Insurance Fund

Insurance Fund

The insurance fund is designed to manage losses during forced liquidations to maintain market stability.

Role in Forced Liquidation

  • During forced liquidation, the system settles positions at the bankruptcy price.

  • If the market price is worse than the bankruptcy price, the position’s margin may be insufficient to cover the required margin for liquidation.

  • In such cases, the insurance fund takes over the user’s position, covering losses that exceed the position’s current margin balance.

Automatic Deleverage (ADL)

  • If the insurance fund is depleted and cannot cover all negative balance losses, the Automatic Deleverage (ADL) mechanism is activated.

  • ADL uses profits from other traders’ positions to offset the shortfall.

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