Impermanent loss is a phenomenon that occurs to LPs on AMMs when the spot price of the assets they have added to a liquidity pool changes . Since liquidity providers pair two assets together to form a position, the ratio of coins in the position changes when asset spot prices change.
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Impermanent loss If the value of one token in a pair changes, the ratio of tokens in the pool will be altered. This can result in users withdrawing from the pool with more of one token than the other. This could ultimately result in a loss depending on how the market moves.
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The threat of Impermanent Loss comes when there is a sizeable change in the price of one or both assets staked by the farmers into a liquidity pool . When it happens, oftentimes the loss outweighs the reward they receive from fees. When you stake CAKE as an individual asset in any of the eligible pools on pancakeswap.
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Liquidity pool impermanent loss happens when the price of a token increases or decreases after you deposit them in a liquidity pool . This change is considered a loss when the dollar value of your token at the time of your withdrawal becomes less than its amount at the time of deposit.
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The price change is called an impermanent loss because prices can always go back to the initial exchange price in the future. The impermanent loss is cancelled if your asset is priced the same as the initial deposit price. The loss only becomes permanent if you withdraw your funds from the liquidity pool .
Read moreHow do you calculate impermanent loss?
If Investor A had left the initial 1 ETH and 100 DAI in a crypto wallet, the value of their assets at the new market price would be $300. The impermanent loss in this example can be calculated by subtracting $282.82 from $300 . The impermanent loss is $17.17.
Read moreHow is Uniswap impermanent loss calculated?
In constant product AMMs like Uniswap v2 and SushiSwap, impermanent loss is computed by comparing the relative change in portfolio value V compared to a “holding” portfolio V_H in response to a small change P’→α P in the price of the underlying . where the range factor r = √(tH/tL).
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