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GMTrade co-founder William laid out the protocol's roadmap on the Wu Blockchain podcast, framing the project as an onchain Robinhood built on Solana. The platform now runs nearly 90 perpetuals markets spanning crypto, forex, commodities, and indices, with a real-world-asset pipeline behind it.
The product is a GMX-style pooled-liquidity design: LPs sit on one side of every trade, and yield is sourced from trading fees, borrowing fees, and liquidation fees. Chainlink oracles handle pricing, and open interest — not raw volume — is the metric the team watches.
Why it matters
The interesting structural story is the spinout from GMX's Solana branch into an independent protocol, and the bet that retail-facing perpetuals on Solana can out-compete both CEX perpetuals and slower EVM alternatives on latency and fees. Nearly 90 markets is a wide product surface for a pooled-book DEX — the LP-side risk model has to scale with that menu.
Market impact
If GMTrade's RWA pipeline lands, it becomes one of the first perpetuals venues where traders can hedge a Solana-native perp against a tokenised Treasury or commodity exposure in the same interface. The competitive read is against Drift, Jupiter Perps, and the GMX v2 forks on Arbitrum — the venues that already ship pooled-book perps to retail.
Source: [GMTrade: Building an On-Chain Robinhood on Solana](https://www.wublockchain.xyz/articles/gmtrade-on-chain-robinhood-solana-1826)
Frequently asked questions
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What is GMTrade?
GMTrade is a Solana-based decentralised perpetuals protocol that spun out of GMX's Solana branch. It runs a GMX-style pooled-liquidity model where LPs take the other side of every trade.
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How many markets does GMTrade offer?
GMTrade co-founder William said the protocol currently runs nearly 90 perpetuals markets, spanning crypto, forex, commodities, and indices, with a real-world-asset pipeline planned.
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Where does LP yield come from on GMTrade?
According to the founder, LP yield on GMTrade is sourced from three fee streams: trading fees, borrowing fees, and liquidation fees. The team focuses on open interest rather than raw volume.
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How does GMTrade handle pricing?
GMTrade uses Chainlink oracles for pricing across its perpetuals markets, which is the standard approach for pooled-book DEXs that need reliable external price feeds.
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Who are GMTrade's main competitors?
GMTrade competes in the retail-facing perpetuals segment on Solana, where Drift, Jupiter Perps, and the GMX v2 forks on Arbitrum are the closest comparable venues shipping pooled-book perps to retail traders.
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