# Welcome TaraPerps TaraPerps is a Leveraged DeFi trading platform. Leveraged Trading is a popular form of derivative trading that enables investors to speculate on the price movements of crypto assets, such as TARA, ETH and USDM without owning the underlying asset. TaraPerps is margin-based, allowing traders to deposit a set percentage of the full value of a trade in order to offer greater exposure to the markets as compared to buying and holding the underlying asset. TaraPerps uses a multi-asset liquidity pool that enables both **leveraged trading** and **zero slippage swaps.** As a direct fork of the highly successful GMX protocol, TaraPerps shares the exact same smart contract code base. All contracts are fully verified and can be reviewed here. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://taraperps.gitbook.io/taraperps/welcome-taraperps.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.