Swap

The Swap page (/v/<network>/swap) exchanges one token for another on the selected network. Alcor finds the best route through its liquidity pools and, by default, also through the order book, so a swap acts like a market order: you get the current price, not a price you set. To trade at a price you choose, use Spot.

To swap tokens on different networks, use the cross-chain swap on the home page.

Making a swapCopy Anchor Link

1. Choose the token you pay and the token you receive. The arrow between them reverses the pair.
2. Enter an amount in either field; the other is quoted from the current route and refreshes as prices change.
3. Check the details under the form:
   • Expected Output — what you should receive.
   • Price Impact — how much your trade moves the price. It is larger in pairs with little liquidity.
   • Min. Received — the least you accept after slippage. If the price moves beyond it, the swap fails instead of filling worse.
   • Multiroute — the pools and order book markets the swap is split across.
4. Confirm the transaction in your wallet.

A pair has its own link, for example /v/wax/swap/wax-eosio.token_tlm-alien.worlds. A chart of the selected pair is shown next to the form.

Transaction settingsCopy Anchor Link

The gear icon opens:

• Slippage % — Auto, 0.5%, 1% or a custom value.
• Max Hops — the most pools a route may pass through (1–3).
• Recalculate On Price Change — refresh the quote when a pool price changes.
• Split Into Order Book — let the route use order book markets as well as pools.

PoolCopy Anchor Link

The Pool tab (/v/<network>/swap/positions) lists your liquidity positions with their range, value, unclaimed fees and P&L, and has Farms and Activity tabs.

• Create a position — select the pair, a fee tier (0.01%, 0.05%, 0.3% or 1%) and a price range, then deposit both tokens. If the pool does not exist yet, you set its starting price.
• Manage a position — open it to add liquidity, remove part or all of it, claim fees, claim farm rewards, or lock the liquidity (until a date or forever).

A position's price range cannot be changed: to move it, remove the position and create a new one. For details see Alcor Swap and Providing liquidity.