# AEVO Trading & Staking Incentive Program By [Aevo](https://paragraph.com/@aevo) · 2024-03-20 --- **This blog post is outdated. Please check our discord for the latest information.** Following the first airdrop of $AEVO at TGE (03/13/24), we are kicking off a major incentive campaign: traders and AEVO/RBN holders will have a chance to get more $AEVO for 4 months, starting right from the airdrop date. In order to earn $AEVO you can: 1. Trade on Aevo 2. Stake $AEVO or $RBN To get full details of our trading and staking incentive program, please check out our gitbook: [https://docs.aevo.xyz/trading-and-staking-incentives/earning-usdaevo](https://docs.aevo.xyz/trading-and-staking-incentives/earning-usdaevo) **How it Works** ---------------- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/978e5d150286daa9fa669283274fd379f49f9d47eeadb70d637ac1f150cf035a.png) Every perpetual future or options trade on Aevo has an adjusted boosted volume. Your total boosted volume across trades will be used to calculate your pro-rata share of the $AEVO emissions, rather than actual volume generated on the platform: Boosted Volume = Trade Order Value \* (Base Farm Boost + Lucky Farm Boost)AEVO Earned = Boosted Volume \* Epoch AEVO Emissions / Total Epoch Boosted VolumeEach epoch is one week. There will be a total of 18 Epochs. Epoch 1 : 13 March 2024 - 20 March 2024Epoch 2 : 20 March 2024 - 27 March 2024Epoch 3 : 27 March 2024 - 03 April 2024And so on.. **Base Farm Boost** On every trade, no matter what, a user will earn a **1x — 4x** farm boost which is calculated based on your **previous 7-day** trading volume (the base boost is **capped** at 4x past $5M volume.). The more you trade, the quicker your base boost accelerates for future trades. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6a287b5c08985621bddecabe59722bb71c8b5ac6ce6a8e1ddd1fd1d1b67380b5.png) Conversely, your base farm boost will decay if you stop trading as it’s based on a trailing 7 day window. **Lucky Farm Boost** At any given point one of your trades may hit a lucky farm boost from 10x-100x with the following rarities: **Non-sAEVO holders** 10x Farm Boost: ~10% chance 50x Farm Boost: ~2.5% chance 100x Farm Boost: ~1% chance **sAEVO holders** sAEVO holders have a 2x chance of hitting a rare farm boost. 10x Farm Boost: ~20% chance 50x Farm Boost: ~5% chance 100x Farm Boost: ~2% chance You can pull a higher farming boost the more you trade. More trades → higher chance of getting a 100x farm boost stacked on top of your base boost. On any given trade, there is a ~13.5% (and ~27% for sAEVO holders) chance of hitting a rare farm boost from 10x — 100x. **NOTE**: there is a 1 hour cooldown period, meaning that you have to wait at least 1 hour after hitting a rare farm boost before you can pull another one. This is set in place to prevent wash trading. **Examples** ------------ \*\*Example 1\*\*Let’s assume it is Epoch 1, total AEVO emissions are 1M for the epoch, and last week’s total boosted volume was 100M. ctrlfreak has $1.5M in notional volume traded in the past 7 days, which translates roughly to a ~2x base boost. ctrlfreak longs 10 ETH perpetuals contracts (order value = 10 \* $2500 = $25,000) and gets lucky and hits a 10x farm boost. ctrlfreak’s boosted volume on the trade is $300,000 ($25,000 \* (2x base boost + 10x rare boost)) even though his actual order value is $25,000. This will increase his $AEVO distribution 12x on that particular trade. His boosted AEVO Earned is now $300,000 \* 1M AEVO / 100M = ~3,000 AEVO. **Example 2** Let’s assume it is Epoch 1, total AEVO emissions are 5M for the epoch, and last week’s total boosted volume was 1B. Alice has $3M in notional volume traded in the past 7 days, which translates roughly to a ~3.5x base boost. Alice shorts 2 BTC options contracts (order value = 2 \* $50,000 = $100,000) and gets lucky and hits a 50x farm boost. Alice’s boosted volume on the trade is $5,350,000 ($100,000 \* (3.5x base boost + 50x rarity boost)) even though her