Balances explained

Prow shows the same money in a few different ways. Each number answers a different question. This page explains every balance on Portfolio and where the others live: Trade's account card and the Withdraw window.

The short version

They are not meant to add up. Available to trade and Margin used are both parts of your perps balance. Withdrawable is a separate limit set by the venue.

The total

The big number at the top of Portfolio is everything you hold on Prow, in USD: your Trading and Predictions accounts together. The chip next to it shows today's change. The eye next to the total hides every amount (tap it again to show them).

The two cards under the total split it:

• Trading: everything on your trading venues (Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter), with today's change and how many positions you hold.
• Predictions: your prediction accounts, cash plus bets. See Prediction markets.

Tap a card to switch everything below it to that account. Hyperliquid's prediction shares are counted once, on the Predictions side, so the two cards add up to the total.

The Trading balance of each venue adds two parts:

• Perps: your perps account value. It includes unrealized profit and loss on open positions.
• Spot: the tokens in your spot balance, valued at their current price.

What Prow can't value is left out of the totals, for example a token with no price, or an Aster or Lighter account this device can't read (By venue then says Not read here for that venue).

Tokens with no price

Some spot tokens have no USD price on the venue. Prow lists them with No price in the Value column of Assets. They are not counted in any total.

By venue

The By venue card on Portfolio lists every trading venue:

• The bar on top shows each venue's share of your trading money.
• Each connected venue shows its balance (perps plus spot) and a Margin bar: the share of its balance your open positions use.
• Tap a venue to show only its positions in the card below. Tap it again to show all.
• Total adds the venues up.
• A venue you haven't connected says Not connected, with Connect under the list. Withdraw opens the Withdraw window.

With two accounts on one venue, By venue adds them together. A venue whose balance this device can't read says Not read here: Aster and Lighter balances need the trading key on this device.

Available to trade

Available to trade is the margin a new perps order can use right now. Trade shows it on the venue's account card next to the ticket, and the ticket's Max position comes from it. The ticket's venue list shows it for each venue, for example $905.10 available.

• Hyperliquid: your perps account value minus Margin used.
• Aster: Aster's own available balance for your account.

Available never shows more than the balance it comes from.

Why balance is higher than Available to trade

This is normal. Three things make the gap:

1. Open positions lock margin. Every open position holds part of your balance as margin. That part shows in Margin used and is not available for new orders.
2. Open orders on Aster hold margin too. A resting limit order on Aster reserves margin before it fills.
3. Non-stable collateral counts at a discount on Aster. With Multi-Assets mode off, it does not count at all. See Aster multi-asset collateral below.

Spot tokens also add to your balance but never to Available to trade.

Margin used

Margin used is the margin your open positions lock. On Aster it also includes margin held for open orders. Trade's account card shows it as a share of your equity, for example "41% of $31,420.18", with a bar that turns amber as it grows. By venue on Portfolio shows the same share per venue.

A high share means less room for new trades and a closer liquidation price. Add funds or reduce a position to bring it down. Above 75%, Portfolio's Needs attention says so.

Withdrawable

Withdrawable is what can leave the venue right now. The venue works it out, not Prow. It keeps enough behind to back your open positions, so it is often lower than Available to trade. The Withdraw window shows it above the amount.

• Hyperliquid: the amount Hyperliquid reports as withdrawable from perps. A unified account uses its free USDC instead.
• Aster: the USDT amount Aster lets you withdraw. Other collateral, like BNB, is withdrawn on asterdex.com, which shows its own limit.

To free more, close or reduce positions, or cancel open orders. See Withdraw.

Each account on its own

Every connected account has a card in Settings > Venues with its balance. Tap Details for its balance, positions and orders. Other notes you may see on the card:

• Make a first deposit on Aster to start trading: Aster has no deposit from this wallet. For an Aster account of the Prow wallet, when the Prow wallet is your only wallet, the card says A Prow wallet can't fund Aster. instead, with a Deposit button that shows where to start. See Choose a wallet.
• Not on this device: Prow reads Aster balances with the trading key on this device. Tap Turn on trading to add it.

Assets

When you hold spot tokens, Portfolio adds an Assets card under the positions. It has two tabs.

Spot lists every spot token on every venue.

• Amount: how many tokens you hold.
• In orders: the part locked in open spot orders.
• Value: the USD value, or No price.
• Tokens worth under $1 hide under Show small balances.
• On a computer, Transfer opens the transfer for a standard Hyperliquid account.

Perps collateral lists what backs your perps margin on each account.

• Amount: the collateral in its own units, including unrealized PnL.
• Value: its USD value at the venue's price.
• Share of margin: how much of that account's perps balance it makes up.

Hyperliquid unified accounts

Hyperliquid has two account modes.

• Standard: two balances, perps and spot. You move USDC between them.
• Unified (also portfolio margin): one USDC balance pays for perps and spot. There is nothing to move.

Prow reads the mode from Hyperliquid. For a unified account:

• The whole balance counts as perps.
• Available to trade is the unified total minus Margin used.
• Withdrawable is the USDC that is free right now.
• In Perps collateral the stablecoins show with Unified.
• There is no Transfer button: there is nothing to move.

Its stablecoins are not listed again under Spot, so nothing is counted twice.

Aster multi-asset collateral

Aster lets you use more than stablecoins as perps collateral. Tokens like BNB, ETH or BTC back your margin only when Multi-Assets mode is on. It is an account-wide Aster setting, and it is off by default. Prow does not change it for you.

Prow handles this as follows:

• The balance counts every collateral asset at Aster's index price (no haircut). 0.5 BNB at $598.40 adds $299.20.
• Available to trade is Aster's own number. With Multi-Assets mode on, Aster counts non-stable collateral at a discount (a haircut), so Available is lower than the balance even with no open position. With the mode off, Aster ignores BNB here, so Available can be close to $0.
• Withdrawable is the USDT Aster lets you take out. BNB is withdrawn on asterdex.com.

The Perps collateral tab of Assets shows the collateral by asset, for example 0.5 BNB ($299.20) next to 50 USDT ($50.00).

Deposited BNB but Available is 0

You deposited BNB (or ETH, BTC) to Aster. Your balance shows it, but Available to trade is about $0 and orders are rejected for margin. This means Multi-Assets mode is off on your Aster account. In single-asset mode, Aster only counts USDT as margin.

Fix it in one of two ways:

1. Turn on Multi-Assets mode

   Open asterdex.com with the same wallet. In the futures settings, switch the asset mode to Multi-Assets. Come back to Prow. Available updates on the next refresh.

2. Or swap the BNB to USDT

   Swap the BNB to USDT on Aster, in your Futures account. USDT counts as margin in both modes.

Still stuck? See Troubleshooting.

Why Prow and asterdex.com can show different numbers

Both read the same account. The numbers can still differ:

• Spot is included. Prow's balance adds your Aster spot wallet. Aster shows futures and spot apart.
• Index price vs discount. Prow values BNB at Aster's index price (no haircut) in the balance. A screen on Aster may show the value after the haircut.
• Stablecoin-only totals. Some Aster totals count only USDT. Prow adds every collateral asset.
• Timing. Prices move. Each app refreshes on its own schedule.

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