# Deposit Shares

`Deposit shares` are percentage figures that tell the nToken account how much of a user's total liquidity to deposit into each individual market. `Deposit shares` are represented as percentages and add up to 100%.

For example, if a currency's `max market index` is 3 meaning there are 3 active markets (3 month, 6 month, and 1 year) the `deposit shares` will allocate Prime Cash liquidity amongst those 3 active fCash markets. 

Deposit shares allow Notional governance to direct liquidity to the maturities where there is the greatest end-user demand for borrowing and lending. For example, governance may decide on a set of deposit shares that would direct more liquidity to long-dated maturities and less liquidity to short-dated maturities, or vice versa, depending on relative demand.

### Parameter Selection Considerations

Deposit shares should be selected to allocate sufficient liquidity to listed markets based on current and historical demand.