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What happens if my margin falls below the maintenance level? If your margin falls below the maintenance level, we may issue a margin call, requiring you to deposit additional funds. If you fail to meet the margin call, your position may be liquidated to prevent further losses.5. Can I use cross margin and isolated margin on OKX?Published on 2 Aug 2024Updated on 12 May 202666What's the Spot DCA (Martingale) bot and how do I use it?
The DCA (Martingale) bot is a trading bot that allows you to purchase crypto at multiple price levels if the price of the asset falls and aims to sell it for a profit if your target is reached. This bot aims to help you achieve a better average buying price by automatically placing additional buy orders if the price falls. If your profit target is reached, the bot automatically sells your crypto holdings. As with all bots, there's no guarantee that this aim will be achieved.Published on 29 Apr 2025Updated on 17 Nov 2025What's a limit order?
Once the market price falls to 52,900 USDC or below, the order will be executed automatically.What's a market order? A market order allows you to buy or sell immediately at the best available price in the current market, enabling fast execution. Example: Assume the latest BTC market price is 53,000 USDC. If you want to buy BTC immediately, you can place a market order and enter the total order amount, such as 40 USDC. After placing the order, it will be executed instantly.Published on 22 Aug 2023Updated on 3 Apr 2026179How do I avoid liquidation with trading tools and features?
Liquidation occurs when the value of your assets falls below the maintenance margin requirement. This results in your position being forcibly closed to cover the loss. On our platform, it helps prevent traders from owing more than their initial investment.What are the tools and features to help you? Maintain a healthy margin level: a key risk metric in tracking healthy measures, you can spot the margin level as on the image below.Published on 2 Aug 2024Updated on 17 Nov 202516Forced Liquidation FAQ
The maintenance margin for the position tiers is determined by the tier in which your reduced position falls, and this portion will be used to cover the losses from forced liquidation engine's order slippage. Any remaining amount will be injected into the insurance fund. If an overloss occurs and your account balance becomes negative, you will not be responsible for the loss; the insurance fund will cover it.Published on 4 Jul 2025Updated on 12 May 20267What's Futures DCA bot and how do I maximize my efficiency with automated crypto trading through it?
Further, if an asset continues to fall in value, there's a chance it could fall to zero, in which case the entire value of the trader's holdings would be lost. It's important to be aware of the risks involved and to have a solid risk management plan in place. For example, it's important to set up stop-loss orders to limit potential losses.Published on 3 Apr 2024Updated on 28 Jan 202681What is Leverage, Futures and Margin?
If your margin falls below this threshold, the exchange's liquidation engine will automatically close part or all of your position to cover the shortfall. This happens immediately and without a grace period. It's important to note that liquidation does not occur at your entry price, it occurs at the prevailing market price at the time of liquidation, which may result in a worse outcome than expected. Example: Your margin ratio drops to 0.5% against a 1% maintenance margin requirement.Published on 9 Apr 2026Updated on 9 Apr 2026Understanding the risks of using digital payment token services
Price Volatility Risk Digital Payment Tokens (DPT) prices can rise and fall by very large amounts in a short span of time. This is called price volatility, and it's often more extreme than in traditional markets. Here's what you need to know: Speculative trading can cause large and sudden price swings. Market demand, breaking news, or changes in sentiment can shift prices quickly. Sharp drops within minutes may lead to total loss of your investment.Published on 17 Jun 2025Updated on 17 Nov 20252What should I do during or after a scam?
Find out how you can avoid modern cryptocurrency scams and how to report them so you can protect yourself and others from falling victim.Published on 11 Mar 2024Updated on 12 May 2026750How do total Profit and Loss (PnL) and Grid profits work for Spot Grid?
In some cases, tiny residual amounts may also remain in the bot if they fall below the exchange's minimum trade size - meaning that a portion of grid profits need to be retained in the bot to support forthcoming orders. Fundamentally, the system ensures the max withdrawal amount is calculated in a way that after withdrawal, there is still enough balance in your bot to support open orders and allow the strategy to continue running smoothly as intended.Published on 20 Jun 2025Updated on 30 Apr 202657How do I manually set up futures grid trading bot?
Traders using a short grid strategy profit from falling prices. Neutral: this strategy involves a balanced approach, where the trader doesn't have a strong directional bias on the price movement of the underlying asset. The neutral grid strategy aims to profit from market volatility and price fluctuations within a range, rather than a specific price direction.Published on 6 Jun 2024Updated on 31 Mar 2026103How do I place a TP/SL with Limit Order?
Stop Loss (SL): an SL order is designed to automatically buy or sell a position when the market price falls to a certain level, limiting potential losses.Why should I use TP/SL with Limit Order? Using TP/SL with Limit Orders offers several benefits: Setup your trades for success: you can automate your trading strategy by setting predefined exit points, allowing you to manage trades without constant monitoring.Published on 31 May 2024Updated on 12 Feb 2026282How can you protect yourself from a phishing attack?
Therefore, how can investors prevent themselves from falling victim to such fraud? This article will outline several common phishing attack techniques and provide our customers with security tips. Please remain vigilant against these tricks and ensure the safety of your assets.2. What are the common tricks of phishing attacks? Phishing attacks mainly include email attack, pharming and so on. Email attack: the attacker sends seductive or misleading email to the target user.Published on 17 Aug 2023Updated on 17 Apr 20263,732What can help prevent P2P crypto scams and protect my assets?
To combat the rising cases of P2P frauds, we've outlined common crypto scams and provided tips on how to avoid falling prey to such schemes.What can I do to avoid P2P crypto scams?Published on 2 Sept 2023Updated on 12 Feb 20261,462Understanding OKX's Security Fund
Within our OKX group, depending on local regulations, the term "Security Fund" may be known by other names.The fund is primarily used to manage losses incurred when a user's position is liquidated and subsequently leads to negative equity (a state where the market value of the position falls below the "bankruptcy price" or zero-margin level).2. What's the Security Fund Used For? The core purpose of the Security Fund is to absorb the shortfall created by "bankrupt positions."Published on 25 Mar 2026Updated on 24 Apr 20264