Market Maker Reference Implementation
Hxro Network contributors have released open-source implementation code for a market maker on Hxro Dexterity perpetual, zero-day, and expiring futures contracts.
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Getting Started
Requirements
git
node version >= 18
(optional) yarn; if you don't use yarn, replace "yarn" with "npm" in all the following commands
Lookup how to install git. NVM manages node installations for you.
First-Time Setup
Running the MM
You must create a trading account (TRG) and deposit funds before running this script.
Place the private key that owns your TRG inside the cloned dexterity-mm directory. It must be named
my_key.json. (Or modify the script to accept it as an environment variable).Run the MM with desired parameters
The MM quotes around the index price of each product on a Dexterity Market Product Group (MPG).
The MM has the following parameters, which are set via environment variables:
RPC
-
MPG
Bluechip MPG (see below)
Public key of the Dexterity markets (MPG).
TRG
-
Your trading account public key.
QUOTE_PERIOD_MS
5000
How many milliseconds between updating quotes
CANCEL_PERIOD_MS
60000
How many milliseconds between verifying there are not more than MAX_ORDERS_RATIO * 2 * NUM_LEVEL orders (and cancelling all if so)
NUM_LEVELS
5
Number of levels to quote per side of each book
BPS
100
"Radius from index price to begin quoting at, specified in basis points"
INTERLEVEL_BPS
100
Number of basis points between levels on the same side of the book
QTY_NOTIONAL
5
Notional dollar value of lot sizes (using index price)
OFFSET_BPS
0
Offset from index price in bps (to quote around) (can be negative)
MIN_BPS_TO_REQUOTE
50
Minimum price movement in BPS before replacing quotes
MAX_ORDERS_RATIO
2
Verifies there are not more than MAX_ORDERS_RATIO * 2 * NUM_LEVEL orders (and cancels if so) (see CANCEL_PERIOD_MS)
MIN_HEALTH_RATIO
0.1
Minimum ratio of excess initial margin to portfolio value (cancels if too low) (see CANCEL_PERIOD_MS)
PRODUCT_NAME_FILTER
''
Only make on products with names that include this substring
DRY_RUN
'false'
If 'true', do not send transactions to the blockchain
COMBOS_QUOTE_INDEX_PRICE
'false'
If 'true', quote combos around the weighted sum of the index prices of the legs, rather than the midpoints of the legs
Set your environment variable and run the mm with yarn start. For example:
BLUECHIP: 4cKB5xKtDpv4xo6ZxyiEvtyX3HgXzyJUS1Y8hAfoNkMT
BROWNCHIP: BRWNo8b8PhBPicdw7c9qfA5ErZtQzHJrPpFjVnDw2Dso
STAKECHIP (LSTs): LSTqd6kXfMcMmVj63TdFfXvwSEYSkQVcT6GrwH4Ki3h
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