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  "title": "An out-of-range liquidity position: what changes and what remains?",
  "description": "Understand a concentrated position after price leaves its interval, including single-asset inventory, fee earning and re-entry.",
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    "Uniswap liquidity out of range what happens",
    "does out of range liquidity earn fees"
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  "dates": {
    "published": "2026-10-02",
    "modified": "2026-10-02",
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  "quickAnswer": {
    "text": "When price leaves a standard concentrated-liquidity position’s range, its liquidity becomes inactive and stops earning swap fees. The position is then composed of one of the pair’s assets at that boundary. It still exists and can become active again if price returns; being out of range is not itself a liquidation.",
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      "label": "Fees",
      "value": "Inactive out-of-range liquidity does not earn new swap fees.",
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      "label": "Inventory",
      "value": "Movement through a range changes the token mix until only one asset remains.",
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      "label": "Re-entry",
      "value": "Liquidity becomes active again when price returns to the range.",
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  "prerequisites": [
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      "heading": "A range is an inventory rule",
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        "Consider a hypothetical position active between 90 and 110 units of B per A. As A rises through that range, swaps progressively exchange the position’s A for B. Above the upper boundary, the position is holding B rather than continuing to participate at every higher price.",
        "The direction depends on how the interface expresses the pair. Read the displayed units before interpreting which token remains."
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      "id": "choices",
      "heading": "Waiting and repositioning are different actions",
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        "Leaving the position in place preserves its existing range. Repositioning requires changing the liquidity arrangement, commonly removing and creating a new range, potentially exchanging assets along the way. That can crystallize costs and change future exposure.",
        "A return into range restarts activity; it does not erase the economic difference from holding the original token quantities."
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      "id": "fees",
      "heading": "Previously earned fees remain a separate claim",
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        "Stopping new fee accrual does not mean earlier claimable fees vanish. Distinguish active liquidity, current token amounts and uncollected earnings when reading the interface. If a third-party vault manages the position, also inspect that vault’s strategy, custody and fee rules."
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      "question": "Does out of range mean the funds are gone?",
      "answer": "No. It describes inactive liquidity and changed asset composition. The position’s value can still change, and implementation or token risks remain.",
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  "citation": "Degrees of Satoshi editorial project. “An out-of-range liquidity position: what changes and what remains?.” Published 2026-10-02; updated 2026-10-02. https://degreesofsatoshi.com/encyclopedia/out-of-range-liquidity/"
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