Isolated Margin vs Liquidation Price
Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.
Isolated Margin
intermediate
strategy
A margin mode in which only the capital specifically assigned to a position is at risk; if liquidated, the loss is limited to the assigned margin and does not affect the rest of the account balance; the correct default mode for speculative directional trades.
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intermediate
strategy
The mark price at which a leveraged position is automatically closed by the exchange to recover borrowed capital; for longs, Entry Price × (1 − 1/Leverage + Maintenance Margin Rate); for shorts, Entry Price × (1 + 1/Leverage − Maintenance Margin Rate).
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