Key takeaways
- Skew starts with your market idea and helps you express it as a trade. Outcomes are the first instrument; the longer-term vision is to support more instruments.
- A fully paid Skew purchase has an upfront cost and a fixed ordinary winning payout, with no ongoing margin for that position. The purchase cost can be lost in full; fees and settlement rules apply.
- Above/below chains are available on mainnet where listed. Inside/outside range trades are planned and are not currently listed.
- Skew is operated by Skew Technologies, Inc. David Gil is its founder and CEO. Hyperliquid supplies the underlying outcome-market infrastructure.
Close the gap between an idea and a trade
“People don't trade assets or instruments, they have ideas and try to figure out how to express them.” — David Gil, founder and CEO of Skew
A market view often starts in plain language: “Bitcoin will finish above this level on Friday,” or “Gold will be below this price at expiry.” Turning that idea into a trade means choosing an instrument, a timeframe and a payoff. Those choices can change the result even when the market moves in the direction you expected.
Skew's goal is to close that gap. We are starting with outcomes: an asset, a price condition, an expiry and the side you want to buy, with a clear purchase cost and potential payout. Our longer-term vision is to help traders express ideas across more instruments. That is the direction we are building toward; the current product is the outcome trading application described below.
Who Skew can help
Skew can fit traders who think in specific price levels and dates, including people comparing a fully paid outcome purchase with a perpetual or a conventional option. A bullish or bearish view is the starting point; the important question is what you want the trade to pay if that view is right.
A fixed outcome can suit a view about finishing on one side of a level. If you want ownership of the asset, a payout that keeps growing with the size of a move, or exposure without a scheduled expiry, another instrument may fit better. Skew's guides help explain those choices.
What you can trade with Skew
Skew offers above/below binary options chains with multiple strikes and expiries. The product scope spans crypto, stocks, indices and other real-world asset price markets. You buy shares in a price outcome, not the referenced asset itself.
Above/below trades are available on mainnet where listed. Inside/outside range trades are planned and are not currently listed. A breakout view can be expressed through a matching above/below condition at expiry; an earlier touch alone does not determine the result. The app shows which contracts are actually listed, and the Availability page keeps the current asset inventory in one place.
Why choose an outcome contract?
- Express a condition directly. Choose a listed level and expiry, then the side that matches your view. The contract's price source, calculation window and boundary rules determine the result.
- Know the purchase cost upfront. A fully paid share purchase does not require ongoing margin for that position. This describes the purchased shares, not borrowing used to fund them or other positions in an account. Fully paid long options can share this benefit.
- Know the ordinary winning payout. A winning share ordinarily pays $1 whether the computed settlement price is just inside the winning condition or far beyond it. Profit is the payout minus the purchase cost and applicable costs.
The fixed payout also caps the upside. A losing share ordinarily pays $0, so the entire purchase cost can be lost. Special settlement rules can change the payout, and an early sale depends on an available price and liquidity. The worked examples explain both winning and losing outcomes.
How Skew and Hyperliquid fit together
Hyperliquid provides the outcome-token and trading infrastructure through HIP-4. Skew deploys markets and provides the application for choosing an asset, strike, expiry and side. Each market's contract rules specify how its outcome is determined; sharing the same infrastructure does not make every market's rules identical.
Skew earns deployer fees from the markets it deploys. The fee guide explains when outcome fees apply, how Skew's configured rates are split with Hyperliquid, and the current treatment of any additional frontend builder fee.
Company and contact
Skew is operated by Skew Technologies, Inc.
Mailing address: 390 NE 191st St STE 17337, Miami, FL 33179, United States.
David Gil, Founder and CEO
David Gil is the founder and CEO of Skew. He has years of experience in trading, markets and building trading products.
David is also the designated product reviewer for Skew's educational guides. A reviewer credit and date appear on a guide after its review is complete. Skew publishes this material about its own product, so that review is a product accuracy check rather than an independent endorsement.
How to read our guides
Skew publishes these guides about its own product. We distinguish current features from planned features, label hypothetical examples, and link to the rules used in each explanation. Comparisons describe differences in mechanics rather than promising better trading results.
The guides are educational product explanations, not personalized investment advice. They do not replace the terms of service or the rules of a particular contract. If a general explanation and the contract terms differ, use the contract's terms when assessing the trade.
Market availability, fees and access requirements can change. The linked product pages and market documentation hold those details. To flag an error or ask a product question, contact the team using the email above.
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Sources & method
Company details, founder biography, product stage and capabilities reflect information supplied by Skew's product team. David Gil supplied the founder thesis and longer-term vision on October 30, 2026. The linked guides explain the supporting mechanics, fees and contract rules. This is Skew's own company and product overview, not an independent review or a record of customer trading performance.
Examples explain mechanics, not expected returns. Trading can result in loss. Read the trading risks.
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