What is Isolated Margin?
A margin mode where only the funds specifically allocated to one position are at risk — losses are capped at your deposited margin for that trade.
Isolated margin confines your risk to the amount you explicitly assign to a single position. If that position is liquidated, only the allocated margin is lost — not your entire account.
How it works:
You open a BTC long and allocate $500 as isolated margin. If the trade goes against you and reaches liquidation:
When to use isolated margin:
Trade-off: Isolated margin is less capital-efficient than cross margin. Your liquidation price is fixed at opening based on allocated margin only — you cannot benefit from account-wide profits unless you add margin manually.
Most professional retail traders use isolated margin for most positions to maintain clear risk control per trade.
Related Calculators
Liquidation Price
Calculate the exact liquidation price for any leveraged crypto position. Know your liquidation distance before entering any leveraged trade.
Binance Liquidation
Calculate your exact liquidation price on Binance USDT-M perpetual futures using Binance's maintenance margin rates.
Bybit Liquidation
Calculate your exact liquidation price on Bybit futures using Bybit's maintenance margin rates.