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# Virtual Balances
## Introduction
To guarantee the safety of the pool, there are some conditions which need to be fulfilled when adding liquidity to KyberSwap Classic pools:
1. After LP contributions, the token price remains unchanged.
2. $$P\_{min}$$ and $$P\_{max}$$ are also unchanged after LP contributions.
In KyberSwap, the pool for pair X-Y needs to maintain 4 parameters:
1. The initial amount of token $$X$$ that is used for amplification, denoted by $$x\_0$$
2. The initial amount of token $$Y$$ that is used for amplification, denoted by $$y\_0$$
3. The change in token $$X$$ amount after trading activities, denoted by $$Δx\_0$$
4. The change in token $$Y$$ amount after trading activities, denoted by $$Δy\_0$$
Therefore, the real balances and virtual balances of the reserves are:
`Real Balances`
$$
x = x\_0 + \Delta x\_0 \\
y = y\_0 + \Delta y\_0
$$
`Virtual Balances`
$$
x' = a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0 \\
y' = a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0
$$
where $$a$$ is the [amplification factor](https://github.com/KyberNetwork/kyberswap-documentation/blob/main/reference/legacy/kyberswap-classic/concepts/broken-reference/README.md). \\
The constant product $$x' \cdot y' = (a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0) \cdot (a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0) = k'$$. Note that $$P\_{min}$$ and $$P\_{max}$$ at this time are:
$$
\begin{cases}
P\_{min} = \cfrac{(y\_0 \cdot a - y\_0)^2}{k'} \\
\\
P\_{max} = \cfrac{k'}{(x\_0 \cdot a - x\_0)^2}
\end{cases}
$$
The current price: $$P = \cfrac{y'}{x'} = \cfrac{a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0}{a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0}$$
Liquidity Providers have to contribute in the same proportion for all 4 amount types. We denote the contribution ratio to be $$b$$. LPs have to contribute $$x\_1 + \Delta x\_1$, $y\_1 + \Delta y\_1$$in which:
$$
\begin{cases}
x\_1 = b \cdot x\_0 \\
\Delta x\_1 = b \cdot \Delta x\_0 \\
y\_1 = b \cdot y\_0 \\
\Delta y\_1 = b \cdot \Delta y\_0
\end{cases}
$$
The real balances and virtual balances of the reserve after contribution are:
`Real Balances`
$$
x = (x\_0 + x\_1) + (\Delta x\_0 + \Delta x\_1) = (b + 1) \cdot (x\_0 + \Delta x\_0) \\
y = (y\_0 + y\_1) + (\Delta y\_0 + \Delta y\_1) = (b + 1) \cdot (y\_0 + \Delta y\_0)
$$
`Virtual Balances`
$$
x' = a \cdot (x\_0 + x\_1) + (\Delta x\_0 + \Delta x\_1) = (b + 1) \cdot (a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0) \\
y' = a \cdot (y\_0 + y\_1) + (\Delta y\_0 + \Delta y\_1) = (b + 1) \cdot (a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0)
$$
The constant product, after the LP contribution, becomes:
$$
x' \cdot y' = (b + 1)^2 \cdot (a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0) \cdot (a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0)
\= (b + 1)^2 \cdot k'
$$
$$P\_{min}$$ and $$P\_{max}$$ at this time are:
$$
\begin{cases}
P\_{min} = \cfrac{((y\_0 + y\_1) \cdot a - (y\_0 + y\_1))^2}{(b + 1)^2 \cdot k'} = \cfrac{(y\_0 \cdot a - y\_0)^2}{k'} \\
P\_{max} = \cfrac{(b + 1)^2 \cdot k'}{((x\_0 + x\_1) \cdot a - (x\_0 + x\_1))^2} = \cfrac{(x\_0 \cdot a - x\_0)^2}{k'}
\end{cases}
$$
The current price is updated to be $$P = \cfrac{y'}{x'} = \cfrac{(a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0) \cdot (b + 1)}{(a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0) \cdot (b + 1)} = \cfrac{a \cdot y\_0 + \Delta y\_0}{a \cdot x\_0 + \Delta x\_0}$$
We see that after LP contributes, the current price, $$P\_{min}$$ and $$P\_{max}$$ are unchanged. It is similar in the case of LPs withdrawals, where the ratio $$b$$ is negative.
## Example[](https://docs.kyberswap.com/Classic/overview/adding-liquidity-in-kyberswap#example)
* Initially, the first LP put 100 $$X$$ and 100 $$Y$$ to the reserve, we have: $$x = 100, y = 100, \Delta x = 0, \Delta y = 0$$.
* A user trades 20 $$X$$ for 15 $$Y$$, so we have the updated parameters: $$x = 100, y = 100, \Delta x = 20, \Delta y = −15$$.
* Suppose an LP wants to contribute 20% of the current token amounts in the pool, so he should deposit:
$$
0.2 · 100 + 0.2 · 20 = 24 (X) \\
0.2 · 100 + 0.2 · (−15) = 17 (Y)
$$
ie. deposit 24X and 17Y tokens.
The parameters are then updated to be: $$x = 120$, $y = 120$, $\Delta x = 24$, $\Delta y = −18$$.
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