Core concepts
Learn the core terms used in Timu price markets.
Claims
Timu brings price views onchain. Here, a claim is a price view, such as long exposure to an oracle-priced market.
Timu markets are designed to be onchain markets rather than centralized order books. Users interact with smart contracts for trading, liquidity, creation, and settlement.
Collateral
Collateral is the token you deposit to trade, provide liquidity, pay bonds, or mint test balances. In production markets this is usually a stable asset such as USDC. Local and testnet environments may use mock collateral.
Price positions
Price markets use long and short positions. A long benefits when the oracle price rises. A short benefits when it falls. Leverage amplifies both gains and losses.
Price markets support separate positions and same-direction merged positions. Some deployments also support user-owned margin accounts. Always check which mode the app is using before you compare entry price, leverage, or health across positions.
Liquidity
Liquidity providers supply capital behind markets. In price markets, LP capital backs the shared collateral pool and may opt into fee sharing.
Price oracles
Price markets depend on price oracles. Read freshness, status, and pool configuration affect trading availability and position valuation.
Portfolio
Portfolio views combine price positions and liquidity data. Always check the connected chain, market status, collateral token, and whether a view depends on an indexer or live contract reads.