Let's dive into FLO, the smart market making strategy that generates fees from Opyn Markets’ super concentrated perp liquidity pools 💧
Why we like FLO 🌊
FLO smart contracts LP dynamically across pools so users don’t have to manually rebalance LPs. Users can check fees received and withdraw when ready.
Users deposit an asset and FLO allocates capital across pools.
FLO runs on top of Opyn Markets Super Concentrated Liquidity Pools:
- 0-perp pool
- 0.5-perp pool
- 1-perp pool
- 2-perp pool
FLO has super concentrated liquidity due to the design of the asset pairs in the perp pools, making otherwise volatile perp assets more stable.
Today we look more deeply at the Crab strategy that is part of Opyn's Squeeth protocol and its upgraded iteration in Opyn's new soon-to-be-released protocol.
Crab is an active strategy made from a short 2-perpetual (also known as Squeeth) and a long 1-perpetual.
Crab is called Crab because it makes money when markets go sideways, like a Crab.
The payoff for Crab over a day looks like a rainbow: it makes the largest return if the market does not move at all. Crab has negative returns if the market moves too much up or down.
What is a Crab made of?
Crab is made by selling a 2-perpetual (Squeeth) and buying a 1-perpetual (a normal perp). The combination gives a downward bending payoff with a maximum at the current price.
(in the diagram the current price is $3000)
How does Crab rebalance?
Crab needs to trade each day to recenter its payoff. This happens by exchanging 2-perp for 1-perp so that the payoff is centered at the current price.
After the rebalance, the highest return is achieved if the market does not move.
In the new Opyn protocol, this rebalancing happens with a Dutch auction that starts automatically every 24 hours.
Does somebody have a red flag? Because you just summoned THE BULL.
Terrible jokes aside, Opyn is pleased to announce its newest automated squeeth strategy: the Zen Bull 🧘♀️🐂
You’re going to want to read this 👇
The Zen Bull (🧘♀️🐂) is an automated squeeth strategy that gives depositors bull"ish" ETH exposure.
Unlike the crab strategy, which is a delta-neutral strategy that minimizes ETH price exposure (delta = 0), this strategy aims to track ETH price exposure 1:1 (delta = 1).
FOR A LIMITED TIME crab v1 depositors will be able to sign up for early access for crab v2.
This will guarantee your spot in crab v2 right when it drops!
Everything you need to know 👇
What is crab v2?
Crab v2 aims to deliver better yield and larger caps! 😎
It does this by adjusting the way crab hedges, allowing more capacity & better hedge pricing!
• New Hedging Mechanism
• ETH or USDC Deposits
• Partial Fills of Hedges
• Variable Hedging Frequency
What does it mean to access crab v2 early?
• Early access guarantees a spot in v2
• Early access will automatically transfer crab v1 positions to crab v2 at launch
• Crab v1 will actively trade until crab v2 launch