🔍 What is Raydium Swap?

Raydium is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Solana that offers lightning-fast, low-cost token swaps. It combines AMM liquidity pools with on‑chain orderbooks (via OpenBook) to optimize price discovery and execution efficiency raydiiumswap-io.webflow.io+15v2.raydium.io+15youtube.com+15.

Key Features

• Best-Price Routing: Automatically picks the most efficient swap path across multiple liquidity pools .
• High Speed & Low Fees: Transactions cost mere fractions of a cent and settle almost instantly .
• Permissionless Liquidity Pools: Anyone can create AMM pools—either constant-product (CPMM) or concentrated liquidity (CLMM) tradingonramp.com+4v2.raydium.io+4docs.raydium.io+4.
• Community Incentives: Pools can offer RAY-token rewards via yield farms; 84‑88% of swap fees return to liquidity providers, with a share used to buy back RAY docs.raydium.io+1tradingonramp.com+1.

How to Perform a Swap

1. Connect Wallet: Use Phantom, Slope, or another Solana wallet.
2. Select Tokens: Choose the input and output tokens.
3. Set Amount & Slippage: Adjust the amount and slippage tolerance (e.g., 0.5–1%).
4. Review Fees: Network fees ~0.0001–0.001 SOL; pool fees vary (0.01%–1%) netpixshorts.com+1youtube.com+1docs.raydium.io.
5. Execute Swap: Confirm the transaction in your wallet.
6. Handle Wrapped SOL: If WSOL is used, Raydium will prompt to unwrap it back to SOL youtube.com+4solana.stackexchange.com+4solana.stackexchange.com+4v2.raydium.io+15docs.raydium.io+15solana.stackexchange.com+15.

🛠️ Developer Swaps via SDK

Want to integrate Raydium swaps into apps? The V2 SDK lets developers:

• Load pool data
• Construct swap transactions
• Simulate vs execute on-chain

Developers can choose between legacy or versioned transactions (v0) youtube.com+4reddit.com+4reddit.com+4v2.raydium.io+10docs.chainstack.com+10youtube.com+10docs.raydium.io+1reddit.com+1.

Sample TypeScript Flow

• RaydiumSwap.ts: loads pools, constructs swap txns, handles versioning
• swapConfig.ts: swap parameters—tokens, amounts, slippage, transaction type
• index.ts: performs or simulates the swap, logs TXID for explorers reddit.com+2docs.chainstack.com+2docs.raydium.io+2

Common Pitfalls & Tips

• Insufficient SOL: Always keep ≥0.05 SOL for fees docs.raydium.io+1solana.stackexchange.com+1.
• Slippage Errors: Increase tolerance or pick deeper pools if swap fails .
• Transaction Expiry: On-chain scripts can face timeout/errors—add priority fees or use RPC relays like Jito reddit.com+2solana.stackexchange.com+2docs.chainstack.com+2.
• WSOL Cleanup: Raydium UI will auto-convert WSOL back to SOL, but developers should handle it in code .

Quick Start

• UI Users: Go to Raydium.io Swap, connect your wallet, pick tokens, set slippage, and hit Swap.
• Developers: Install the SDK, configure swap parameters, and call getSwapTransaction() → simulate or send to Solana.

✅ Summary

Raydium Swap on Solana gives you:

• Fast, cost-effective on-chain token exchanges
• Smart routing via AMMs + orderbook integration
• Developer tools with full customization and automation

Whether you're swapping mobile with Phantom or building a DeFi app, Raydium offers the speed, flexibility, and liquidity you need.