Liquidity Pool Guides

These guides go deeper into the specific mechanics behind liquidity pools than the homepage overview can — how an AMM actually calculates a price, why impermanent loss happens and when it becomes real, and what an LP token does once you’re holding one. Start with whichever question is most relevant to the decision you’re trying to make.

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Guides

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How Automated Market Makers Price Trades

The constant-product formula, walked through step by step, and why bigger trades move the price more.

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Impermanent Loss, Explained

Why providing liquidity isn’t free yield, with a worked example of how the loss actually happens.

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What Are LP Tokens and Yield Farming

What an LP token represents, and the extra layer of risk yield farming adds on top.

All three guides link back to the liquidity pool overview on the homepage, the best starting point if you’re new to the topic.