Trading Bots

Futures Grid Reserved Margin & Futures Grid Auto-Add Margin

Last updated: 09/03/2026 08:39:00

Part 1: What Is Reserved Margin in Futures Grid?

 

What Is Reserved Margin?

Reserved Margin is a risk management feature offered by the Futures Grid bot.
When creating a Futures Grid bot, you can set aside additional margin on top of your grid investment. This provides a larger capital buffer for the bot and helps reduce the risk of liquidation due to insufficient margin.
Reserved Margin consists of additional funds and is not included in the grid investment amount.
For example:
  • Grid investment: 1,000 USDT
  • Reserved Margin: 200 USDT
  • Total funds required: 1,200 USDT
 

Why Do You Need Reserved Margin?

Futures Grid bots use leverage to trade.
When the market continues to move in an unfavorable direction, the bot may gradually build up a position while accumulating unrealized losses. If the available margin becomes insufficient, the bot may be liquidated.
Setting aside additional margin in advance increases the bot's capital buffer, improves its ability to withstand unfavorable market conditions, and reduces the risk of liquidation.
 

 

What Reserved Margin Options Are Available?

Auto Reserve

When Auto Reserve is enabled, the system automatically calculates the required Reserved Margin based on your grid parameters, leverage, and other settings.
You do not need to calculate the amount yourself. The system determines and reserves the appropriate amount when the bot is created.
Best for: Users who prefer automatic calculations and fewer manual settings.
 

 

Manual Reserve

With Manual Reserve, you can set the Reserved Margin amount yourself based on your available funds and risk tolerance.
A higher Reserved Margin provides a larger buffer against unfavorable market conditions, but it also ties up more of your funds.
Best for: Users who want to control how much capital the bot uses and the size of its risk buffer.
 

 

How Is Reserved Margin Used?

Reserved Margin is primarily used to increase the bot's capital buffer while it is running.
After a Futures Grid bot is created, it does not use all of its funds to open positions at once. Instead, it trades and manages funds gradually based on grid prices, positions, open orders, and other factors.
As market prices change, the bot's positions and use of funds will change accordingly.
Therefore, Reserved Margin is held as a risk buffer and will not necessarily be used in full to place orders when the bot is created.
 

 

Is More Reserved Margin Always Better?

No.
Increasing Reserved Margin provides a larger capital buffer, but it also ties up more funds in the bot.
You can set a reasonable amount based on:
  • Your grid investment amount
  • Your leverage
  • Your grid price range
  • Your risk tolerance
Higher leverage means higher risk. Use leverage with caution and maintain a sufficient margin buffer.
 

 

What Is the Difference Between Reserved Margin and Grid Investment?

Put simply:
Grid investment is the capital used to run the bot, while Reserved Margin is an additional safety buffer.
 

 

What Is the Difference Between Reserved Margin and Auto-Add Margin?

Both features are designed to reduce the bot's risk of liquidation, but they are used at different stages:
Reserved Margin: Prepared in advance
Additional margin is set aside when the bot is created, providing a capital buffer from the start.
Auto-Add Margin: Added while the bot is running
While the bot is running, the system automatically adds margin when the auto-add conditions are met.
Put simply:
Reserved Margin is prepared in advance, while Auto-Add Margin is added while the bot is running.
 
 
 

FAQ

Q: Does Reserved Margin generate grid profits?

Reserved Margin is primarily used as a risk buffer. It is not trading capital specifically allocated to opening grid positions.

Q: Does Reserved Margin guarantee that the bot will not be liquidated?

No.
Reserved Margin increases the capital buffer and reduces the risk of liquidation, but it cannot guarantee that the bot will never be liquidated under any market conditions.
If the market experiences extreme volatility or the bot's losses exceed the available margin, liquidation may still occur.

Q: What is the difference between Auto Reserve and Manual Reserve?

With Auto Reserve, the system calculates the Reserved Margin amount based on the bot's parameters. With Manual Reserve, you set the amount yourself.

Q: Can I use Reserved Margin and Auto-Add Margin at the same time?

Yes.
The two features apply at different stages—one when the bot is created and the other while it is running—and can work together to strengthen the bot's capital buffer.
 
  
 

Part 2: What Is Auto-Add Margin in Futures Grid?

