What is Cross Margin in Crypto Futures on Pluang?

Cross Margin is a margin mode in Crypto Futures where your entire account margin balance is used as shared collateral across all open positions. Profit from one position can offset losses from another. However, if a position is liquidated, all open positions can be affected and total losses can reach your entire account margin balance.

Key characteristics of Cross Margin:

• Shared collateral — your full account margin balance backs all open positions simultaneously.
• P&L offsets across positions — a profitable position can help sustain a losing position and delay or prevent liquidation.
• Higher liquidation risk — if the account margin balance is insufficient to sustain all positions, multiple or all positions can be liquidated at once.
• Funding fees are deducted from the shared account margin balance — not from individual position margins.
• Higher capital efficiency than Isolated Margin, since one pool of margin supports all positions.

Related questions:

Q: Can profits from one position help prevent liquidation of another in Cross Margin?
Yes. In Cross Margin, unrealized profits from one position contribute to the shared margin pool and can help sustain other losing positions.

Q: What happens to all my positions if my account is liquidated in Cross Margin mode?
All open positions can be affected by a liquidation event, and losses can reach the full amount of your account margin balance.

Q: Where are funding fees charged in Cross Margin?
Funding fees are deducted from the total account margin balance, not from individual position margins.

Q: Is Cross Margin or Isolated Margin better for risk control?
Isolated Margin offers higher risk control per position. Cross Margin offers higher capital efficiency but exposes all positions to the same margin pool risk.