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Yield Skimming Strategy

Purpose: Serve as the hub page for learning and building Yield Skimming Strategies (YSS), which capture exchange-rate appreciation from value-accruing assets.

Audience: Engineers building or integrating YSS strategies into Octant v2; those wanting to capture appreciation from liquid staking tokens and similar assets.

Level: Intermediate

Source of truth: [email protected] YSS architecture and contract reference pages.

Use this page when: You are starting to learn YSS, need an overview of the section structure, or want to navigate to specific YSS guides.

Do not use this page for: Deep dives into YSS accounting or contract reference details—use the Architecture or specific strategy guide pages instead.

Yield Skimming Strategies (YSS) are ERC-4626-style Octant strategies that accept a single ERC-20 asset and route appreciation to a configured on-chain address. They are designed for value-accruing assets such as liquid staking tokens or other instruments whose redeemable value changes over time.

Who this section is for

This section is for engineers who want to author strategies that capture exchange-rate appreciation rather than periodically harvesting reward tokens.

Start here if you want to build

I want to...Start hereThen read...
understand the YSS modelIntroductionArchitecture
build a first YSS implementationWriting a YSS StrategyReading the Smart-Contract Reference
find the most relevant reference pagesReading the Smart-Contract ReferenceBaseYieldSkimmingHealthCheck, YieldSkimmingTokenizedStrategy, TokenizedStrategy

Pages in this section

  • Introduction — what YSS is, the value model, key concepts, and lifecycle overview.
  • Architecture — passive-hold model, value shares, and main design invariants.
  • Writing a YSS Strategy — a worked example and implementation notes.

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