dYDx Account Setup & Funding (V4)

There are several steps to getting your dYdX account set up & funded. The following guide will walk you through the process, including:

• Setting up a Metamask wallet
• Creating a separate account for FinRev in your Metamask wallet
• Connecting your Metamask wallet to dYdX
• Funding your Metamask wallet with USDC
• Funding your dYdX exchange account with USDC

If you are using dYdX for trading & NOT to connect to FinRev, you can skip steps 2, 4 & 6.

Pre-Setup Checklist

It is important that you understand & follow all instructions in the pre-setup checklist before starting to set up your Metamask wallet & dYdX connection. Please read the following checklist carefully, and complete any action steps necessary.

1. Various software and settings on your device (particularly antivirus software, privacy applications & browser based cryptocurrency wallets) can clash with the dYdX API keys, and it may require several trouble-shooting attempts to solve the issue and get you connected to FinRev. We will contact you if there are any errors in your connection within 24 hours.

   
   

2. If you are in the US or UK, you need to set up & activate a VPN with the location set to 'Sydney, Australia' before logging onto the dYdX website.

   
   

Once you have read & understood the above steps and activated a VPN (if required), you are ready to commence your Metamask setup.

1. Setting Up Your Metamask Wallet

Please click the link below to view our separate guide on setting up a Metamask wallet and complete all steps as listed.

How to set up a Metamask wallet

Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step: Setting up a separate account for FinRev in your Metamask wallet

2. Setting Up a Separate Account For FinRev In Your MetaMask Wallet

Please click the link below to view our separate guide on setting up a separate Metamask wallet address and complete all steps as listed. You only need to create 1 x additional wallet address per FInRev account you have.

Note: You MUST create a brand new Metamask account in order to connect FinRev.

How to set up a separate FinRev account in metamask

Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step: Funding your Metamask wallet

3. Connecting Your Metamask Wallet With dYdX

Please click the link below to view our seperate guide on connecting your Metamask wallet to dYdX and complete all steps as listed.

1. How to connect your Metamask wallet to DyDx

4. Connecting your dYdX account to FinRev via API

If you are using dYdX to connect to FinRev, please click the link below to view our seperate guide on connecting dYdX to FinRev via API.

If you are not connecting to FinRev, you can skip this step.

1. How to connect dYdX API to FinRev

5. Funding Your Metamask Wallet

Please click the link below to view our seperate guides on funding your Metamask wallet with Both Ethereum & USDC, and complete all steps as listed.

You will need to transfer your desired trading balance in USDC, along with $200 or more of Ethereum (ETH) to pay for fees.

Please note: To fund & trade FinRev on dYdX, it is best to use USDC to fund your account.

1. How to transfer USDC to a Metamask wallet
2. How to transfer ETH to a Metamask wallet

Once all of these steps have been completed, please return to this guide (leave this article open) to work through the next step: Connecting your Metamask wallet with dYdX & funding your dYdX account

6. Funding Your dYdX Account

Please click the link below to view our seperate guides on funding your dYdX account, and complete all steps as listed.

1. How to fund your dYdX account

If you are unsure whether your connection between FinRev & dYdX has been successful, please view our troubleshooting guide here.

If you are experiencing difficulties with the steps outlined above, you can contact us at: [email protected]