# Deposit To trade with all of the exchange's features and be able to place passive orders into the books, the user must deposit funds to the Akira [exchange contract](/layerakira-documentation/integration/trading.md) Deposit semantics: * The user grants permission to the LayerAkira Smart Contract to move user' funds tokens via erc20 method **transferFrom** * The user will then execute an on chain deposit into the Smart Contract * By monitoring on-chain events, the Exchange obtains the user's deposit and applies it to its internal state, allowing the user to trade on the Exchange with the amount deposited --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://layer-akira.gitbook.io/layerakira-documentation/integration/trading/deposit.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.