House ratio & liquidity

House Ratio shows how well the pool covers what it owes. Profit Liquidity shows how much USDC is available to convert Blood above your protected amount.

House Ratio: the pool against what it owes

The house counts all Blood, plus a conservative reserve for profits on winning open positions. Losses on positions that are still open do not reduce this amount.

Amount owed = total Blood + reserved open profits House Ratio = pool USDC ÷ amount owed × 100%

For this calculation, 1 Blood counts as 1 USDC. A House Ratio of 100% means the pool covers everything it owes; any extra USDC is surplus. Energy receives 1% of each realized loss for every percentage point the House Ratio is above 100% just before the loss, up to 100% of the loss at a House Ratio of 200% or higher.

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Profit Liquidity: cash for extra Blood

Protected Blood has USDC reserved for it. Converting any Blood above your protected amount uses Profit Liquidity, shared by all users.

Protected reserve = total Protected Blood × 1 USDC Profit Liquidity = max(0, pool USDC − protected reserve)

The reserve includes Protected Blood used as margin and rounds up to USDC precision. Profit Liquidity has a minimum of zero. Available cash is used as conversions happen; a quote does not reserve it for you.

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One pool, two different results

Pool balancesAmount
USDC in the pool10,000 USDC
Total Blood12,000 Blood
Reserved open profits500 Blood
Total Protected Blood8,000 Blood
House Ratio = 10,000 ÷ (12,000 + 500) × 100% = 80% Profit Liquidity = 10,000 − 8,000 = 2,000 USDC

Here, up to 2,000 USDC can fund extra Blood conversions before fees, while 8,000 USDC stays reserved for Protected Blood. Energy gets no share of losses here: the pool would need more than 12,500 USDC, everything it owes. Profit Liquidity can therefore be available even when the House Ratio is below 100%.

Donations

Anyone can donate USDC to the pool to improve the House Ratio. There is no direct reward: donors receive no Blood or Energy and have no right to repayment or a refund.