Adjusting Margin & Leverage

How to add or remove margin and change leverage on an open perpetual position, and how each affects your liquidation price.

In cross margin mode your entire available balance is shared collateral for all positions, so adjusting margin and leverage works a little differently than in isolated-margin systems.

Adding Margin (Increasing Your Buffer)

There's no separate "add margin to position X" control in cross margin — you increase the buffer for all positions by adding funds:

1. Deposit additional funds into your Yellow.pro account.

2. Once credited and transferred to your Perpetual account, your available balance increases.

3. Your liquidation price moves further from the current market price for all open positions.

Removing Margin

You can withdraw only your Available Balance — not funds committed to open positions. To free up more, close or reduce positions first.

Adding funds buys you more time if the market moves against you. You'll receive a margin warning as your account approaches liquidation.

Changing Leverage

You can change a market's leverage only when you have no open orders on that market. Cancel any open orders on the market first, then adjust the leverage.

1. Open your open positions panel.

2. Find the leverage setting for the market.

3. Adjust the multiplier with the selector.

4. Confirm the change.

The leverage selector on an open position

Action	Liquidation price	Margin required
Increase leverage	Moves closer to market	Decreases
Decrease leverage	Moves further from market	Increases

Increasing leverage on an open position moves your liquidation price closer to the current price — a smaller adverse move can liquidate you. Always check your new liquidation price after changing leverage, and don't increase leverage on a position already under margin pressure. If mid-position adjustment isn't available, close and reopen the position with the new leverage.

Related Articles

• Closing a Position

• Margin & Leverage

• Liquidation & Mark Price