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Impermanent Loss Calculator

Calculate impermanent loss for liquidity providers

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How to Use

Calculate impermanent loss for liquidity providing

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Enter initial prices

Input token prices when you provided liquidity

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Enter current prices

Input current token prices

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Enter deposit amount

Input your initial liquidity deposit value

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View IL results

See impermanent loss percentage and value

Impermanent Loss Formula

IL = 2 × √(price_ratio) / (1 + price_ratio) - 1

Where price_ratio = new_price / original_price. The result is the percentage loss compared to holding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Impermanent loss occurs when providing liquidity to an AMM pool. If token prices change from when you deposited, you end up with less value than simply holding. Its called "impermanent" because it reverses if prices return to original ratio.

At 25% price change: 0.6% IL. At 50%: 2.0% IL. At 100% (2x): 5.7% IL. At 200% (3x): 13.4% IL. At 400% (5x): 25.5% IL. IL accelerates with larger price divergences. Pools with correlated assets have less IL.

Yes, LPs earn trading fees that can offset IL. High-volume pools with volatile assets often generate enough fees to be profitable despite IL. Compare expected fees (APR) against expected IL based on price volatility.

Stablecoin pairs (USDC/USDT) have minimal IL since prices barely move. Correlated pairs (ETH/stETH, BTC/WBTC) also have low IL. Concentrated liquidity positions have higher IL risk but can earn more fees if price stays in range.

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