Transferring positions
Both Supply and Borrow Positions are ERC20 tokens. You can transfer them — but the inversion of borrow semantics means borrow transfers behave differently from supply transfers.
Supply transfers
Standard ERC20 push semantics:
transfer(to, amount)— sender pushes value toto. Sender's balance decreases,to's balance increases.transferFrom(from, to, amount)— same, but with allowance.
Health-factor implications:
- The sender must remain healthy after the transfer (their collateral decreased).
- The receiver doesn't need to be healthy (they're gaining collateral).
If the sender has any debt, the protocol verifies their post-transfer H ≥ 100% and reverts otherwise.
Borrow transfers (inverted)
For Borrow Positions, semantics are inverted — the sender benefits, the receiver suffers:
transfer(from, amount)— caller pulls debt fromfrom.from's debt decreases, caller's debt increases.transferFrom(from, to, amount)— pulls debt fromfromtoto. Requires both parties to approve.
Health-factor implications:
- The caller (debt receiver) must remain healthy after the transfer.
- The source (debt sender) doesn't need to be healthy (their debt decreased — H rises).
The Pool contract bypasses approvals during liquidation, which is what enables debt assumption.
Lock proportionality
If the position being transferred is partially locked, the lock fraction transfers proportionally. See Transfers and exits for the formula.
When to use transfers
- Wallet migration. Move positions between wallets you control.
- OTC trades. Sell a position privately to a buyer.
- Compose with another protocol. Transfer position tokens into another DeFi product (with care — see Wrapped positions for the safer path).
When NOT to use transfers
- Liquidation handover. Don't try to "reroute" a liquidation by transferring out — the protocol's liquidation function operates on the address with H < 100%, and you'd need to make the transfer cause H ≥ 100%, which the protocol verifies. If you can do that with a transfer, you can probably do it with a regular operation.
Where to go next
- Wrapped positions — safer composition with non-Banq protocols
- Positions as tokens — the underlying mechanics
- ERC20 semantics — full developer-facing detail