Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated Market Makers via Continuous-Installment Options

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Auteurs principaux: Singh, Srisht Fateh, Li, Reina Ke Xin, Gaskin, Samuel, Wu, Yuntao, Klinck, Jeffrey, Michalopoulos, Panagiotis, Poulos, Zissis, Veneris, Andreas
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author Singh, Srisht Fateh
Li, Reina Ke Xin
Gaskin, Samuel
Wu, Yuntao
Klinck, Jeffrey
Michalopoulos, Panagiotis
Poulos, Zissis
Veneris, Andreas
author_facet Singh, Srisht Fateh
Li, Reina Ke Xin
Gaskin, Samuel
Wu, Yuntao
Klinck, Jeffrey
Michalopoulos, Panagiotis
Poulos, Zissis
Veneris, Andreas
contents This paper mathematically models a constant-function automated market maker (CFAMM) position as a portfolio of exotic options, known as perpetual American continuous-installment (CI) options. This model replicates an AMM position's delta at each point in time over an infinite time horizon, thus taking into account the perpetual nature and optionality to withdraw of liquidity provision. This framework yields two key theoretical results: (a) It proves that the AMM's adverse-selection cost, loss-versus-rebalancing (LVR), is analytically identical to the continuous funding fees (the time value decay or theta) earned by the at-the-money CI option embedded in the replicating portfolio. (b) A special case of this model derives an AMM liquidity position's delta profile and boundaries that suffer approximately constant LVR, up to a bounded residual error, over an arbitrarily long forward window. Finally, the paper describes how the constant volatility parameter required by the perpetual option can be calibrated from the term structure of implied volatilities and estimates the errors for both implied volatility calibration and LVR residual error. Thus, this work provides a practical framework enabling liquidity providers to choose an AMM liquidity profile and price boundaries for an arbitrarily long, forward-looking time window where they can expect an approximately constant, price-independent LVR. The results establish a rigorous option-theoretic interpretation of AMMs and their LVR, and provide actionable guidance for liquidity providers in estimating future adverse-selection costs and optimizing position parameters.
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spellingShingle Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated Market Makers via Continuous-Installment Options
Singh, Srisht Fateh
Li, Reina Ke Xin
Gaskin, Samuel
Wu, Yuntao
Klinck, Jeffrey
Michalopoulos, Panagiotis
Poulos, Zissis
Veneris, Andreas
Mathematical Finance
Pricing of Securities
Trading and Market Microstructure
This paper mathematically models a constant-function automated market maker (CFAMM) position as a portfolio of exotic options, known as perpetual American continuous-installment (CI) options. This model replicates an AMM position's delta at each point in time over an infinite time horizon, thus taking into account the perpetual nature and optionality to withdraw of liquidity provision. This framework yields two key theoretical results: (a) It proves that the AMM's adverse-selection cost, loss-versus-rebalancing (LVR), is analytically identical to the continuous funding fees (the time value decay or theta) earned by the at-the-money CI option embedded in the replicating portfolio. (b) A special case of this model derives an AMM liquidity position's delta profile and boundaries that suffer approximately constant LVR, up to a bounded residual error, over an arbitrarily long forward window. Finally, the paper describes how the constant volatility parameter required by the perpetual option can be calibrated from the term structure of implied volatilities and estimates the errors for both implied volatility calibration and LVR residual error. Thus, this work provides a practical framework enabling liquidity providers to choose an AMM liquidity profile and price boundaries for an arbitrarily long, forward-looking time window where they can expect an approximately constant, price-independent LVR. The results establish a rigorous option-theoretic interpretation of AMMs and their LVR, and provide actionable guidance for liquidity providers in estimating future adverse-selection costs and optimizing position parameters.
title Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated Market Makers via Continuous-Installment Options
topic Mathematical Finance
Pricing of Securities
Trading and Market Microstructure
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02971