What Is Maintenance Margin? Why Can Liquidation Be Triggered Even When Your Position Hasn't Lost All Its Principal?

In crypto derivatives trading, some traders believe that as long as there is still margin in their account, their position won't be forcibly closed. In reality, platforms typically require accounts to maintain a certain level of margin. This is known as maintenance margin. Once the relevant requirements are no longer met, the position may enter the liquidation process.

First, what is maintenance margin?

Maintenance margin is the minimum margin required to keep an open contract

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11.10 Gold Afternoon Outlook: Gold pulls back from highs and weakens in a range; can the weak rebound continue after holding 4108 support?

Spot gold pulled back from its intraday highs in choppy trading. It came under pressure and fell from the early-session high of 4146, with rebounds lacking strength. Prices continued to decline, successively losing levels such as 4131, and then steadied and rebounded slightly after hitting a low of 4108 support.

Technical analysis: The 10-minute chart shows a retreat from highs, a test of the lows, and a slight rebound. Prices are fluctuating around the 4

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11.10 Qiqi on Gold Midday Review: Rally Fades, Volatile Decline; Wait for Support to Stabilize Before Buying the Dip Intraday!

Gold prices met resistance at 4146 in early trading and continued to weaken, hitting an intraday low of 4108 at noon. The current price is around 4123, with a slight rebound. Bulls are struggling to advance, and the short term has entered a pullback and consolidation phase. However, the broader trend remains relatively strong, so for now this is viewed as a corrective shakeout.

The short-term MACD has turned upward, and downward momentum has eased. Watch closely to s

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US-Iran Talks Show New Progress: Is the Oil Risk Premium Finally Unwinding?

Oil is often the first market to react when geopolitical tensions begin to ease. That is exactly what we are seeing now. Crude prices have fallen sharply as investors reassess the possibility of further military escalation between the United States and Iran.

But I think there is an important difference between a market expecting peace and peace actually being achieved.

The diplomatic signals are encouraging, yet the negotiations still face major obstacles involv

#KoreanStocksJumpOver5% THE EAST ASIAN TECH VOLATILITY INVERSION: INSTITUTIONAL ACCUMULATION IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR CORRIDOR
A powerful wave of global liquidity has completely altered the structural landscape of the Pacific chip sector. Following weeks of aggressive macro risk-off liquidations, South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index exploded past the 5% threshold intraday, driven by programmatic program-buying from mega-cap international funds.
Rather than standard retail speculation, this explosive bounce represents a strategic re-indexing. As automated trading desks scramble to cover short positi

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=> $TAO $142
=> $QNT $50
=> $HYPE $9.29
=> $SUI $0.6354
=> $SOL $60
=> $XRP $1.04
=> $AERO $0.2725
=> $NEAR $0.84
Could they go lower ? Yes. Crypto doesnt owe anyone a floor.

$PLUME — Long entry: 0.01305 Take profit 1: 0.01345 Take profit 2: 0.01390 Stop-loss: 0.01245 PLUME has recovered from its recent hourly pullback. The price has returned above the short-term bottom, giving the trading strategy a bullish bias, though it still needs to break above resistance.

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A 14.7-inch foldable screen, a Live small square screen, and three colors—Cloud Sea Blue, Skyline White, and Phantom Night Black. They’ve certainly gone all out with the promotional materials, but the most crucial details, specs and pricing, are still a mystery
From the 09:30 teaser to the 10:30 color announcement, then Yu Chengdong personally posting a preview video, three channels—the official account, executi

$ETH The liquidation heatmap for the past 24 hours shows:
1. If Ethereum drops to $2,105, cumulative long liquidation intensity will be $84.32 million.

2. If Ethereum rises to $2,167, cumulative short liquidation intensity will be $33.33 million.

Trading strategy: Place a limit order to go long at $2,105.

14:07 I’m sitting here watching SPCX. The screen hasn’t moved much; jotting down a few notes.
Q: Which candle was busiest last night? A: 22:00, 6.39 million contracts.
Q: What did it do? A: Went from 137.17 to 142.38, a 3.8-point move in one go.
Q: What happened after that? A: It spent the next sixteen hours grinding between 140.57 and 142.68.
Q: What came of that? A: Nothing. The 14:00 candle had 18,521 contracts,
1.4% of average volume. That’s not trading; it’s limit orders nodding to each other.
$SPCX Now at 141.77; the chart shows a close at 141.90, with MA20 at 141.24 below.
24-hour turno

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