Live LINK market data, simulated capital, and the fees, spread and price impact a real order would pay — the honest way into Chainlink before a wallet is involved.
Chainlink is the dominant decentralised oracle network, supplying off-chain data — mostly prices — to smart contracts. LINK is used to pay and secure node operators reporting that data.
LINK trades as an infrastructure proxy for DeFi activity: flows follow integrations and on-chain usage more than retail narrative cycles, and it is liquid enough that execution is rarely the limiting factor.
A good asset to pair with a study of oracle mechanics — simulate a position while reading how the price your contract sees can differ from the price your exchange shows.
DexLadder does not fill at the mid price. An order is charged the spread, the venue fee and the price impact your own size causes — on pool trades that impact is computed from the constant-product and concentrated-liquidity maths rather than approximated by a flat percentage. That is the difference between a paper result you can trust and one that quietly flatters you. The full model is written up in the methodology.
Work out the position from your stop distance rather than your balance — the position size calculator does it in one step — and if you are using leverage, check the liquidation distance against the ordinary daily range of LINK before choosing a multiplier.
Yes. DexLadder needs no signup, no email and no wallet connection — the paper balance and trade history stay in your own browser.
Yes. Prices come from live market feeds; only the money is simulated.
Yes — venue fees, the spread and the price impact your order size causes. An environment that skips those overstates every strategy you test.
Trade LINK on live markets — free — no account, nothing to install