Helix is excited to introduce Automated Yield-Earning, a new feature that enables users to earn yield on idle balances while maintaining access to those funds for trading. This innovative functionality allows traders to maximize capital efficiency without having to choose between earning passive returns and keeping liquidity available.
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How Automated Yield-Earning Works
Automated Yield-Earning ensures that users’ idle assets remain productive by automatically allocating them to yield-generating opportunities. Here’s how it works:
- V1 Integration with Neptune Finance: Initially, Automated Yield-Earning deposits idle balances into Neptune Finance, an Injective-based lending protocol. Users earn interest on their assets while maintaining the ability to use those funds for trading.
- Future Upgrades: Upcoming iterations will introduce smart contracts that dynamically reallocate assets across multiple yield-bearing protocols to optimize returns while ensuring instant access for trading.
- Real-Time Accessibility: In all iterations of this new Helix product, funds allocated for yield-earning will remain available for trading, meaning users will never have to manually move funds between earning and trading modes.
Key Use Cases
1. Yield-Generating Limit Orders
Users can place limit orders on Helix while earning yield on the funds allocated for those orders. For example, a user setting a BTC buy limit order at $60,000 can continue earning passive yield until the order executes. This ensures capital is never idle, even when waiting for price targets to be met. Traders who frequently place long-term limit orders can benefit significantly from this feature, as it allows them to passively earn yield while waiting for optimal market conditions.
2. Optimized Market Making
Market makers can leverage Automated Yield-Earning to keep reserve assets productive while waiting for optimal trading conditions. This allows them to earn additional yield while maintaining capital availability for executing trades when market spreads are favorable. By integrating yield-earning into their market-making strategies, traders can increase overall profitability, minimize idle capital inefficiencies, and enhance liquidity depth across Helix’s order books.
3. Enhanced Margin & Collateral Management
Traders using margin on Helix can allocate portions of their collateral to earn yield, helping offset borrowing costs while maintaining sufficient liquidity for leveraged positions. For example, a trader using USDT as collateral for a leveraged long position in ETH can continue earning yield on the USDT until it is actively required as margin. This approach reduces overall trading costs and ensures that collateralized assets are not underutilized.
4. Advanced Order Strategies with Yield
Users deploying stop-limit or trailing stop orders can continue earning yield on allocated funds until their orders are triggered. This ensures that assets dedicated to advanced strategies remain productive rather than sitting idle. For example, traders employing trailing stop orders to capture upside potential can benefit from earning additional yield while still maintaining flexibility to adjust their order execution strategy. This feature is particularly useful for active traders who frequently use conditional order types.
V1 Integration with Neptune Finance
In the first iteration of Helix Automated Yields, users can seamlessly deposit their USDT into Neptune*, a borrowing/lending platform built on Injective, to earn passive returns while maintaining full flexibility over their funds.
Once a user connects their wallet, they can navigate to “Balance” under “Portfolio” to access the Automated Yield modal. This will display their available USDT balance, allowing them to deposit a chosen amount into Neptune’s USDT lending pool. Deposited funds start earning yield immediately at the APY displayed.
Users can withdraw their USDT from Neptune* whenever they choose, ensuring access to their capital when needed. When trading on Helix, users can utilize their entire USDT balance, including the portion deposited in Neptune, with a built-in 15% buffer to maintain liquidity.
For those who want to maximize their available trading funds, they can seamlessly withdraw the full amount from Neptune back into their Helix balance. This ensures that users can optimize yield generation without compromising their ability to trade or access their assets.
*Neptune is a third-party platform built on Injective and is not affiliated with or operated by Injective. Users interact with Neptune at their own discretion.
How to Use Automated Yield-Earning
Start Earning Yield on Helix Today
Automated Yield-Earning is now live on Helix. Users can begin taking advantage of this feature by enabling yield-earning on their idle balances and effortlessly integrating it into their trading strategies.
Stay tuned for upcoming enhancements that will further expand the possibilities of earning yield while trading on Helix.
About Helix
Helix is the premier decentralized crypto exchange. Helix provides access to unlimited crypto assets and perpetual markets with market leading rebates. Best-in-class security, near zero fees, lightning fast speeds, cross-chain capabilities and a fully on-chain orderbook on Helix provide the optimal gateway to bring crypto trading to the masses. Helix is built on Injective, the interoperable layer one blockchain for building powerful exchange, DeFi, derivatives & Web3 applications.