How a Seattle HYPE trader’s 5% BDAG allocation quietly became the best-performing position in his entire portfolio
Nate Okoro trades perpetual futures on Hyperliquid from a one-bedroom apartment in Capitol Hill, Seattle. He has been trading full-time since quitting his DevOps job in late 2024. His edge is funding rate arbitrage on HYPE — longing when funding goes negative, shorting into elevated positive funding during retail FOMO spikes. In a good month, he clears $12,000 to $18,000. In a bad month, he loses $4,000 to $7,000 and