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# Weekly budgets

Rewards run on weekly epochs. Each week has a budget for deal rewards, split by term, and a budget for liquidity rewards. The budgets come from the emission schedule, which shrinks every week. See [Emissions](/tokens/emissions.md).

## Deal budgets

| Rule                | Detail                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Two budgets         | One for 21-day deals, one for 7-day deals, 70:30 by default. The longer term earns the richer rate                                             |
| The rate            | Set weekly from the pool price and the previous week's fees so that each budget lasts the week. A rate carries forward if a week is not posted |
| A deal's reward     | The fee it paid times the week's rate for its term, capped at 80% of the fee's value at the pool price. Zero fee earns zero                    |
| Reserved at funding | A deal reserves its reward from its term's budget when it is funded, and keeps it for its whole term                                           |
| Left over           | Deal budget unallocated at the end of the week goes to that week's liquidity rewards, so every week's emission is paid out in full             |

The cap at 80% of the fee's value is what makes a self-dealt wash a guaranteed loss.

## Fully allocated

When a week's deal budget is gone, deals funded later that week earn no sGAGE. They still fund and still pay their fixed cost. The app says so before listing, not after:

{% hint style="info" %}
This week's rewards are fully allocated. New deals earn rewards again on Monday 14 Sep.
{% endhint %}

It is a state, not an error. The banner on Lend reads `WEEK 36 · FULLY ALLOCATED · MON 14 SEP` and the reward line on every listing reads `0 sGAGE this week · rewards resume Mon 14 Sep`.

## The week on screen

* `WK 36 · 1.34M sGAGE REMAIN`: the week number and what is left of its deal budget.
* `THIS WEEK'S BUDGET · 1.34M of 2.00M sGAGE remain` and `RESETS MON 14 SEP 00:00 UTC` on Rewards.
* A week strip on Pool: `WK 33 … WK 37 opens Mon 14 Sep`.

Epochs are one week long and start at the token's launch time, so the reset is the same weekday and hour every week.

## Before the token launches

Deals funded before the token launches accrue at a provisional rate and are granted at launch, dripping from launch.


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