Futures trading allows you to trade with leverage, which increases both potential profits and losses. Leveraged trading is a high-risk activity, with the possibility of being liquidated.
When trading on futures exchanges, it is not uncommon to encounter sharp price changes that result in liquidation of users' open positions. Liquidation is a mechanism used to close positions that are unable to maintain minimum margin requirements.
Previously, the Margin Ratio, at which the complete liquidation of the users' position took place, was 8%. This means that if the Margin Ratio falls below 8%, the user's position is liquidated, leaving a deposit in vAMM as profit for traders who opened positions in the opposite direction.
Recall that the Margin Ratio is calculated using the following formula:
So that users could trade without fear of losing their positions entirely, we introduce a method of partial liquidation.
Partial liquidation - a process in which if the Margin Ratio falls below 8%, the users' position will not be liquidated completely, but only that part of it, which will be enough to restore the Margin Ratio to the level above 8%.
The liquidation quantum, that is, the minimum step of liquidation of a part of the position will be 15%. This means that at one time can be liquidated at least 15% of the current volume of open positions. If the Margin Ratio of your position falls to 1% and below, the position will be liquidated as a whole.
With the implementation of the partial liquidation mechanism, traders' funds remain safe for as long as possible, which helps make trading on the Tsunami Exchange more comfortable and reduces the risk of losses for our users.
Partial liquidation allows you to avoid sharp price fluctuations due to the one-time liquidation of large positions, which also has a positive impact on the fundamentals of traders with positions in the same direction.
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