James Wynn: trade history, replayed
Hyperliquid −$37.4M on a single BTC long
James Wynn was one of the most-watched high-leverage traders on Hyperliquid in 2025, known for opening billion-dollar BTC positions in public view. Every add, trim and close is marked on the chart.
The record at a glance
- Trades
- 169
- Period
- 2025-03-13 → 2026-11-06
- Win rate
- 29.6%
- Net P&L
- −$15.6M
- Biggest win
- +$25.2M
- Biggest loss
- −$37.4M
- Without the 5 best trades
- −$70.7M
- Long / short
- 94 long · 75 short
- Median holding time
- 14.8 h
- Most traded
- BTC (73) · kPEPE (32) · ETH (17) · HYPE (10) · xyz:SP500 (6)
⚠ Funding payments are not included in any trade.
Trading style, from the data
Computed from all of the trades. These describe what the record shows; the record contains no information about the trader's intentions, so anything about motives is inference, not the trader's own rule.
What stands out
- Low win rate, large winners. Only 29.6% of trades are profitable, but the average win is 1.9× the average loss, so a minority of trades carries the result.
- Losers are closed faster than winners (median 11.4 h vs 26.3 h). In the data this looks like leaving losing positions early and holding winners longer.
- Gains are concentrated: the best 10 trades account for 97% of all profit from winning trades.
- Long trades netted −$678K; short trades −$14.9M.
- The strongest holding-time range is over 7 days (+$51.3M).
- The weakest is 1 to 7 days (−$42.1M).
- BTC is the most traded market (43% of trades), netting −$39.6M.
- Average win
- +$1.18M
- Average loss
- −$629K
- Average win ÷ average loss
- 1.88
- Median hold, winners
- 26.3 h
- Median hold, losers
- 11.4 h
- Best 10 trades' share of all gains
- 97%
- Median fills per position
- 127
By holding time
| Trades | Win rate | Net P&L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 hour | 32 | 13% | −$166K |
| 1 hour to 1 day | 75 | 27% | −$24.6M |
| 1 to 7 days | 47 | 36% | −$42.1M |
| Over 7 days | 14 | 57% | +$51.3M |
1 more positions were already open when the record starts, so their holding time is unknown; they are not in this table (net +$76).
Long vs short
| Trades | Win rate | Net P&L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long | 94 | 23% | −$678K |
| Short | 75 | 37% | −$14.9M |
By quarter
| Trades | Win rate | Net P&L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 23 | 35% | +$25.4M |
| 2025 Q2 | 36 | 25% | −$39.6M |
| 2025 Q3 | 47 | 34% | −$1.20M |
| 2025 Q4 | 23 | 26% | −$89.8K |
| 2026 Q1 | 10 | 20% | −$93.8K |
| 2026 Q2 | 20 | 35% | −$64.2K |
| 2026 Q3 | 4 | 0.0% | −$5.7K |
| 2026 Q4 | 6 | 33% | −$2.4K |
Most traded markets
| Trades | Win rate | Net P&L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 73 | 30% | −$39.6M |
| kPEPE | 32 | 31% | +$22.9M |
| ETH | 17 | 35% | −$4.52M |
| HYPE | 10 | 10% | −$320K |
| xyz:SP500 | 6 | 0.0% | −$87.7K |
| XRP | 4 | 0.0% | −$3.46M |
Notable trades
Biggest wins
| Opened | Market | Side | Net P&L | Held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-24 | kPEPE | Long | +$25.2M | 60.6 d | Replay #21 Free |
| 2025-05-06 | BTC | Long | +$16.9M | 18.4 d | Replay #37 Free |
| 2025-04-05 | TRUMP | Long | +$6.83M | 37.6 d | Replay #24 Free |
| 2025-04-11 | FARTCOIN | Long | +$4.84M | 31.4 d | Replay #25 Pro |
| 2025-05-05 | BTC | Short | +$1.32M | 32.2 h | Replay #36 Pro |
Biggest losses
| Opened | Market | Side | Net P&L | Held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-26 | BTC | Long | −$37.4M | 4.1 d | Replay #47 Free |
| 2025-05-25 | BTC | Short | −$15.9M | 15.4 h | Replay #45 Free |
| 2025-05-23 | ETH | Long | −$3.70M | 22.8 h | Replay #44 Free |
| 2025-05-10 | XRP | Long | −$3.39M | 8.9 d | Replay #39 Pro |
| 2025-06-02 | BTC | Long | −$2.82M | 3.4 d | Replay #52 Pro |
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About the data
Rebuilt fill by fill into positions and checked so that each position’s fills chain together without gaps. The name comes from public attribution.
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