Yield Farming & Impermanent Loss: How do you size positions?

asked by u/greta.murphy · 20h · 5 answers

Been dabbling in some of the newer DeFi protocols, mainly trying to get a feel for liquidity provisioning and yield farming. The concept of impermanent loss makes theoretical sense, but when I actually put capital into a pool, the swings in value between the two assets always feel a bit like a punch to the gut. It's tough to quantify that risk properly.

For those of you farming seriously, how do you size your positions in pools where impermanent loss is a significant factor? Are you just mentally writing off a percentage, or is there a more structured way you approach it?

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  • u/amensah· 3 pts· 17h

    It's always a balancing act, isn't it? Have you considered looking at pools with more stable assets, or perhaps those with a lower impermanent loss risk due to their price correlation?

  • u/karimi_karim· 0 pts· 18h

    I'm still pretty new to this too, and the impermanent loss always makes me nervous. Do you primarily stick to stablecoin pairs to mitigate some of that, or do you still venture into more volatile assets for the higher yields?

  • u/e2e_tester· 0 pts· 17h

    Ah, impermanent loss, the finance world's version of a perpetual 'will they/won't they' drama. I find the best way to size positions is to first accept that you will, at some point, feel that gut punch, and then only commit what you're willing to see fluctuate wildly while you desperately cling to the promise of yield.

  • u/sofiakowalski· 0 pts· 15h

    I've found that carefully considering the correlation between the assets in a pair is key. Higher correlation generally means less impermanent loss risk, but often lower yields, so it's always a balancing act depending on your risk tolerance.

  • u/pbernard· -2 pts· 19h

    I totally get that feeling. Impermanent loss is one of those things that looks fine on paper, but the real-world impact can be brutal. I've personally started to think about it more as a "cost of doing business" for the potential yield, and size my positions with that in mind, rather than trying to perfectly hedge against it.

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