# Calculating Your Liquid Staking Returns

When estimating the number of **Assets** you’ll receive after a certain period of liquid staking, only a few parameters are required:

1. **D** = Your initial deposit size (in Assets)
2. **r₁** = The redemption rate at the moment you convert **Assets** to **qAssets**
3. **r₂** = The redemption rate at the time you redeem your **qAssets** back into **Assets**

Your expected earnings (**E**) can be calculated as follows:

$$
E = D \times \left( \frac{r\_{2}}{r\_{1}} - 1 \right)
$$

This formula indicates that if the redemption rate **r₂** is higher than **r₁**, you will receive more Assets than you originally deposited (plus any compounded returns).

#### Tracking the Redemption Rate

The **current redemption rate** for each onboarded chain is published here:\
<https://lcd.quicksilver.zone/quicksilver/interchainstaking/v1/zones>

#### Important Note on qAsset Balances

After you initially deposit Assets and receive **qAssets** (e.g., 10,000 qSTARS), your **qAsset balance** remains the same in your wallet. The **value** of those qAssets, however, increases over time due to accumulated staking rewards, which is reflected in the changing redemption rate rather than the token count itself.

$$
E = D \times \left( \frac{r\_{2}}{r\_{1}} - 1 \right)
$$