Perps desk

curl https://mcp.optimistfi.com/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_perps_desk","arguments":{"view":"news","market":"BTC","limit":3}}}'

{
  "type": "perps_desk",
  "as_of": "2026-10-11T18:34:37.678Z",
  "confidence": "reported",
  "source": {
    "name": "OptimistFi perps desk",
    "url": "https://optimistfi.com/perps/news",
    "license": "computed"
  },
  "data": {
    "view": "news",
    "count": 3,
    "news": [
      {
        "slug": "the-largest-accounts-are-still-short-bitcoin-and-ether-and-today-the-shorts-are-paying",
        "url": "https://optimistfi.com/perps/news/the-largest-accounts-are-still-short-bitcoin-and-ether-and-today-the-shorts-are-paying",
        "headline": "The largest accounts are still short bitcoin and ether, and today the shorts are paying",
        "dek": "The biggest accounts hold 68% of their major-coin money short, with $2.38 billion short against $1.16 billion long. In bitcoin and ether, funding has turned negative today, so the crowded side is the one paying to stay in.",
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-11T18:30:35.338Z",
        "eventDate": "2026-10-11",
        "dataAsOf": "2026-10-11T18:00:00.000Z",
        "format": "big-trades",
        "author": "Luke Jacobi",
        "markets": [
          "BTC",
          "ETH",
          "… 1 more"
        ],
        "keyFacts": [
          {
            "label": "Major coins",
            "value": "68% short",
            "detail": "$2.38B short across 368 account positions, $1.16B long across 316"
          },
          {
            "label": "Bitcoin funding",
            "value": "-4.49% a year",
            "detail": "Hyperliquid's settled average today, positive in 3 of 19 hours"
          },
          "… 2 more"
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "OptimistFi perps data API",
            "url": "https://optimistfi.com/api/perps/builds"
          },
          {
            "name": "Hyperliquid public market data",
            "url": "https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info"
          },
          "… 1 more"
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "this-account-bought-two-falling-days-sold-each-in-minutes-and-now-holds-only-cash",
        "url": "https://optimistfi.com/perps/news/this-account-bought-two-falling-days-sold-each-in-minutes-and-now-holds-only-cash",
        "headline": "This account bought two falling days, sold each in minutes and now holds only cash",
        "dek": "An account on Hyperliquid, a perps venue, closed $4.3 million of trading profit since 21 September on one bitcoin long and one ether long. It bought both on a down day, sold each in one sitting, and has sat in dollars since this morning.",
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-11T18:20:50.344Z",
        "eventDate": "2026-10-11",
        "dataAsOf": "2026-10-11T18:30:00.000Z",
        "format": "big-trades",
        "author": "Luke Jacobi",
        "markets": [
          "BTC",
          "ETH"
        ],
        "keyFacts": [
          {
            "label": "Closed profit",
            "value": "$4.32M",
            "detail": "Every trade the account closed from 21 September to 11 October, before $50,418 of fees and $177,728 of funding"
          },
          {
            "label": "Bitcoin",
            "value": "+$3.43M",
            "detail": "400 BTC bought at a $78,565 average, sold at $87,142 on 21 September"
          },
          "… 2 more"
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Hyperliquid info API",
            "url": "https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info"
          },
          {
            "name": "The account's public page",
            "url": "https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/explorer/address/0x237152b038d88f4156a0cd71090462de7e3f0883"
          },
          "… 1 more"
        ]
      },
      "… 1 more"
    ]
  }
}