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⏱️ 18 min
Beginner Level Progress83%

Pools vs Positions, Goals for Profit and Impermanent Loss

Understand impermanent loss, goals for profit and the difference between pools and positions

What You'll Learn

The difference between a pool and a position, goals for profit in the DLMM, and what is divergent/impermanent loss and methods to overcome it

  • Understand pool vs position difference
  • Learn profit goals in DLMM
  • Understand impermanent loss
  • Learn methods to overcome IL

Key Insights

  • Pools and bins contain everyone's liquidity and cannot be destroyed
  • A position is your deposit into the pool
  • Can have as many positions in a pool as you like

Warning

  • Creating pools and bin arrays cost money (rent) to create and cannot be refunded
  • Position rent is refunded upon closing of the position
  • Impermanent/Divergent Loss is guaranteed, you must overcome losses with fees