Range Selection
Range selection in the context of options trading and decentralized finance refers to the process of defining the specific price boundaries within which a liquidity provider or trader expects an asset to trade. In concentrated liquidity protocols, this allows capital to be deployed only within a chosen price interval rather than across the entire infinite price curve.
By selecting a tighter range, liquidity providers can increase their capital efficiency and earn higher fees on their provided liquidity. However, if the market price moves outside of this selected range, the position becomes inactive and ceases to earn fees until the price returns to the interval.
Traders must balance the risk of impermanent loss against the potential for higher fee accrual when choosing these bounds. This mechanism is fundamental to modern automated market makers and derivative structures that rely on active range management to maintain market depth.