⁉️FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pear Protocol?
Pear is a non-custodial trading front-end for executing pair trades on integrated decentralized venues like Hyperliquid, Vertex, SYMMIO, and GMX. It lets you take simultaneous long and short positions on perps — with capital efficiency and risk transparency — all from one UI.
Why trade pairs instead of just going long or short?
Most traders lose money trying to time the market directionally. Pair trading focuses on relative performance, letting you express views like:
“SOL will outperform ETH”
“BTC will underperform ETH”
“Layer 2 tokens will outperform majors”
It works in any market — bull, bear, or chop — and helps avoid getting chopped up by broad market swings.
How does execution work?
Pear is a front-end interface — not an exchange or custodian.
It splits your trade into long and short legs
It routes each leg to your selected venue
Both legs are timestamp-synced for execution efficiency
You always control your funds (they sit in your wallet or in the trading engine)
Where are my funds held?
It depends on the venue:
GMX → Trades directly from your wallet (Arbitrum)
Hyperliquid, Vertex, SYMMIO → You deposit collateral into the protocol’s trading engine. Pear manages positions but never holds custody.
What assets can I trade?
You can pair trade any supported perp markets on:
Hyperliquid
Vertex
SYMMIO
GMX
The exact pairs depend on what each protocol offers. Pear auto-surfaces supported markets.
How do fees work?
When you trade via Pear:
You pay the normal trading fees of the underlying venue
You may receive rebates or discounts via staking PEAR or through referral rewards
On Hyperliquid, trades are routed with Pear’s builder code, and fees are transparently split per Hyperliquid’s public builder model
Is Pear Protocol a DEX?
No. Pear is a trading layer and routing engine — we don’t custody funds or match trades. We route orders to supported venues (DEXs or on-chain perps) using smart contracts or APIs.
How do I hedge impermanent loss as an LP?
Pear enables pair trading limit orders, which can be used to hedge concentrated liquidity positions. For example:
If you LP in PEPE/ETH, you can set a pair trade (short PEPE, long ETH) to activate if price moves out of your LP range — mitigating impermanent loss.
Do I need to hold $PEAR to use Pear?
No — anyone can use Pear without holding $PEAR. However, holding and staking PEAR may unlock:
Trading fee discounts up to 50%
Volume based rebates
Governance participation
Is Pear available on mobile?
Currently, Pear is optimized for desktop. Mobile web is possible and a PWA is on the roadmap.
Is there an API?
Yes — Pear offers an API for strategy automation and execution. See the Architecture and Integration section for docs and examples.
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