What Is Isolated Margin?
A margin mode that walls off a fixed amount of collateral for one position. If the trade is liquidated, you lose only that allocated margin, never your whole account. Most risk conscious traders default to isolated margin.
Related Terms
- Cross Margin A margin mode in which your entire available balance backs all open positions.
- Margin The collateral you post to open and maintain a leveraged position.
- Risk Management The set of rules that keeps you solvent: risking a small fixed percentage per trade, using stop losses, limiting open exposure and avoiding revenge trading.
Where You Will Meet This Term
You will run into isolated margin constantly on any futures exchange, from the order panel to the position dashboard. If you are still building your foundation, our guides on leverage, liquidation and risk management connect the vocabulary into an actual trading process, and the full glossary covers every other term you will encounter.