Enter the amount of ETH you’d like to swap for GMX tokens. GMX.io will display the equivalent amount of GMX tokens you’ll receive.
Although the GMX exchange went live on the Arbitrum blockchain network in September 2021, its prototype was completed as early as November 2020. Because GMX overcame many of the difficulties encountered when using decentralized exchange services, it was well received shortly after its launch and has been running on the Avalanche blockchain network since January 2022, with further expansion to other blockchains planned for the future.
Since the GMX protocol is an aggregated quote from multiple exchanges, there is no slippage when trading on GMX, making it ideal for handling large orders. The issue of impermanent losses is also addressed by aggregated quotations, as the assets of liquidity providers placed into the GLP liquidity pool are not converted to other cryptocurrencies with reduced value due to price changes.
Liquidity providers want high returns, and GMX opens the way to make this possible. As long as the market traders lose money, returns will increase. Liquidity providers do not want to take the risk of loss, GMX uses statistics to show that short-term losses will occur, but long-term profits are the inevitable result.
copyright futures are financial contracts that allow traders to speculate on the future price of cryptocurrencies, without owning the underlying assets.
Liquidity providers can deposit single copyright to obtain GLP tokens or redeem previously deposited copyright with GLP tokens. GLP liquidity pools are immune to impermanent loss problems because the quantitative rule constraints of algorithmic quotes do not constrain them.
Completa staking value has topped $400 million and cumulative trading volume has surpassed $55 billion in the year since the GMX protocol was developed, making it the third-largest decentralized exchange on Arbitrum after Uniswap and Curve.
In terms of perpetual contracts, the GLP liquidity pool works interestingly, a bit like an AAVE type of lending agreement, where the trader deposits a portion of the assets in the GLP liquidity pool as margin, then lends a higher value asset from the GLP liquidity pool to bet against the GLP liquidity pool, paying a percentage of interest every hour before the margin is liquidated or the asset is returned.
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Here’s an example: Suppose that you wanted to buy $BTC at USD $10,000. In order for this to happen, someone must be willing to sell their $BTC at that price on that platform. If there is no willing seller, your buy order would not go through.
The second token, GLP, represents the index of assets used in the protocol’s trading pool. GLP coins can be minted using assets from the here index, such as BTC or ETH, and can be burned to redeem these assets. GLP holders provide the liquidity traders need to get leverage. This means they book a profit when traders take a loss, and they take a loss when traders book a profit.
GMX also supports perpetual contract trading with up to 30x leverage, zero spreads, and aggregated oracle quotes to help traders reduce liquidation risk, more accurately control positions, and predict gains and losses.
GMX is another decentralized perpetual exchange operating on Arbitrum and Avalanche, known for its innovative GLP multi-asset liquidity pool, which allows for large trades with minimal slippage.
The protocol is able to provide dynamic pricing thanks to Chainlink Oracles, and aggregation of price data from exchanges with high volumes.