Opening long positions
By going long, a trader opens a position with the expectation that the underlying borrowed (short) asset will drop in value against the supplied (long) asset in the future.
For example, a 2.34x long ETH vs. USDC would yield a profit of 23.4% on a 10% price drop in the price of USDC to ETH.
Opening a long position on FODL
Select an asset to long. You should select an asset that you think will go up in value compared to the asset you choose to short.
2. Input the amount of assets you want to supply
3. Select your desired leverage using the slider
The higher your leverage, the more profitable your position will be if you are right. However, with greater leverage comes greater risk, which means less room for the market to move opposite to what you hoped for when placing your bet before your position is closed & liquidated. Selecting lower leverage is safer!
4. Review the position details and click ‘’Open Position’’
5. Confirm the transaction in your Web3 wallet.
Note: If you haven’t already, you will need to approve the spending of the selected asset in your Web3 wallet.
6. Your position is now visible on ‘’Your Positions’’ on the FODL dashboard
Example
Trade: Long ETH vs. USDC
Asset Pair: supply ETH & borrow USDC
Price: 1 ETH = 1000 USDC or 1 USDC = 0.001 ETH
Principal: 100 ETH
Leverage: 3x
Your net starting position would be:
Supply = (Leverage + 1) * Principal = 4 * 100 = 400 ETH
Borrow = Leverage * Principal / price_USDC_ETH = 3 * 100 / 0.001 = 300,000 USDC
Position Value = Supply - Borrow * price_USDC_ETH = 400 - 300,000 * 0.001 = 100 ETH
ETH prices moves to $1200
New Price: 1 ETH = 1200 USDC or 1 USDC = 0.00083 ETH
Price Move: +20% ETH or -16.66% USDC
Your position would now be:
Supply: 400 ETH
Borrow: 300,000 USDC
Position Value: 400 - 300,000 * 0.00083 = 150 ETH
Profit: 50 ETH (50% profit = Leverage * price move)
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