Alpaca Academy -I’ve tried a lot of things-

hiyocoro
Leverage Farming with Alpaca
9 min readMay 6, 2021

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Good morning.😊

Today is a continuation of yesterday.
It’s Monday, but I’m writing this on Sunday, so it’s rich in content!

Here’s what I wrote last time.

I’ve tried a lot of things.

In the last note, I think you understood softly that you can short in Leveraged Farming. I think you also understood that if you don’t pay attention to the combination of pairs, you will end up with unexpected losses.

Today, I’m going to try a lot of things with concrete numbers until I learn what shorting is all about. Please just look at the parts that interest you.

Italics indicate detailed formulas and explanations. If you’re not good with numbers, you don’t need to read it to get the gist of it.

Conditions:

  • ETH-BNB Pool, leverage x3
  • The starting rates are
    1ETH = $1,500, 1BNB = $250, BNB/ETH = 0.167
  • Input amount $10,000 + borrowed amount $20,000 = total $30,000
  • LP will be created in 50:50.
    10ETH : 60BNB = $15,000 : $15,000
    The LP is valued at $30,000.
  • To simplify our thinking, we will ignore exchange fees, Farming rewards, and borrowing interest, and only

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hiyocoro
Leverage Farming with Alpaca

DeFi is fun! I started DeFi in February 2021 and my life has changed, everyday is fun! Alpaca Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C4RDSBP