What you will accomplish
- Read account margin and risk fields
- Explain how leverage changes liquidation distance
- Know what to do if liquidation or ADL occurs
- Build safer pre-trade and monitoring controls
Before you begin
- A Quote.Trade account for live fields
- Current account, position, and private risk-event access
- Current terms and available risk disclosures
Read the live margin and balance fields
The authenticated reference lists totalInitialMargin, totalMaintMargin, totalMarginBalance, open-order and position initial margin, unrealized P/L, wallet balance, and updateTime.
Monitor private risk updates
Current RISK_UPDATE examples include USD buying-power estimate, leverage ratio, margin value, required margin value, open-order values, position value, unrealized P/L, and event date. Do not infer a complete formula from field names alone.
Understand what the public docs say about liquidation
Leverage and losses can cause forced reduction or closure under platform rules. Quote.Trade’s public materials do not currently provide a complete trigger equation, liquidation-price formula, partial-liquidation sequence, or notice schedule.
Understand ADL as an emergency backstop
ADL can reduce or close positions in exceptional loss conditions. Quote.Trade’s public materials do not currently publish the full trigger and ranking method, so monitor risk closely and keep leverage conservative.
Keep leverage and automated risk limits conservative
Keep leverage disabled by default, reserve collateral, monitor account/risk events, cap USD notional, cancel stale instructions, and stop new orders when state is delayed or contradictory.
Check current risk disclosures before trading
Review the current mark-price, maintenance-margin, liquidation, loss-allocation, and ADL information published by Quote.Trade. Use conservative leverage, collateral buffers, real-time monitoring, and a kill switch whenever detailed methodology is unavailable.
Common problems and fixes
The app and bot show different buying power
Use the latest account response and private risk update, confirm timestamps, and block new orders until they agree.
Why was my position liquidated?
Review the price move, maintenance margin, open-order margin, account balance, and the related ORDER_TRADE_UPDATE and RISK_UPDATE events before placing another trade.
Where can I find the ADL ranking?
Use any ranking method Quote.Trade publishes or contact support. Do not calculate one from field names alone.
Why can’t I withdraw the full wallet balance?
Withdrawable balance is limited by current risk and margin. Open positions and orders can reserve collateral, so you may need to close or reduce additional positions or orders before more becomes available.