What Is Liquidation
What does liquidation mean, and how can you avoid getting rekt?
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What does liquidation mean, and how can you avoid getting rekt?
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Liquidation occurs when an investor cannot meet the margin requirement for their leveraged position & the underlying collateral tokens will be converted to pay for the liquidation.
Means selling collateral for cash, or its equivalents.
Occurs when a traderās position is closed forcibly by lending protocols as the trader ran out of the initial margin used to open the position.
When the price begins to move against the traderās expectation (either long or short position), the losses are paid for from the margin provided. If the losses surpass the margin provided, the position gets liquidated.
1ļøā£ Know the liquidation rules before you open a position.
2ļøā£ Raise your collateral ratio by depositing more collateral or repaying part of your loan. Itās important to monitor your collateral ratio & keep it high enough to avoid liquidation.
3ļøā£ Donāt leverage too much. Leveraged positions are prone to volatile price swings, which may cause a traderās investment to plunge into a negative balance in a very short time period. Measure how much risk can you afford to take before you open a position.
4ļøā£ Self-liquidation means you repay the loan with the fund generated from the sale of the collateral, and youāll get the remaining assets at the end of the trading.
(using Aave flashloan as an upfront fund)
a) Flashloan fund to repay all debt b) Withdraw all collateral c) Sell collateral to repay flashloan