Step 1: Select Strategy and Fee
Liquidity Shape
This determines how your tokens are spread across your price range:- Curve - Concentrated at the center (best for stable assets)
- Spot - Uniformly distributed (most versatile, works for most markets)
- BidAsk - Less liquidity in the middle, more at the edges (for volatile markets)
Fee Tier
The fee tier determines the spread between your buy and sell orders:- Lower fee (e.g., 0.05%) = Tighter spread, more competitive, more orders in your range, higher minimum deposit
- Higher fee (e.g., 0.30%) = Wider spread, more profit per trade, fewer orders, lower minimum deposit
Liquidity Shapes Explained
Deep dive into each shape
How Fees Work on Kuru
Understanding fee tiers and spread
Step 2: Set Price Range & Deposit
Price Range
We automatically calculate a range with 25 buy orders (bids) and 25 sell orders (asks) based on your selected fee tier. You can adjust this in three ways:- Slide the ratio - Move left for more asks, right for more bids, or all the way to one side for single-sided liquidity
- Drag the chart handles - Visually adjust your min/max price on the liquidity chart
- Edit manually - Type in your exact min and max prices
Changed too many settings? Click the Reset button to return to our recommended defaults.
Deposit Amounts
Because each order on the book needs a minimum size, there’s a minimum deposit requirement based on how many orders you’re placing. We automatically calculate and pre-fill the minimum amounts needed for your MON and/or USDC deposits. You can:- Use our pre-filled amounts (easiest option)
- Increase the amounts (but not below the minimum)
- Toggle Autofill to automatically calculate the other asset’s amount based on your bid/ask ratio and current price
- Turn off Autofill to enter custom amounts for both assets (must still meet minimums)
Minimum shown: We display the minimum required amounts (e.g., “Min: 2.5 MON”) so you know what’s needed before depositing.
Why do minimums exist and how are they calculated?
Why do minimums exist and how are they calculated?
Why minimums exist:Kuru is still an order book, and each individual order (bid or ask) must meet the market’s minimum size requirement. This ensures orders are meaningful and don’t clutter the book.How minimums are calculated:Minimum deposit = minSize per order × number of ordersFor example: If the minSize is 0.1 MON and you’re placing 25 bids, you need at least 2.5 MON.More orders = higher minimum:
- Lower fee tiers = more orders = higher minimum deposit
- Higher fee tiers = fewer orders = lower minimum deposit
- Balanced (25 bids + 25 asks): Need minimum for both MON and USDC
- All bids (50 bids): Only need USDC minimum (higher amount)
- All asks (50 asks): Only need MON minimum (higher amount)
- Choose a higher fee tier (fewer orders = lower minimum)
- Narrow your price range (fewer orders needed)
- Adjust bid/ask ratio to reduce orders on one side