An alternative way to hedge the downside risk of price decrease on your LP position [using lending platforms](/concentrated-liquidity-playbook/hedging-with-eeva.md) is to short the volatile asset via decentralized perpetual futures on [Tradoor](https://tradoor.io/trade/v2), which allows leverage up to x100.
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**Perpetuals** are crypto derivative contracts that let traders buy or sell assets without an expiration date
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This method is less capital-intensive compared to using lending, as DeFi lending requires overcollateralized loans. With short-selling on Tradoor, you can use margin as collateral, meaning you don’t need as much initial capital to open your position.
This makes it a more flexible option for hedging, especially if you want to avoid locking up significant funds in collateral. However, the downside of this approach is the risk of liquidation. If you’re using a high leverage, a small price movement against your position can lead to a liquidation, causing you to lose your collateral.
## Example
You have $15,000 and want to open a position in the TON/USDT pair on TONCO DEX. Assuming the APR for a TON/USDT pair is 100% and the Toncoin is traded at 5 USDT.
You put 1500 TON and 7,500 USDC into a liquidity pool on TONCO DEX. Let's say you put range between 4.5 and 5.5. As long as the TON price stays within your [designated range](/price-ranges/price-moves-in-ranges.md#active-liquidity), you’ll earn trading fees.
One day, the price of TON drops beyond your range to 4 USDT. You end up with a position consisting of ≈ 3,060 TON *(as the ratio changes along the way, you end up with slightly more than 2x TON)* and 0 USDT. **You are now fully exposed to the TON price and experience permanent loss.**
After selling the tokens received for providing liquidity for 30 days while being in-range, the cumulative yield stands at 1,232 USDT (calculated as 7,500 \* 2 \* 100% / 365 \* 30). You decide to stop providing liquidity.
If you sell the 3,060 TON at 4 USDT each and combine the proceeds with the 1,232 USDT, you’ll see a total loss of 1,528 USDT ((3,060 \* 4 + 1,232) - 7,500 \* 2) due to [impermanent loss](/price-ranges/impermanent-loss.md).
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As you can see, despite a three-digit APR on TON/USDT, you can still incur a net loss
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## Hedging vs. No Hedging
### • Without Hedging
If you had opened the original position without any hedging ($15,000: 7,500 USDT + 1,500 TON), you would have ≈3,060 TON and 0 USDT. If you decide to lock in your loss and withdraw 3,060 TON, you would receive:
— 3,060 \* 4 = **$12,240** (if the price of TON dropped to $4)\
— Trading fees (**$1,232** from the example above)
**The total would be:**
$12,240 + $1,232 = **$13,472, a -10.18% loss**
### • With Hedging on Tradoor
We use 5,000 USDT as collateral and open a short position for 1,000 TON (assuming TON = $5). No leverage is used in this example, but it can be adjusted according to your risk tolerance.
For a short hedge, set the stop-loss at the upper bound of your LP range ($5.5 from the [example](#example) above) to cap losses if price rises. Optionally set a take-profit at the lower bound ($4.5) to lock in hedge gains as your LP exits the range on the downside.
After the TON price drops to $4 you withdraw ≈2,040 TON from TONCO. But since TON’s price dropped, the short position you opened on Tradoor became a profitable trade for you. You should profit 1,000 USDT *(1,000\*1)* after closing the short position and withdraw initial 5,000 USDT collateral back.
You have to pay $4.5 service fee (0.09% of the position size).
**The total would be:**
— $8,160 (from the sale of 2,040 TON at $4)
— $1,000 (profit from short position)
— $5,000 (collateral returned)
**This gives you:**
$8,160 + $1,000 + $5,000 = $14,160, plus:
— Trading fees ($821.92)
**Grand total:**
$14,160 + $821.95 = **$14,977, a -0.15% net loss**
(hedge nearly neutralizes the downside vs. −10.18% unhedged.)
## Step-by-step strategy for hedging
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Here’s a step-by-step strategy for hedging the downside risk of a TON price decrease.
There is a symmetrical strategy that aims to protect the gains in case the asset price goes up. Instead of shorting TON, you’d long it.
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#### 1. Open a Short Position
Use 5,000 USDT as collateral on [**Tradoor**](https://tradoor.io/trade/v2) to open a short position for 1,000 TON (assuming TON = $5). You can place a stop loss at the minimum of your price range to protect against price increases.
Opening short position on Tradoor
#### **2. Open LP position on TONCO**
Provide liquidity with $5,000 USDT and 1,000 TON on TONCO DEX.
This brings your total position value to $10,000.
Opening LP position on TONCO DEX
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