Arbitrum perp DEXs and tools
33 perpetual DEXs and perp trading tools on Arbitrum: models, max leverage and status, checked against official sites.
Perp venues
| Project | Chains | Model | Max leverage | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aark Digital | Arbitrum | hybrid | 1000x | Perp exchange advertising extreme leverage up to 1000x. | 🟢 Live |
| Antarctic | Arbitrum | pool | - | Gasless perpetual futures exchange on Arbitrum covering major, meme and DeFi tokens. | 🟢 Live |
| ApeX Protocol | Arbitrum, Ethereum | CLOB | 100x | Non-custodial perpetuals exchange with an order book, running across several chains. | 🟢 Live |
| Aster | BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Solana | hybrid | 1001x | Multi-chain perpetuals exchange offering crypto and stock-style markets with flexible trading modes. | 🟢 Live |
| Contango | Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base | lending-based | - | Perp-like long/short positions built from flash-loan looping on lending markets, with low funding and no expiry. | 🟢 Live |
| Deri Protocol | BNB Chain, Arbitrum | pool | - | Derivatives protocol offering perpetual futures, everlasting options, power perpetuals and gamma swaps. | ⚪ Unverified |
| ELFi Protocol | Arbitrum, Base | pool | 1000x | Pool-backed perp exchange with multi-asset margin and many quickly listed markets. | 🟢 Live |
| Evedex | Arbitrum | hybrid | - | Hybrid perp exchange with off-chain order book, on-chain settlement and gasless trading. | 🟢 Live |
| Gains Network | Arbitrum, Base, Polygon | pool | 1000x | gTrade lets users trade crypto, forex, stocks and commodities with synthetic, non-custodial leverage. | 🟢 Live |
| GMX | Arbitrum, Avalanche, Solana, MegaETH | pool | 100x | Oracle-priced liquidity-pool perpetuals with synthetic and spot markets on several chains. | 🟢 Live |
| Hibachi | Arbitrum, Base | CLOB | 25x | Stablecoin-native exchange offering perpetual markets with order-book execution and zk verification. | 🟢 Live |
| Level Finance | BNB Chain, Arbitrum | pool | - | Multi-asset liquidity-pool perpetual exchange originally launched on BNB Chain. | ⚪ Unverified |
| Ostium | Arbitrum | pool | 200x | Onchain perpetuals for equity indices, forex, commodities and crypto. | 🟢 Live |
| Pear Protocol | Hyperliquid, Arbitrum | hybrid | 100x | One-click pair and basket trading, going long one asset against another, executed on Hyperliquid. | 🟢 Live |
| Pendle Boros | Arbitrum | hybrid | - | Pendle's market for trading perp funding rates through yield units. | 🟢 Live |
| Rho X | Arbitrum | hybrid | - | Trading venue for funding-rate futures, letting perp traders lock in or hedge rates. | 🟢 Live |
| Variational | Arbitrum | RFQ | 50x | Single-account trading platform quoting crypto and RWA perps via RFQ. | 🟢 Live |
| Vela Exchange | Arbitrum, Base | pool | - | Multi-collateral perp DEX on Arbitrum and Base; current activity unconfirmed. | ⚪ Unverified |
| Vest Markets | Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Base | hybrid | 100x | Multi-chain perpetual exchange with cross-margin and a funded-trader programme. | 🟢 Live |
By category
| Project | Category | Chains | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8X | Infrastructure & data | Arbitrum, Polygon zkEVM, X Layer | White-label perpetuals engine where brokers run their own frontends on shared on-chain liquidity pools. | 🟢 Live |
| Fufuture | Options & structured products | BNB Chain, Base, Arbitrum | Coin-margined perpetual swaps and perpetual options protocol with very high advertised leverage. | ⚪ Unverified |
| GMX AI Agent Skills | AI agents & MCP servers | Arbitrum, Avalanche, Botanix | Agent skills from the GMX team letting AI agents trade perps, swap and provide liquidity on GMX V2. | 🟡 Beta / testnet |
| GMX TypeScript SDK | Infrastructure & data | Arbitrum, Avalanche | Official TypeScript SDK for GMX V2, shipped inside the interface repo, for reading markets and building orders. | 🟢 Live |
| Hegic | Options & structured products | Arbitrum, Ethereum | On-chain peer-to-pool options protocol for ETH and BTC. | 🟢 Live |
| Moby | Options & structured products | Arbitrum | Arbitrum options protocol with liquidity pools; current status unclear. | ⚪ Unverified |
| Mux Protocol | Aggregators & routers | Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, BNB Chain | Perps aggregator that routes trades across protocols and runs its own liquidity pools. | 🟢 Live |
| Octav API | AI agents & MCP servers | Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Base | Official MCP server letting AI agents query Octav portfolio, net worth and transaction history data. | 🟢 Live |
| Orderly Network | Infrastructure & data | Orderly, Solana, Arbitrum | Shared omnichain order book and liquidity layer that perp front ends build on. | 🟢 Live |
| Premia | Options & structured products | Arbitrum, Ethereum, Base | Premia Labs site; its Kyan product offers options and perps, currently in beta. | 🟡 Beta / testnet |
| Riverrun | Terminals, wallets & mobile | Hyperliquid, Arbitrum | Open-source self-custodial React Native mobile app for trading Hyperliquid perps. | 🟢 Live |
| Stryke | Options & structured products | Arbitrum, Base | Options protocol built on concentrated-liquidity positions, formerly Dopex. | 🟢 Live |
| Symm.io | Aggregators & routers | Arbitrum, Base | Intent-based OTC derivatives protocol where solvers fill trades for third-party frontends. | 🟢 Live |
| Volmex | Infrastructure & data | Hyperliquid, Base, Arbitrum | Crypto implied-volatility indices whose perpetual futures trade on Hyperliquid, gTrade and Orderly. | 🟢 Live |