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# Liquidity to Earn

## How To Earn

There are multiple ways to earn on Somnex.

## 1.Provide liquidity

**Perp Pools (SPLP) — single-sided USDC**

* Deposit USDC to back perp markets.
* Earn a share of trading fees and borrow fees paid by traders.
* No impermanent loss; returns vary with market activity and utilization.

**V2 — Volatile Pools**

* Provide both tokens across the full curve; simpler but subject to impermanent loss on volatile pairs.

**Steps**

1. Go to Earn → + Add Liquidity.
2. Pick Perp Pool | V2 Pool.
3. Select token(s), amounts ; review APR/fee tier.
4. Approve tokens and Confirm.
5. Track positions under My Pools.

## 2.Trade perps

* Long/short with up to 50× leverage; use Market/Limit/Trigger, TP/SL.
* Mind funding and borrow fees.

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## 3.Referrals

* Tier 1: 5% discount (invitee) + 5% rebate (you).
* Tier 2: 10 active traders + $2M+ volume → 10%/10%.
* Tier 3: 15 active traders + $8M+ volume → 15% rebate (you), 10% discount (invitee).

## 4.Launch or trade memes

* Creators: launch a token (name/ticker/logo); bonding curve sale; auto-list on Somnex DEX.
* Traders: explore New/Trends/Listed and trade tokens.