USDT-Margined Perpetual Futures: Margin Modes and Liquidation
Summary
This exchange guide introduces USDT-margined futures, focusing on perpetual contracts, funding rates, margin terminology, and isolated versus cross margin. Its most useful trading details are the distinct liquidation conditions: isolated positions depend on isolated account balance and unrealized profit or loss relative to maintenance margin, while cross margin evaluates the cross account balance under its stated exclusions.
The rest is primarily platform onboarding: transferring funds from spot to futures, opening positions, and locating realized and unrealized profit or loss and order details. It mentions a demo environment and high maximum leverage, but offers no independent evaluation of execution quality, fees, or the exchange’s promotional claims. The guide is not a complete risk model; traders would need contract specifications, funding calculations, and position sizing rules before using these products.
Key ideas
- USDT-margined perpetual contracts use USDT as collateral and settlement currency.
- Funding rates are identified as a key contract concept, though their calculation is not explained here.
- Isolated margin confines collateral and unrealized profit or loss to a position for liquidation assessment.
- Cross margin uses the cross account balance in its maintenance margin comparison.
- The guide describes account setup and position reporting but provides limited strategy or risk analysis.
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