Why does the price input round?

Last modified: April 16, 2026

v3 divides the continuous price curve into discrete ticks. When you enter a price bound, the interface snaps it to the nearest tick that is a multiple of the pool's tick spacing. The tick spacing equals twice the fee tier — except for the 0.01 % tier, where the spacing is 0.01 %.

Each tick corresponds to a price of 1.0001^n (where n is an integer). The two pricing formulas:

price0 = (1.0001^tick) / (10^(token1Decimals - token0Decimals))
price1 = 1 / price0

Example: An LP targets a range of 1,000–5,000 USDC per CTN in a 0.30 % pool (tick spacing 60).

• Nearest low tick for $1,000: tick 207,240 → price0 ≈ 0.0009999698 → price1 ≈ 1,000.30 USDC
• Nearest high tick for $5,000: tick 191,160 → price0 ≈ 0.0002020024 → price1 ≈ 4,993.92 USDC

The entered bounds of 1,000 and 5,000 therefore round to 1,000.30 and 4,993.92. This is inherent to tick-based pricing and cannot be overridden.