SafeVault Academy

What Are DeFi, DEXs and Liquidity Pools?

DeFi is finance run by smart contracts, a DEX is a decentralized exchange, and liquidity pools power the trades. Learn how liquidity providers earn.

What Is Liquidity Providing and How Does It Work?

Liquidity Providing means depositing two tokens in a DEX pool to earn a share of trading fees. See how it works, where returns come from, and the risks.

Uniswap, Aerodrome, and other DEXs: how do liquidity pools work?

Uniswap and Aerodrome use different pool models. See how each DEX works and why the model changes how you measure a position's results.

Uniswap V3, Uniswap V4, and Aerodrome Slipstream: What's the Difference?

Uniswap V3, V4, and Aerodrome Slipstream all use concentrated liquidity but differ in architecture, fees, and rewards. Compare the three side by side.

Aerodrome Basic vs Slipstream: how does each model work?

Basic is Aerodrome's traditional pool with no price range; Slipstream is concentrated liquidity. See how efficiency, risk and AERO rewards compare.

Concentrated liquidity: how do ranges, ticks and positions work?

In concentrated liquidity, you choose the range where your capital works. Learn about ticks, narrow-range efficiency and what happens out of range.

How to choose a liquidity pool and a token pair?

Choosing a pool goes beyond the highest APR: weigh the token pair, fee tier, volume versus liquidity and risks, and learn to estimate a pool's fee APR.

Impermanent Loss: What It Is and How to Calculate It

Impermanent Loss is the gap between your liquidity position and simply holding the same tokens. See the formula, a worked example and the role of fees.

Fees vs Impermanent Loss: How Do You Know If an LP Is Profitable?

Fees aren't profit: an LP only wins when fees and rewards outweigh Impermanent Loss. See the full math, a worked example, and the metrics that matter.

How to calculate the ROI and performance of a liquidity pool

Pool ROI = (current value + fees − capital) ÷ capital. With deposits and withdrawals, weight by time. See formulas, examples and how to annualize.

How to track and compare liquidity pool positions

Comparing LPs by dollar value is misleading. Learn to track your positions with percentage return, annualized APR, time in range and pool vs hold.

How can you track your LP positions without spreadsheets?

LP spreadsheets go stale fast. See what to record, where they usually go wrong, and when it's worth switching to an automatic tracker.

The Liquidity Provider Pain Points the Performance Tracker Solves

Unclear profits, stale spreadsheets, AERO left out, out-of-range surprises: see how the SafeVault Performance Tracker solves common LP pain points.