> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vanna.finance/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sample Strategies

> Practical strategies for using Vanna's Earn, Margin, Trade, and Farm sections to build yield-generating positions with minimal downside.

The strategies on this page are designed to earn yield while minimising or eliminating directional price exposure. Rather than relying on asset prices moving in your favour, each approach isolates a yield source - lending interest, farming returns, or rate spreads - and constructs a position around it. Vanna's composable architecture across Earn, Margin, Trade, and Farm makes this possible within a single account.

<Note>
  No DeFi strategy is entirely risk-free. All positions on Vanna carry smart contract risk. The strategies below are designed to eliminate or minimise **price risk** and **liquidation risk** - not protocol risk. Each strategy page includes a clear risk breakdown.
</Note>

## Strategies

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Cross-Pool Rate Carry" href="/guides/strategies/cross-pool-rate-carry" icon="arrow-right-arrow-left">
    Borrow XLM from Vanna, deploy to a Blend XLM pool - earn the rate spread with zero net XLM price exposure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Earn + Borrow Hedge" href="/guides/strategies/earn-borrow-hedge" icon="shield-halved">
    Supply XLM to Earn, borrow equal XLM and swap to USDC - the two legs cancel out, leaving zero net XLM exposure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Parallel Rate Carry" href="/guides/strategies/parallel-rate-carry" icon="arrows-split-up-and-left">
    Split borrowed XLM across two yield venues - Blend and Aquarius - from one USDC collateral base, stacking two independent rate spreads with zero net XLM price exposure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dual Yield Stack" href="/guides/strategies/dual-yield-stack" icon="layer-group">
    Supply USDC to Earn while running an XLM carry in Margin - two independent yield streams, zero directional exposure.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Comparison

| Strategy                                                          | Sections              | Delta Exposure     | Risk        | Complexity |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------- |
| [Cross-Pool Rate Carry](/guides/strategies/cross-pool-rate-carry) | Margin · Farm         | None (XLM-neutral) | Low–Medium  | Medium     |
| [Dual Yield Stack](/guides/strategies/dual-yield-stack)           | Earn · Margin · Farm  | None               | Low–Medium  | Medium     |
| [Earn + Borrow Hedge](/guides/strategies/earn-borrow-hedge)       | Earn · Margin · Trade | None (XLM-neutral) | Medium      | Medium     |
| [Parallel Rate Carry](/guides/strategies/parallel-rate-carry)     | Margin · Farm         | None               | Medium–High | High       |