Every time a trade is executed on Uniswap, liquidity providers (LPs) earn fees proportional to the amount of liquidity they have supplied. This fee is usually set at 0.3% but can be as low as 0.05% for stable assets, and as high as 1% for more exotic pairs .
Read moreWhat is Uniswap v3?
UniSwap is a protocol that allows traders to swap Ethereum ERC20 tokens without using an order book . The swap rate is based on the demand for both tokens and the balances of the swapping pair. Traditional markets heavily rely on liquidity for their success.
Read moreIs impermanent loss permanent?
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).
Read moreWhat is impermanent loss?
Impermanent loss (IL) is the risk that liquidity providers take in exchange for fees they earn in liquidity pools . If IL exceeds fees earned by a user when they withdraw, it means the user has suffered negative returns compared with simply holding their tokens outside the pool.
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