Trade Tokens

Overview

Trade tokens on Base network. Use when you or the user want to trade, exchange, buy, sell, or convert between tokens.

Prerequisites

Must be authenticated (npx awal@latest status to check)
Wallet must have sufficient balance of the source token

Confirming wallet status

npx awal@latest status

If the wallet is not authenticated, refer to the authenticate-wallet skill.

Command syntax

npx awal@latest trade <amount> <from> <to> [options]

Arguments

Argument	Description
`amount`	Amount to trade (see Amount Formats below)
`from`	Source token: alias (usdc, eth, weth) or contract address
`to`	Destination token: alias (usdc, eth, weth) or contract address

Amount formats

Format	Example	Description
Dollar prefix	`$1.00`, `$0.50`	USD notation
Decimal	`1.0`, `0.50`, `0.001`	Human-readable with decimal point
Whole number	`5`, `100`	Interpreted as whole tokens
Atomic units	`500000`	Large integers treated as atomic units

Large integers (>100) without a decimal point are treated as atomic units. For example, 500000 for USDC (6 decimals) = $0.50.

Options

Option	Description
`-s, --slippage <n>`	Slippage tolerance in basis points (100 = 1%)
`--json`	Output result as JSON

Trading is only available on Base mainnet. Testnet trading is not currently supported.

Token aliases

Alias	Token	Decimals	Address
usdc	USDC	6	0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913
eth	ETH	18	0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE
weth	WETH	18	0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006

Examples

# Trade $1 USDC for ETH
npx awal@latest trade $1 usdc eth

# Trade 0.50 USDC for ETH
npx awal@latest trade 0.50 usdc eth

# Trade 0.01 ETH for USDC
npx awal@latest trade 0.01 eth usdc

# Trade with custom slippage (2%)
npx awal@latest trade $5 usdc eth --slippage 200

# Trade using contract addresses
npx awal@latest trade 100 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006

# Get JSON output
npx awal@latest trade $1 usdc eth --json

Error handling

Error	Resolution
”Not authenticated”	Run `npx awal@latest auth login <email>` first
”Invalid token”	Use a valid alias (usdc, eth, weth) or 0x address
”Cannot trade a token to itself”	From and to must be different
”Trade failed: TRANSFER_FROM_FAILED”	Insufficient balance or approval issue
”No liquidity”	Try a smaller amount or different token pair
”Amount has X decimals but token only supports Y”	Too many decimal places

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Overview

Prerequisites

Confirming wallet status

Command syntax

Arguments

Amount formats

Options

Token aliases

Examples

Error handling

​Overview

​Prerequisites

​Confirming wallet status

​Command syntax

​Arguments

​Amount formats

​Options

​Token aliases

​Examples

​Error handling

Overview

Prerequisites

Confirming wallet status

Command syntax

Arguments

Amount formats

Options

Token aliases

Examples

Error handling