Solana trading glossary
What is an LP lock?
Also called: Locked liquidity, Liquidity lock
Liquidity-provider tokens held in a time-locked contract, so the liquidity cannot be withdrawn until the lock expires.
Instead of destroying the LP tokens, a project can deposit them in a locker program that releases them on a set date. Until then, nobody can redeem them. When the lock expires, the owner gets the LP tokens back and can withdraw the liquidity as normal.
Locks are common where a team wants to keep control of the liquidity in the long run, for example to move it to a new pool later. The protection is only as long as the lock. A lock that ends next week gives almost no protection to someone planning to hold for a month.
Why it matters before you trade
Check the length of the lock against how long you intend to hold, and check that the lock covers the main pool rather than a small side pool. An unlocked majority of liquidity in the pool you would sell into is a standing risk that no chart pattern offsets.
How NAVI shows it
The liquidity lock check on each token page reports how much of the largest pool's liquidity is unlocked, and how much across all pools is locked or burned, using the lock data in the token's RugCheck report. The check is marked as a warning when 80% or more of the largest pool is unlocked.
Related terms
- LP burnThe liquidity-provider tokens for a pool have been destroyed, so nobody can withdraw that liquidity again.
- Liquidity poolA pair of token reserves on a decentralized exchange that traders swap against. Its size decides how much you can buy or sell before the price moves.
- Concentrated liquidityA pool design where each provider places liquidity in a chosen price range, held as a position rather than a shared LP token.
Last reviewed 2026-09-25. NAVI is informational only and nothing here is financial advice.