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⏱️ 06 min
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Pools vs Positions, Goals for Profit and Impermanent Loss

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

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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

🧠 Self-Check Quiz

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What is the key difference between a pool and a position?

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