A Trading Capital Deposit is the pool of assets (tokens + stablecoins) that a project provides to a retainer + working capital market maker for the purpose of executing their liquidity mandate. The market maker uses stablecoins to place buy orders (bids) and tokens to place sell orders (offers). The deposit's composition fluctuates over time based on trading activity.

For example, a market maker might request $200,000 in trading capital, split equally between stablecoins and tokens. Depending on market conditions and trading behavior, the ratio will shift.

At the end of the engagement, the market maker returns all remaining assets to the project.