CLMM fees

CLMM fees and costs include pool creation, position costs, and tick array initialization.

All costs are Solana rent-exemption fees. There is no Raydium protocol fee for CLMM pool creation or position management.

Pool creation

Creates a liquidity pool for a token pair. The pool exists on-chain and is ready to accept liquidity.

Cost: 0.06144904 SOL (non-refundable)

Account	Cost (SOL)	Refundable
Pool state	0.01163712	No
Observation state	0.03209256	No
Tick array bitmap	0.0136416	No
Token vault 0	0.00203928	No
Token vault 1	0.00203928	No
Total	0.06144904	-

Pools cannot be closed once created. These costs are permanent.

Opening a position

Creates a new LP position for a specific price range. You receive an NFT representing ownership of the position. Opening a position does not require depositing liquidity. You can open an empty position and add liquidity later.

Position costs have two components: a fixed base cost and a variable tick array cost.

Base cost

Raydium supports two NFT methods for position ownership:

Method	Cost (SOL)	Notes
Token-2022 NFT	~0.0092	Uses native Token-2022 metadata
SPL + Metaplex	~0.0215	Legacy method, higher cost

Token-2022 breakdown

Account	Cost (SOL)	Refundable
Personal position	0.00284664	Yes
NFT mint	0.00277008	Yes
NFT token account	0.00207408	Yes
Metadata funding	0.0014616	Yes
Total	~0.0092	-

SPL + Metaplex breakdown

Account	Cost (SOL)	Refundable
Personal position	0.00284664	Yes
NFT mint	0.0014616	Yes
NFT token account	0.00203928	Yes
Metaplex metadata	0.0151156	No
Total	~0.0215	-

Tick array cost

Tick arrays store price tick data for a range of prices. Each array costs 0.07216128 SOL and covers 60 × tick_spacing ticks.

Tick arrays are:

• Created when the first position uses that price range

• Shared by all positions in the pool

• Permanent and non-refundable

You only pay for tick arrays if they do not already exist. For popular pools like SOL-USDC, tick arrays across common price ranges are already initialized, so you pay nothing extra. This cost primarily applies to new pools or positions in rarely used price ranges.

Calculating tick arrays needed

arrays_needed = ceil(range_width / (60 × tick_spacing))

The minimum is 1-2 tick arrays per position, for the lower and upper bounds of your range.

Tick spacing	Ticks per array	Typical use case
1	60	Stable pairs (USDC-USDT)
10	600	Major pairs (SOL-USDC)
60	3,600	Volatile pairs
120	7,200	High volatility

Example costs (assuming tick arrays do not exist)

Tick spacing	Arrays needed	Cost
120	1	0.0722 SOL
60	2	0.1443 SOL
10	10	0.7216 SOL

Full range position costs

Note: The full range position costs provided here are for illustration purposes only. It is generally not recommended to opt for a full range position due to its high cost. If your goal is full range liquidity, it is better to use a constant product pool.

Tick spacing	Arrays needed	Cost
10	~1,479	~107 SOL
60	~247	~17.8 SOL
120	~124	~8.9 SOL

Increase liquidity

Deposits tokens into an existing position. Your position must already be open, and the tick arrays for your price range must exist. They are initialized when the position is opened.

Cost: Network transaction fee only

Decrease liquidity

Withdraws tokens from your position without closing it. The position remains open and can receive more liquidity later.

Cost: Network transaction fee only

Close position

Burns the position NFT and closes the position account. You must withdraw all liquidity and collect all fees before closing.

Cost: Network transaction fee only

Refund: ~0.006-0.02 SOL (position account + NFT accounts)

Tick arrays are not refunded. They remain as shared infrastructure for other LPs.