Unified Account Margin Loans: Leverage, Hedging, and Carry Scenarios
Summary
The guide explains how borrowing works in a unified trading account, where eligible assets can serve as collateral and loans can be used for leveraged trading or short selling. It describes an operating sequence involving account mode, margin settings, auto-borrowing, and repayment, with interest accruing hourly. Example uses include leveraged purchases of tokenized equities, borrowing to buy spot while shorting perpetual futures, and borrowing a yield-bearing asset to seek a spread over loan costs.
The examples are illustrative rather than evidence of dependable returns. The claimed delta-neutral funding trade still faces funding-rate changes, borrowing costs, execution and basis risk, while leveraged yield depends on variable rates and continued product availability. Leverage magnifies losses as well as gains, and collateral values can fall or become less liquid. The guide’s tables do not establish that the stated returns are achievable after all costs or under stressed conditions.
Key ideas
- Eligible account assets may be pooled as collateral for margin borrowing.
- Borrowed funds can support leveraged long positions or borrowing an asset for short selling.
- A spot position paired with an equivalent perpetual-futures position can reduce directional exposure while targeting funding income.
- Leveraged yield strategies depend on the difference between borrowing costs and asset yields, both of which can vary.
- Collateral price declines and leverage can create liquidation risk.
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