# Alpha Vaults

### The problem <a href="#heading-key-features" id="heading-key-features"></a>

Liquid markets can be created by providing and managing liquidity, but providing and managing liquidity is difficult. For example, if liquidity providers (LPs) deposit $1,000 in ETH and $1,000 in USDC into Uniswap V3, and the price moves, their positions may fall [out of range](https://support.uniswap.org/hc/en-us/articles/7423614928909-Do-I-get-liquidated-if-the-price-goes-outside-of-my-range), leading to lower yields for LPs and reduced liquidity in the underlying market.

### The solution

[Alpha Vaults](https://app.charm.fi/) is the easiest way to provide and manage liquidity, and therefore the easiest way to create liquid markets. It works by letting users create their own LP vault(s) to manage liquidity. The LP vault automatically create new liquidity positions on Uniswap V3, so that the positions will not be out of range, and LPs will earn higher yields. All vaults [belong to its creator](/charm/manage-liquidity/user-guides.md), and contain everything that's needed to provide and manage liquidity.

Alpha Vaults created DeFi's [first LP Vault](https://twitter.com/CharmFinance/status/1390671266160549888?s=20), and is the only way to create fully permissionless LP Vaults for any token on a DEX. Its [code](https://github.com/charmfinance/alpha-vaults-v2-contracts) is open-source, received four [audits](/charm/appendix/audit-reports.md), and had no security incidents or operating issues since [launching](https://medium.com/charmfinance/alpha-vault-is-live-on-mainnet-25594aee3b82) in May 2021.

### Key features <a href="#heading-key-features" id="heading-key-features"></a>

* Alpha Vaults offers an [unlimited](/charm/provide-liquidity/the-benefits.md#unlimited-choice) number of vaults, is self-custodial, and has [fully transparent](/charm/provide-liquidity/the-benefits.md#complete-transparency) performance metrics.&#x20;
* Liquidity providers can deposit into a vault in one click, and withdraw at any time.
* Liquidity managers can increase liquidity in one click. They don't need to choose a range, or to build strategies, because they can [create](https://alpha.charm.fi/ethereum/create) a vault to do this on their behalf.

### Conclusion <a href="#heading-key-features" id="heading-key-features"></a>

Alpha Vaults brings [low cost](/charm/manage-liquidity/fees.md), [passive investing](/charm/products-overview/alpha-vaults/whitepaper.md#implications) to the LP industry; and created a new industry for [*decentralized liquidity management*](https://medium.com/charmfinance/quietly-innovating-a-trillion-dollar-industry-e03ab29cb5d9). It is available on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Boba Network, Linea, Scroll, Blast, Katana, and Berachain.


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