Platforms for Liquidity Pools
Raydium, Orca, Meteora, and Jupiter on Solana.
Liquidity Platforms on Solana
CLOBr aggregates data from the major DEXs on Solana. Here's what each platform does.
Key Platforms
Raydium
One of Solana's biggest DEXs by volume. Offers both constant product pools and concentrated liquidity.
Key Features
- Concentrated Liquidity: LPs focus capital in specific price ranges
- Multiple Fee Tiers: 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25%, 1%, and more
- High Volume: Among the most active DEXs on Solana
- Fusion Pools: Dual-reward pools with partner projects
- LaunchLab: Token launch platform for new projects
Raydium's concentrated positions are a major source of the support and resistance walls you see in CLOBr, especially for high-volume pairs.
Orca
Clean UI, beginner-friendly. Orca pioneered concentrated liquidity on Solana with its Whirlpool system.
Key Features
- Whirlpools: Concentrated liquidity with customizable ranges
- Fair Price Indicator: Warns you about excessive slippage before you confirm
- Impact-Adjusted Pricing: Shows your effective price after slippage
- Simplified UX: Good starting point for new DeFi traders
- Cost-Efficient Trading: Optimized for minimal price impact
Orca Whirlpools show up as distinct patterns in CLOBr, particularly useful for mid-cap token pairs.
Meteora
Meteora's DLMM (Dynamic Liquidity Market Maker) has become a favorite among active LPs on Solana.
Key Features
- DLMM: Fees adjust dynamically during high-volume periods
- Flexible Allocations: Weight your capital near or away from the current price, depending on your strategy
- Strong LP Community: Active LPs who help onboard newcomers (shout out to the LP Army!)
- Single-Sided Withdrawal: Pull out specific bins without closing and re-entering your whole position
In CLOBr, Meteora positions often show as "shadows" of liquidity that trail price movements -- a distinctive pattern worth learning to read.
Jupiter
Jupiter isn't a liquidity pool -- it's an aggregator. It routes your trade across multiple DEXs for the best price, and it also has its own limit order and DCA systems.
Key Features
- Aggregation: Finds the best price across multiple DEXs per trade
- Limit (Trigger) Orders: On-chain limit orders
- DCA (Recurring): Automated dollar-cost averaging
- Swap API: Other apps plug into Jupiter's routing
- High Market Coverage: Thousands of token pairs
Jupiter limit orders are one of CLOBr's most important data sources -- they show exactly where traders are waiting to buy or sell.
Platform Comparison
| Platform | Best For | Liquidity Type | CLOBr Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raydium | High-volume trading, most popular pairs | Constant Product + Concentrated | Major source of both constant product and concentrated liquidity |
| Orca | User-friendly, simple interface | Constant Product + Concentrated | Important source of both constant product and concentrated liquidity |
| Meteora | Advanced range-order style trading | Concentrated + Constant Product | Major source of concentrated liquidity |
| Jupiter | Best execution, limit orders | Aggregator with limit orders | Major walls of support/resistance |
How to Choose the Right Platform
When trading or providing liquidity:
For Traders
- Jupiter for limit orders and overall best execution - the most comprehensive order fulfillment - gets the best price across all platforms
- Only use a specfic platform (Raydium, Orca, Meteora) if you prefer to trade its specific pools, not necessarily for the best price
For Liquidity Providers
- Meteora for advanced fee and allocation strategies
- Raydium lower rent (refundable fees) for long-range concentrated positions vs Meteora
- Use CLOBr to identify underserved price ranges with less competition, and to not allocate capital to areas beyond major liquidity walls (unlikely to earn fees)
- Consider fee levels, desired range, and expected volume when choosing platforms
Platforms and CLOBr
CLOBr pulls from all these platforms into a single view:
- Raydium, Orca, and Meteora positions show where LP capital is actually sitting
- Jupiter limit orders show where traders are lined up to buy or sell
- Real-time aggregation gives you the full picture, not just one platform's slice
- Platform-specific markers let you see which DEX each liquidity source comes from
Next: CLOBr itself and how it uses this data.