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# 3.1 - Slippage & Price Impact

**Slippage** is the difference between the price you see when you submit a swap and the price at which it actually executes. It occurs because the AMM curve moves as your trade executes, and other transactions may land before yours.

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### Slippage settings

| Scenario                         | Recommended slippage |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Stable pairs (USDH/USDC)         | 0.1%                 |
| Standard pairs (most tokens)     | 0.5% (default)       |
| Volatile or thin liquidity pairs | 1–2%                 |

* **Too tight:** transaction reverts with "slippage exceeded" — you pay gas but get nothing
* **Too loose:** you may receive significantly less than expected, especially in thin markets

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Slippage tolerance is a **maximum you're willing to accept** — it doesn't mean you'll always lose that amount. Most swaps execute near the quoted price.
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### Price Impact

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**Price impact** is how much your trade moves the price of a pool. Large trades in pools with low liquidity have high price impact — meaning you receive worse execution than the market price suggests. AMM pools use a mathematical curve (x × y = k for Classic pools, or concentrated ranges&#x20;

for CLAMM) — the larger your trade relative to pool reserves, the more the price moves.

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**Always check price impact before confirming.** The app shows it before you confirm — if it's above 1–2%, consider splitting the trade or waiting for deeper liquidity.
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### Reducing price impact

* **Split your trade:** break a large trade into several smaller ones over time
* **Trade through deeper hubs:** route via USDH or WHYPE which typically have deeper liquidity
* **Trade smaller sizes:** if the pool is thin, accept less or wait
* **Check routing:** the router may find a multi-hop path with lower total impact