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Defi - Impermanent Loss - Why Liquidity Changes What You End Up With

Course info

Impermanent loss isn’t a mistake. It isn’t a penalty. And it isn’t something that only happens when you “do it wrong.” It’s a structural result of how liquidity pools work when markets move.

This course walks you through impermanent loss step by step - not as a formula, but as a system behavior. You’ll see what happens inside a pool when prices change, why your token balance shifts, and how that differs from simply holding assets outside the pool.

By the end, impermanent loss stops feeling mysterious or unfair. It becomes a known trade-off - one you can evaluate calmly.

Skip this course, and liquidity feels unpredictable.
Take it, and liquidity becomes a choice you understand.

What You’ll Learn (to understand the trade-off):

  • What you’re actually entering when you provide liquidity
  • The rule that reshapes your position automatically
  • How divergence creates misalignment over time
  • When impermanent loss is small - and when it grows quickly
  • Why people still choose to provide liquidity, despite the cost

What you gain isn’t avoidance - it’s agency. You understand what you’re trading off, before you trade.

Table of contents

What Liquidity Does to Your Tokens
Article
Why Liquidity Feels Safe - Until the Numbers Drift
9min
What You’re Really Entering When You Provide Liquidity
10min
Article
The Rule That Starts Trading for You - Automatically
8min
Article
What Happens When the Market Moves Without You
9min
Article
Why Your Results Drift From What You Expected
11min
What Changes When Markets Move
Article
Holding Tokens vs Providing Liquidity - Side by Side
10min
Article
When Impermanent Loss Is Small - and When It Hurts
8min
Article
Why People Choose Liquidity - Even Knowing the Cost
10min