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Liquidity

The practical ability to trade an asset in size without moving its price sharply.

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Definition

Liquidity describes how readily an asset can be bought or sold, especially at meaningful size, without causing a large price change.

Simple example

A pool may quote a price for a tiny swap but produce much worse execution for a large swap because the trade changes the pool balance.

Often confused with

Trading volume records activity over a period. It is not the same as available liquidity at the moment you trade.

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