Hedging Strategies

At a high level, there are two choices with regards to hedging: hedge or no-hedge. A fully hedged solver will try to be as close to delta-neutral as possible. When you open a long for a trader on SYMMIO, you might immediately open a matching long on a CEX or another venue. If the trader wins, your off-chain hedge wins by roughly the same amount, so your net result is close to flat. Your profit then comes from spreads, fees, funding, or other edges you’ve built into your quoting model.

On the other end of the spectrum, a solver can decide not to hedge at all, or to hedge only partially. In that case you’re acting more like a traditional market maker or prop desk: you take directional views, you might skew your quotes based on what positions you already have, and you accept that your PnL will fluctuate with the market. SYMMIO doesn’t enforce a particular style. The protocol only cares that you stay solvent under its rules.