Tables

For reference

Target / Limit versus Market / Instant trades:

Feature	Target / Limit	Market / Instant
Price	You choose	Imposed
Execution	Delayed	Immediate
Impact	Zero	x * y = k
Slippage	Zero	0.5%+ Paid
Liquidity Fee	Earned, 0 Paid	0.3% Paid
Front-Running	Zero	Risk

CivTraders are better off than traditional swappers.

For every trade type, gas is cheaper or equivalent to Uniswap v3, a smart but not the most user friendly system.

Trade Type	Uniswap v3	CivTrade v2
Limit: Faster	445,784 Add liquidity	281,492 --> -36.9%
Limit: Cheaper	142,918 Swap v3	22,800 --> -84.0%
Market	119,686 Swap v2	114,561 --> -4.3%

​​CivTrade v2 introduces new trade types and the Auto Smart Router. To every trade type, its optimal execution.

Trade Type	Execution	CivTrade v2 Routing
Limit: Faster	Uniswap v3 liquidity	Auto Smart Routing
Limit: Cheaper	Uniswap v3 liquidity	Auto Smart Routing
Market	1inch API	Auto Smart Routing

For Market / Instant trades, gas fees are payable in all cases, as detailed above.

For Target / Limit trades, you can choose Faster or Cheaper using CivTrade v2:

Feature	Faster	Cheaper
Gas	< Uniswap Liquidity	< Uniswap Swap / Zero
Extra fees	Zero	Gas paid if closed manually
Earnings	Full	Full
Target price	User price	User price + extra tick
Gas payer	User	Liquidity fees

The $ gas cost value shown by the wallet when trading is =

Where 10^9 is the factor to align the price of gas (GWei - "GigaWei") to the unit of gas (Wei).

So, for example on ETH, the price of a CivTrade v2 Limit: Cheaper, with $3,000 per ETH and gasPrice = 80 GWei, is: