Silopedia
  • Read Me
  • Introduction
    • What is Silo?
  • The Silo Protocol
    • Protocol Design
      • Base and Bridge Assets
      • Silo Deployments
      • Collateral Status
      • Interest Rate Model
        • Dynamic IRM with PI Controller
        • Kink IRM with Multiplier
        • Fixed IRM
      • $XAI
      • Curve LP Markets
      • Incentives
    • Lending 101
      • The Markets
      • The Lender
      • The Borrower
      • Liquidation
    • Risks
      • Smart Contract
      • Economic
      • Oracle
      • Bad Debt
      • Liquidation
    • Integrations
      • Pendle Finance
      • Contango
      • Beefy
      • Factor
  • Walkthroughs
    • Using Silo
      • Connect Wallet
      • Lending (Depositing)
      • Withdrawing
      • Borrowing
      • Repaying
    • Delegating $SILO to Vote
      • Delegate to Self
      • Delegate to Somebody Else
    • Farming with $SILO
      • LPing SILO/ETH v3 on Camelot (Arbitrum)
    • Borrowing Strategies
      • Borrow to Short
      • Borrow to Leverage
  • Yield farming opportunities
  • Oracles
  • Liquidate a position manually
  • SiloDAO
    • $SILO
      • Token Allocation and Vesting
    • Governance
    • Creating a Silo
    • Wallets and DAO Contracts
  • Security
    • Audit
    • Formal Verification
    • Bug Bounty Program
    • Smart Contracts
  • Additional Information
    • Brand Assets
    • Developer Docs
    • Submit a Bug
    • Official Channels
    • SiloDAO (Snapshot)
    • SiloDAO (Tally; On-Chain Voting)
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  1. Walkthroughs

Borrowing Strategies

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Last updated 1 year ago

As a lending market, Silo allows you to deposit tokens to earn interest and as collateral to borrow other tokens. This is typically called leveraging and allows you to access liquidity while maintaining full exposure to your deposit.

Leveraging is a highly capital efficient way to build strategies such as long and short positions.

Borrow to Short
Borrow to Leverage