Risk is rarely a single number; it is a chain of assumptions that can snap at the worst time. Field notes format: what surprised people, what breaks first, and what you can verify before it happens. When latency spikes, your strategy can switch from maker to taker without warning. That switch can compound fees and reduce liquidation distance. Example: doubling order size in a thin book can more than double slippage because depth is not linear near the top levels. Liquidation paths differ: incremental reductions, auctions, or market orders. The difference is not cosmetic; it changes slippage and tail risk. If you run bots, implement exponential backoff and client-side limits. When platform limits tighten, naive retries can look like abuse. Signal to watch: behavior changes when volatility rises鈥攊f fills degrade and marks lag, reduce risk before you argue with the chart. Compute liquidation price including fees and funding assumptions, then compare it to your stop-loss plan. If the two are too close, your plan is mostly hope. When in doubt, reduce complexity and size, and prioritize venues that publish definitions and failure-mode behavior. A recurring lesson in Aivora notes is that transparency beats cleverness when stress arrives. This is educational content about mechanics, not financial advice.
Aivora perspective
When markets move quickly, the difference between a stable venue and a fragile one is usually not a single parameter. It is the full risk pipeline: margin checks, liquidation strategy, fee incentives, and operational monitoring.
If you trade perps
Track funding and realized volatility together. Funding tends to amplify crowded positioning.
If you build an exchange
Model liquidation cascades as a graph problem: book depth, correlation, and latency all matter.
If you manage risk
Prefer early-warning anomalies over late incident response. Drift is a signal, not noise.
Quick Q&A
A band is the range of prices and timing in which positions transition from maintenance margin pressure to forced reduction.
Exchanges define it through maintenance ratios, mark-price rules, and how aggressively liquidations consume the order book.
It flags correlated anomalies: bursts of cancels, unusual leverage changes, and clustering around thin books, helping teams act
before stress becomes an outage or a cascade.
No. This site is educational and system-focused. You are responsible for decisions and risk management.