# 4.4 - ICHI pools (Automated)

**ICHI vaults** are automated liquidity vaults designed to manage liquidity positions for you. You deposit into a vault, and it handles the position management so you don’t have to babysit ranges manually.

Think of it as: **automated LPing built for early-stage liquidity environments.**

Filter pools on the [liquidity page](https://app.usenest.xyz/liquidity) by clicking the '[Automated](https://app.usenest.xyz/liquidity)' tab:

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### What you earn?

LP rewards come from **NEST emissions** when the vault’s underlying pool is incentivised for the epoch.

### What to know before depositing

Automation doesn’t remove risk:

* **Impermanent loss still exists**
* Vault performance varies with volatility and market conditions
* There’s additional **vault/contract risk** versus manual LPing

### When ICHI makes sense

* You want hands-off liquidity provisioning
* You want to LP volatile pairs without managing ranges
* You prefer simpler execution and monitoring vs manual CLAMM management

### ICHI Docs

* <https://docs.ichi.org/home/yieldiq-strategy> (volatile pairs)
* <https://docs.ichi.org/home/ascend-strategy> (stable and LST pairs)

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**Tutorial** on how to use concentrated pools here - [6.4 - Add Liquidity - Automated](/tutorials/6.4-add-liquidity-automated.md)
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