 

What Is Auto-Add Margin?

Auto-Add Margin is a risk management feature of the Futures Grid bot.
When enabled, the system automatically adds margin from the available balance in your Futures Account once the system-defined auto-add conditions are met while the bot is running. This increases the position's margin buffer and helps reduce the risk of liquidation due to insufficient margin.
Currently, this feature is supported only for:
  • Futures Grid - Long
  • Futures Grid - Short
Auto-Add Margin is not currently supported for Neutral Futures Grid bots.
 

Why Do You Need Auto-Add Margin?

Futures Grid bots use leverage to trade.
When the market continues to move in an unfavorable direction, the bot may gradually accumulate a one-sided position and unrealized losses, bringing the position closer to its liquidation price.
When Auto-Add Margin is enabled, the system can automatically add margin once the position risk meets the system-defined conditions, providing a larger risk buffer for the position.

 

How Do You Enable or Disable Auto-Add Margin?

When Creating a Bot

When creating a Futures Grid - Long or Futures Grid - Short bot, you can enable the following option under Advanced Settings:
Auto-Add Margin
For newly created bots, this feature is disabled by default. You can decide whether to enable it based on your risk preferences.

While the Bot Is Running

After a Futures Grid - Long or Futures Grid - Short bot starts running, you can also view or adjust the Auto-Add Margin toggle in the bot's parameter settings.

 

When Is Auto-Add Margin Triggered?

Enabling the feature does not mean that the system will add margin immediately.
While the bot is running, the system continuously monitors the position risk. Margin is added only when the Auto-Add Margin trigger conditions are met.
The system calculates the amount of margin required for each addition based on the position and its risk level at that time.
Therefore, Auto-Add Margin is a risk-triggered, dynamic margin addition mechanism, rather than a mechanism that continuously transfers funds after it is enabled.

 

Where Does the Added Margin Come From?

The funding source for Auto-Add Margin is fixed as the:
Available balance in your Futures Account.
Once Auto-Add Margin is triggered, the system adds the required margin from the available balance in your Futures Account.
Make sure you maintain a sufficient available balance in your Futures Account. If the balance is insufficient, the system will be unable to add margin, and the bot may still be at risk of liquidation.

 

Does Enabling Auto-Add Margin Immediately Tie Up Funds in My Account?

No.
Simply enabling Auto-Add Margin does not immediately deduct or freeze a fixed amount of funds.
The system adds the required margin from the available balance in your Futures Account only when the bot actually meets the auto-add conditions.
Therefore, after enabling this feature, be aware that the available balance in your Futures Account may be used to add margin while the bot is running.

 

What Is the Difference Between Auto-Add Margin and Reserved Margin?

The two features are used at different stages:
Reserved Margin sets aside funds in advance as a risk buffer when the bot is created.
Auto-Add Margin dynamically adds funds based on the position risk after the bot has started running.
The two features can be used at the same time:
Reserved Margin addresses "How much of a safety buffer should I prepare in advance?" Auto-Add Margin addresses "What if risk continues to rise while the bot is running?"

 

Can Auto-Add Margin Prevent Liquidation?

There is no guarantee.
Auto-Add Margin can only reduce the risk of liquidation. It cannot guarantee that the bot will not be liquidated.
Liquidation may still occur if:
  • The available balance in the Futures Account is insufficient;
  • The maximum cumulative amount of added margin has been reached;
  • The market experiences extreme volatility and prices move faster than the system can add margin;
  • The position risk continues to rise after margin is added.
Please also note:
After Auto-Add Margin is enabled, the system may continue using additional funds from your Futures Account. As a result, the final loss may exceed the margin originally used by the bot.

 

 

FAQ

Q: Will Auto-Add Margin transfer my entire Futures Account balance to the bot?

No.
The system adds margin only when the auto-add conditions are met and calculates the required amount based on the position's current risk level. It will not transfer the entire Futures Account balance at once.

 

Q: How many times can Auto-Add Margin be triggered?

There is no fixed limit.
As long as the trigger conditions are met again, the system can continue adding margin.

 

Q: Can I enable Auto-Add Margin for a Neutral Futures Grid bot?

No.
Auto-Add Margin currently supports only Futures Grid - Long and Futures Grid - Short bots. Neutral Futures Grid bots are not currently supported.