When you execute a trade on Envestir, the price you receive may differ slightly from the price displayed when you initiated the swap. This difference is called slippage, and understanding it is important for making informed trading decisions. In this article, we explain what slippage is, why it happens, and how Envestir minimizes its impact on your trades.
Slippage occurs because decentralized exchange prices are determined by the ratio of tokens in liquidity pools. When you buy a token, your purchase shifts this ratio, which slightly increases the price. The larger your trade relative to the pool's total liquidity, the more slippage you will experience. For most typical trade sizes on Envestir, slippage is minimal — often less than 0.1%.
Envestir mitigates slippage through its integration with the Jupiter aggregator. Jupiter scans liquidity across dozens of decentralized exchanges and automated market makers on Solana to find the optimal route for your trade. If splitting your order across multiple pools results in a better overall price, Jupiter will do so automatically. This multi-route optimization is one of the key advantages of using an aggregator rather than trading directly on a single exchange.
You can set a slippage tolerance on your trades in the Envestir settings. This is the maximum price deviation you are willing to accept. If the price moves beyond your tolerance during execution, the transaction will revert and your funds will be returned. The default slippage tolerance is set to 0.5%, which works well for most trades, but you can adjust it higher for volatile assets or lower for stable pairs.
In terms of trading fees, Envestir charges a transparent spread that is included in the quoted price. There are no hidden fees, no commissions, and no separate gas charges thanks to our gasless trading system. When you see a trade quote, what you see is what you get. You can always review the exact breakdown of your trade — including the amount received, spread, and price impact — before confirming the transaction.