Deposit USDC to your Hyperliquid account

The canonical deposit path is Arbitrum → Hyperliquid via the official bridge at https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/deposit (or the bridge UI inside the HL web app). Connect MetaMask, select USDC on Arbitrum as the source, enter the amount, sign the transfer.

Settlement is typically a few minutes. Once it lands you'll see the USDC balance under your Hyperliquid account; the bot reads this balance every minute and sizes new entries from it.

Most CEXes (Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, Bybit) let you withdraw USDC directly on Arbitrum to a 0x... address. Pick "Arbitrum One" as the network, paste your MetaMask address. Withdrawal fees vary (Coinbase is free above a small threshold, others typically $1–3).

If you only have USDC on Ethereum mainnet, bridge it to Arbitrum first via the official Arbitrum bridge (https://bridge.arbitrum.io). Or use a third-party DEX aggregator that supports cross-chain swaps.

There is no protocol-level minimum, but per-trade min size on HL perp is typically $10 notional. Botely sizes each entry as `min(your equity, plan cap) × sizing fraction` — with default 37.5% sizing, an equity below ~$30 won't let the bot place trades that satisfy the min-order rule.

Practical floor: ~$50 equity to let the bot operate, ~$500+ to follow the strategies meaningfully. The plan cap is a ceiling, not a target.