Lighter (LIT) trading bots
LIT bots on Circuit
6 public bots trade the LIT perp on Hyperliquid right now. Each one runs on its owner's wallet, and every trade it makes is public on its page.
LIT is the Lighter Infrastructure Token, the native token of the Lighter exchange. Per Lighter's docs, LIT stakers can deposit into the Lighter Liquidity Pool, staking pays a fixed 6% APR, unstaking has a 3-day lockup, and the protocol buys back LIT with trading fee revenue. Staked LIT also discounts fees on Lighter's Premium accounts.
As of October 2026 the LIT perp trades on Hyperliquid at up to 5x and on Lighter. Hyperliquid's maintenance margin at 5x is 10%, eight times BTC's.
LIT appears in Circuit's majors and DeFi baskets and in a revenue index. One public bot shorts LIT to fade crowded longs and collect funding when it stays high. The funding scanner guide shows how to check whether a high rate has persisted before acting on it.
Low maximum leverage leaves little room. With 10% maintenance margin, a 5x short is liquidated about 9% above entry before fees and funding: $1 × 1.2 ÷ 1.1 = $1.091 on a $1 entry. Keep leverage low, set a stop, and size LIT positions as a small share of the allocation. A delta-neutral version can hedge the short with LIT/USDC spot, which Lighter lists.
Most-run LIT bots
| Bot | Creator | Venues | 30-day return | Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 DeFi | circuit | Hyperliquid | +0.34% | 12 |
| Ride the Leaders | circuit | Hyperliquid | +6.28% | 10 |
| lit-short-funding | chiragnarang | Hyperliquid | +6.28% | 5 |
| Revenue Index | circuit | Hyperliquid | -8.22% | 1 |
| Crypto Strength Trio | chiragnarang89 | Hyperliquid | -0.04% | 1 |
| Top 10 Majors | circuit | Hyperliquid | +6.04% | 0 |
Returns are each bot's own record across everyone running it. Past returns don't predict future results.
Related guides and strategies
- Lighter trading bots
Run trading bots on Lighter perps and spot from a wallet you hold in Circuit, backtested on recorded Lighter markets and paper traded on the live book.
- Funding rate arbitrage scanner
Compare hourly funding on Hyperliquid and Lighter, annualize it with the math shown, and build a scanner bot that checks persistence, open interest and fees.
- Funding rate short bot
Short BTC, ETH, SOL and HYPE perps when funding stays above 0.03% an hour, and exit when it resets or on a stop.