How to Use Jupiter

Jupiter is the default way most people swap tokens on Solana. Here’s how to use its main features and what to watch for at each step.

Basic swaps

Go to Jupiter’s official site (verify the domain — aggregator front-ends are a common phishing target) and connect your wallet. Select your input and output tokens, enter an amount, and Jupiter will show you a quote assembled from routing across multiple underlying DEXs.

Before confirming, check:

• The route. Jupiter shows which pools your trade is passing through — for a straightforward major pair this is usually simple, for exotic pairs it can route through several intermediate hops, each adding a small amount of fee and slippage risk.
• Price impact. Shown as a percentage; higher means your trade size is meaningfully moving the price in the pools it’s routing through.
• Slippage settings. Jupiter defaults to a reasonable slippage tolerance, but you can adjust it — tighter for liquid major pairs, looser (carefully) for illiquid ones.

Limit orders

Instead of swapping at the current market price, Jupiter’s limit order feature lets you set a target price and have the swap execute automatically if the market reaches it — useful for buying a dip or selling a target price without watching the market continuously. Unlike a centralized exchange limit order, this is executed on-chain when conditions are met, so understand any associated keeper or execution fees before relying on it for precise timing.

DCA (dollar-cost averaging)

Jupiter’s DCA tool lets you schedule recurring buys or sells of a set amount over time, rather than manually swapping repeatedly. This is a straightforward way to average into or out of a position without trying to time individual trades.

Perpetuals

Jupiter also offers its own perpetuals trading product for leveraged positions, separate from the core swap aggregator. This carries substantially more risk than spot swapping — see our DEX security guide and treat leveraged trading with proportionally more caution regardless of which platform offers it.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Confirming a swap without checking the simulation shown by your wallet
• Setting slippage far higher than the pair actually needs, which increases MEV exposure for no benefit
• Using a bookmarked or search-result link instead of navigating directly to the verified official domain

For the underlying mechanics of how swaps and aggregation actually work, see how to swap tokens on Solana.