Scenario walkthroughs: the maths, one step at a time
Each scenario follows one illustrative person through a situation, with every number computed by the same engine the calculators use. Then you can change the inputs yourself.
you provide liquidity and one token doubles
A $10,000 deposit in a 50/50 pool, token A doubles against token B. Step-by-step impermanent loss, the fee income needed to break even, and what it means.
Scenario 2a stablecoin in your stable pool loses its peg
How a StableSwap-style pool fills up with the coin that depegs, why higher amplification makes it worse, and the loss vs holding at several depeg levels.
Scenario 3a crypto-backed loan meets a 30% price drop
Ten units of collateral, a $15,000 stable loan, an 80% liquidation threshold. Watch the health factor through a 30% fall, interest and a liquidation.
Scenario 4looping a lending position three times
Supply, borrow 70%, re-supply, repeat. See exposure, net yield and the price drop to liquidation after one, two and three loops on $10,000.
Scenario 5staking for six months with a 21-day unbonding period
500 tokens staked at a 7% gross rate with 10% commission, a 3-day warm-up and 21-day unbonding. The net rate, effective rate and price risk.
Scenario 6when gas eats a small position's yield
A 12% reward rate and a $4 claim-and-restake cost. See the best compounding schedule for $500, $2,000, $10,000 and $50,000 positions.
Scenario 7an emergency fund in a stablecoin or a GIC?
A $20,000 emergency fund: an illustrative 6% stablecoin yield vs a 3% GIC, after fees and tax, and the yearly loss probability that erases the difference.
Scenario 8dollar-cost averaging through a dip and recovery
$250 a month for 12 months while the price halves and recovers to where it started. Units bought, average cost, and the comparison with a lump sum.
Scenario 9tracking adjusted cost base across a year
Two purchases, a staking reward and two sales of the same token, worked line by line with the average-cost method CRA describes for identical property.
Scenario 10selling at a loss and buying back within 30 days
Sell 100 units at a $3,000 loss, buy back 40 within 30 days. How much of the loss is denied, how much is claimable, and where the rest goes.