# OnChainTrading

Trading Onchain 101
most people still treat onchain trading like a secondary option.
it's becoming the primary one. gas optimization, intent based execution and aggregators like paraswap and 1inch have compressed the gap between cex and dex so much that the old excuses don't hold up anymore. slippage? manageable. speed? solved on L2s. liquidity? deepening every quarter.
what onchain gives you that cex never will: your assets stay yours until the trade settles. no counterparty risk. no withdrawal freezes. no "we're experiencing high volume" when the market moves 20% in an hour.
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