# iGain Protocol

## What is iGain?

iGain is a decentralized financial instrument protocol that provides the **options** for investors to hedge/profit/speculate on certain targeting underlying assets with **a synthetic, tokenized position**. 

## How does iGain work?

iGain tokenizes the Call/Pull options of underlying assets into **Long/Short tokens**. Then, we adopt the **AMM** mechanism to create a secondary market of Long/Short tokens. Investors might hedge against a certain risk or earn a profit in a period through holding Long/Short tokens.

## Why iGain?

Since the booming development of decentralized finance, an on-chain financial ecosystem is thriving. More and more advanced financial instruments would be crucial for investors. iGain provides a fully decentralized way of options tool. With iGain, the decentralized financial ecosystem on the Ethereum blockchain would be better for all the investors to control risks.

## What can I do with iGain?

### As a trader

Investors in decentralized finance might consider iGain as a financial instrument. Spare some budget to purchase the Long/Short tokens in iGain may earn a profit so that investors could perfectly hedge against certain risks.

### As a liquidity provider

AMM mechanism requires liquidity providers. To serve as liquidity of Long/Short tokens could **earn trading fees** and **reward of liquidity mining program**.