Four ways to win the next Solana perps trader
01Get named in AI answers
Asking an AI which venue to use is becoming a new trader’s first step. I asked Claude what that trader would ask, and a live rewards program with a $1,000,000 prize pool didn’t come up in an answer about live rewards.
Named in the answer
- Variational
- Extended
- Pacifica
- Paradex
- Hyperliquid
- Lighter
- Aster
- edgeX
Not named
- Phoenix
- Frontier Traders
This is Frontier's exact pitch, and Season 1 was live with a $1,000,000 prize pool when it was asked. Pacifica, another Solana venue, was named instead.
0 of 13cited pages I could read mention Phoenix or Frontier.
AI answers repeat the pages they retrieve, so a brand missing from those pages is missing from the answer. This is the gap to close first, and it’s a BD job as much as an engineering one.
| Page Claude cited | Hyperliquid | Phoenix | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|
| KuCoin: 10 best futures exchanges | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Datawallet: best derivatives platforms | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| DefiLlama: Hyperliquid vs the field | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| BeInCrypto via Index.vn | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Crypto Briefing: MAS alert | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| The Kopi Notes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seven more questions traders ask
Phoenix came up in 3 of 7 and Frontier in 2. The only clean win is the question already phrased like Frontier’s own pitch. One search run per prompt, 6 Nov 2026, with neither brand in the prompt.
| Prompt | Phoenix | Frontier | Named instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best alternatives to Hyperliquid on Solana | No | No | Jupiter, Drift, Velocity, Adrena, BULK |
| How to earn funding rates with a delta-neutral strategy from a Solana wallet | No | No | Drift, Flash Trade, Bulk, Aster |
| Best on-chain order book perps exchange to trade tokenized stocks 24/7 | No | No | Hyperliquid, Trade.xyz, Ondo |
| Best perp DEX for delta-neutral funding farming on SolanaPhoenix described as in beta with no market data | Yes | No | Drift, Jupiter |
| Which Solana perp exchange has the lowest fees for retail tradersPhoenix fees quoted correctly, but not the answer | Yes | No | Raydium, Hyperliquid |
| Is there a VIP rebate program for trading firms across all Solana DEXsCited solana.com rather than Frontier's site | Yes | Yes | None |
| On-chain trading competitions with cash prizes on Solana in 2026Named as “Joinfrontier”, not Frontier Traders | No | Yes | Deriverse, Sai Perps |
What a crawler sees today
This check reads each homepage as a crawler would. Hyperliquid fails most of it and still leads the answers, so technical cleanup is necessary but won’t be enough. Phoenix already passes, and its gap is citations. Frontier needs both.
Checked on load| Signal | Frontier Traders | Phoenix | Hyperliquid | Lighter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page title says what it does | ||||
| llms.txt | ||||
| XML sitemap | ||||
| Structured data | ||||
| Words readable without JavaScript |
Facts machines can’t reconcile
When sources disagree, a model hedges or leaves you out. These all need one canonical answer.
- The homepage has two “Learn more” links to /vip
- /vip returns HTTP 404 when logged out
Fix: Restore the page. It is the one URL that should settle every VIP question.
Ready-to-ship drafts
A starting point for Frontier’s site. Check them against the final terms before publishing.
frontiertraders.com/llms.txt
# Frontier Traders > Frontier Traders is a rewards, VIP and community program for onchain > traders on Solana. Trading activity is rewarded across Solana venues > rather than on one exchange. ## Current season - [Season One](https://www.frontiertraders.com/seasons): Sept 21 to Nov 7, 2026. $1,000,000 prize pool. Perpetuals traded on Phoenix or Solflare count toward season leaderboards and crate milestones. ## Programs - [Campaigns](https://www.frontiertraders.com/campaigns): Time-limited trading rewards on crypto, equity and commodity perps. - [VIP program](https://www.frontiertraders.com/vip): Tiered rebates for firms and high-volume traders, based on activity across Solana venues. - [Partners](https://www.frontiertraders.com/partners): Participating venues and sponsors. ## Terms - [Season 1 terms](https://www.frontiertraders.com/seasons/s1/terms)
What BD would lead
Datawallet was cited in both answers. Start there, then KuCoin and DefiLlama. Pitch each with a data point they can quote, like the live cost table below.
Work through the conflicts above. Each correction needs one canonical URL to point to, which engineering supplies.
What engineering would ship
llms.txt, sitemap, schema, and a dated facts page with live volume and prize data. About a week of work.
Run a fixed prompt set across Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, and log who gets named and cited. BD gets a dashboard, not a hunch.
02Make holding pay
A delta-neutral position needs a spot token, a short perp, a swap route and a staking option. Solflare already has all four behind one signature. Two new screens would turn that into a one-tap yield product, using the live rates shown here.
New: find a strategy
Lists only pairs with liquid spot on Solana, ranked by what you’d earn on your capital, not the headline funding rate. Tap one to build it.
New: track a running strategy
Both legs read as one position, with its APR, daily earnings and the risks that matter. Prices and rates are live; the position size is a demo.
Perps
03Let everyone play
Season 1 rewards people who trade: its crates start at $10K in volume, and its leaderboards pay on PnL and volume. A fantasy league opens the campaign to everyone else. Each week, players pick 3 of 20 league traders and score on how those traders rank, so following great traders becomes the game.
You’re on 47 points.Ranked #1,204 of 8,412 this week.
Each trader scores 21 minus their weekly PnL rank. Small number is rank, large is points. Updated 5 min ago.
Choose your 3 for Week 4
Picks lock when Week 4 starts.
140 season points
Three weeks played, three to go.
Starter crate from Week 1
Why it’s worth testing, and what it would take
- It gives traders a following
- Season 1 already has a storyline, a London final and a wildcard vote. This turns that audience into something people do every week, with relegation as the drama.
- It gives BD something new each week
- Weekly picks, upsets and a public table give partners and creators fresh content, and give press and AI answers specific facts to cite.
- The real test is conversion
- The bet is that players go on to trade on Phoenix or Solflare. I’d run one season and measure that before growing the prize pool.
- Engineering has to protect scoring
- League traders could inflate PnL with linked wallets, and players could farm crates with many accounts. It needs onchain PnL checks, wallet clustering and locked picks.
- Budget and legal come first
- The sample prize table could pay up to $692,000 if every crate hit its maximum, so crate odds set the real cost. Randomised prizes need legal review in each market.
04Show the real cost
Headline fees don’t tell a trader what they’ll pay. This walks each venue’s book for the full order, adds the fee, and shows the margin needed. Every figure updates from the exchanges’ public APIs.
Hyperliquid fee assumes the base tier, before staking or referral discounts. Lighter fee is for a Standard account. Depth beyond Hyperliquid’s top 20 levels uses its $10-grouped book, so very large orders are approximate.