actual order value is $100,000. This will increase her $AEVO distribution 53x on that particular trade. Her boosted AEVO Earned is now $5,350,000 \* 5M AEVO / 1B = ~26,750 AEVO. **Emissions Schedule** ---------------------- **Trading** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/cdb5aa82621d24267a16ad2497044eb1f872bf902c995ce281cbece6259a7e98.jpg) Every week, there will be: 1. a guaranteed minimum base emission of 1.1M $AEVO 2. a max of 6.05M $AEVO emissions Right before a new epoch, the [Growth & Marketing Committee](https://docs.aevo.xyz/aevo-governance/governance/committees/growth-and-marketing-committee) may discretionarily revisit the $AEVO emissions for subsequent epochs. **AEVO/RBN staking** ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f86462b419f31fd1901021570b6850fbc3e6015dd90960f45edb1550ed2fa780.jpg) Every week, there will be: 1. a guaranteed minimum base emission of 200K $AEVO 2. a max of 1.1M $AEVO emissions Right before a new epoch, the [Growth & Marketing Committee](https://docs.aevo.xyz/aevo-governance/governance/committees/growth-and-marketing-committee) may discretionarily revisit the $AEVO emissions for subsequent epochs.Read here for more details on the emissions schedule: [https://docs.aevo.xyz/trading-and-staking-incentives/emissions-schedule](https://docs.aevo.xyz/trading-and-staking-incentives/emissions-schedule) **Notes** --------- * Wash trading will be strictly monitored and will not be eligible to earn rewards. Users might still see their rewards in real-time and after each epoch, but this can be deducted after we do retroactive inspections. We reserve the right to penalise wash traders at any moment and without notice. * Your estimated rewards in the Aevo farming UI might be different from the actual rewards that you get when the epoch is finalised. This is the formula for AEVO Earned:AEVO Earned = (Boosted Volume \* Epoch AEVO Emissions ) / Total Epoch Boosted Volume**We use the current epoch’s average daily boosted volume, and extrapolate it to a week to calculate this epoch’s total boosted volume.**\*1 Epoch is 7 daysExample:We’re in day 3 of Epoch 2Epoch 2’s AEVO emissions = 1.1MAssume we have a total of 900M boosted volume in the past 3 days for Epoch 2Our estimate for total epoch boosted volume will be: ($900M / 3) \* 7 = $2.1B Jane’s total boosted volume in Epoch 2 = $20MAEVO Rewards (est) = (20,000,000 x 1,100,000) / 2,100,000,000 = ~10,476 $AEVO * We also retroactively analyse wash trading accounts, and deduct those boosted volumes. This benefits real traders in the platform as they will get a higher % of the emissions. * $AEVO rewards will be claimable from April 10, 2024 onward. * [The Growth and Marketing Committee](https://docs.aevo.xyz/aevo-governance/governance/committees/growth-and-marketing-committee) has full power to extend and make changes to the campaign. **FAQ** ------- **Does the farm boost increase my actual position size of the trade as well?** No, it does not increase your position size. The farm boost is ONLY used to calculate your boosted volume for $AEVO rewards. **How do I know whether I got the lucky farm boost on a trade?** Immediately after your trade, if you got a lucky farm boost (10x, 50x, or 100x) you will receive a toast/notification. You can also see the farm boost (base + luck) applied to every trade by clicking on details in every trade row [https://app.aevo.xyz/portfolio/trade-history](https://app.aevo.xyz/portfolio/trade-history) **How do I get sAEVO?** You get sAEVO by staking either AEVO or RBN [https://app.aevo.xyz/aevo](https://app.aevo.xyz/aevo) **Does my sAEVO balance change my rare farm boost probability?** No, having more sAEVO does not increase your chances of pulling a rare farm boost. Conversely, having less sAEVO does not decrease your chances of pulling a rare farm boost. Your chances increase 2x as long as you have a sAEVO balance. --- *Originally published on [Aevo](https://paragraph.com/@aevo/aevo-trading-staking-incentive-program)*