Crypto Index Strategies

Each index is a deployable Keel strategy on Hyperliquid — pick a curated narrative or build your own from any HL perp universe. Every index ships with a backtest, methodology, and one-click deployment.

By Keel Research Team · Updated May 12, 2026
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Long AI / Short L2
Long: VVV · RENDER · IO · TAO | Short: ARB · OP · POL · STRK

L/S sector rotation — long the active narrative, short the prior cycle. Dollar-balanced, only -8% max DD.

+61% YTD · Sharpe 4.47 · L/S
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AI Compute Index
VVV · RENDER · IO · TAO

Decentralized GPU + inference tokens. Picks-and-shovels exposure to AI demand growth without picking individual winners.

+69% YTD · Sharpe 2.10
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DePIN Index
VVV · RENDER · IO · GRASS · FIL · AR

Decentralized physical infrastructure — compute, storage, data. Broader DePIN exposure than AI Compute, with the same VVV anchor.

+11% YTD · Sharpe 0.79
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Hyperliquid Ecosystem
HYPE · PURR · HYPER · MOVE

The HL-native basket — HYPE plus PURR, HYPER, and MOVE. Equal-weighted, captures the broader ecosystem rather than HYPE alone.

+0.8% YTD · Sharpe 0.44
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Privacy Coins
XMR · ZEC · ZEN · DASH

Counter-narrative basket. Currently in drawdown after the Jan 2026 XMR ATH; historically strong on regulatory cycles.

−20% YTD · in drawdown
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DeFi Yield
ENA · ONDO · PENDLE · MORPHO · ETHFI · SYRUP

New-generation DeFi — yield, restaking, RWAs. Currently soft YTD; useful as the short leg of an AI-vs-DeFi rotation.

−28% YTD · short-leg candidate
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Top 10 Equal Weight
BTC · ETH · SOL · BNB · XRP · ADA · AVAX · DOT · LINK · TRX

The passive large-cap baseline — on-chain BITW equivalent. Useful as the benchmark for whether narrative baskets are actually outperforming.

−29% YTD · diversification baseline
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Long Privacy / Short DeFi
Long: XMR · ZEC · ZEN · DASH | Short: ENA · ONDO · SYRUP · ETHFI

L/S regulatory-spread trade — long privacy coins, short new-gen DeFi yield. Both legs in YTD drawdown; basket extracts the spread.

+22% YTD · Sharpe 1.96 · L/S

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What you can do
  • Backtest any strategy with realistic fees, slippage, and funding.
  • Optimize parameter grids by Sharpe, drawdown, hit rate.
  • Deploy live to HL with stops + position limits + funding-aware execution.
  • Iterate with AI — describe a thesis, get a tradeable pipeline.