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Guides on margin, leverage, position sizing, paper trading, and running TradingView strategies through HookTrader. Product updates are tagged Updates.
October 11, 2026
Trade notifications in Telegram
Connect Telegram in Settings and HookTrader messages you there when a trade fails or an account needs you. Switch on Trade activity to hear when each trade opens, hits a target or stops out.
October 4, 2026
Paper Trading on Bybit: What the Simulator Gets Right
A HookTrader paper account can now follow Bybit USDT perpetuals. It fills at Bybit's live prices, charges Bybit's fee, uses Bybit's per-symbol margin tiers for liquidation and refuses the orders Bybit would refuse. Here is what it does, and where it still simplifies.
September 22, 2026
Paper Trading That Behaves Like an Exchange: How HookTrader Simulates Your Fills
Most paper trading fills your order at the signal price and calls it done. HookTrader's Paper Account runs a simulated exchange: live Binance prices, real spreads, real fees, mark-price stops, contract rules and liquidation. Here's what it models, and where it still simplifies.
September 9, 2026
Cross vs. Isolated Margin: How Your Settings Change What a Losing Trade Costs You
Cross and isolated margin decide what a losing position can draw on. Leverage decides how far price can move before that happens. Here's how HookTrader's margin and leverage settings actually work, with a worked example.