this item (ISO 8601 UTC).
`[].venue`"hyperliquid" \| "lighter"	Venue of the position (present for Lighter rows; absent = Hyperliquid).

Errors

400invalid_param Invalid parameter
401unauthorized Missing or invalid API key
403plan_required Plan does not include this
403scope_required Key not scoped for this API
403ip_not_allowed Address not on the IP allowlist of the key
403origin_not_allowed Key used from a browser origin it does not allow
403source_restricted Exchange data not redistributed
403https_required https required
429rate_limited Per-minute limit reachedretry
429daily_limit_exceeded Daily limit reachedretry
429stream_limit Too many open streamsretry
500internal_error Internal errorretry

Methodology

Distance to liquidation (how it is computed and its limits)

Request

curl -s -H "X-Blockmetric-Access: public" \
  "https://api.blockmetric.io/v1/positions/top?coin=BTC&limit=10"

Example response

HTTP 200Real data from 2026-10-27 13:10 UTC

{
  "data": [
    {
      "address": "0x5b5d51203a0f9079f8aeb098a6523a13f298c060",
      "label": null,
      "accountValue": 141229571.24,
      "coin": "BTC",
      "side": "short",
      "size": 2613.28915,
      "entryPx": 76343.5,
      "positionUsd": 209447285.51,
      "leverage": 5,
      "leverageType": "cross",
      "liqPx": 138286.523033,
      "liqDistance": 0.7239914108,
      "mark": 80213,
      "marginUsed": 41889457.1,
      "unrealizedPnl": -9939592.53,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T13:10:10.972Z"
    },
    {
      "address": "0xb83de012dba672c76a7dbbbf3e459cb59d7d6e36",
      "label": null,
      "accountValue": 123993441.35,
      "coin": "BTC",
      "side": "short",
      "size": 2516.09893,
      "entryPx": 78114.5,
      "positionUsd": 201675393.64,
      "leverage": 5,
      "leverageType": "cross",
      "liqPx": 126573.437539,
      "liqDistance": 0.5779666331,
      "mark": 80213,
      "marginUsed": 40335078.73,
      "unrealizedPnl": -5131480.09,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T13:09:54.879Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T13:10:10.972Z",
    "source": "hyperliquid",
    "sources": [
      "hyperliquid"
    ],
    "plan": "api_dev",
    "delayMinutes": 0,
    "commercial": false,
    "license": {
      "id": "internal",
      "display": false,
      "attributionRequired": false,
      "attribution": null,
      "redistribution": false,
      "mauCap": null,
      "terms": "https://blockmetric.io/terms#api-license"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "text": "Data by Blockmetric · Source: Blockmetric Research",
      "url": "https://blockmetric.io/"
    },
    "access": {
      "historyDays": 365,
      "historyFrom": "2025-10-27T13:14:00.000Z"
    },
    "nextCursor": "<cursor>",
    "nextUrl": "https://api.blockmetric.io/v1/positions/top?cursor=<cursor>"
  }
}

More options: open in the explorer · SDK method topPositions() / top_positions()

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