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# Margin Warnings & Risk Management

## Margin Warning Emails

Yellow\.pro sends **margin warning emails** when your margin ratio rises above a warning threshold — before it reaches the 100% liquidation point. It's an early alert giving you time to act.

### What to do when you receive one

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**Act immediately.** A margin warning can escalate to liquidation within minutes.
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1. **Log in** at [yellow.pro](https://yellow.pro).
2. **Check your margin ratio** and open positions in the positions panel.
3. **Add funds** — in cross margin this immediately increases the buffer for all positions.
4. **Reduce exposure** — partially or fully close at-risk positions, place stop-losses, or lower leverage.
5. **Monitor** until the situation stabilises.

### How to enable margin warning emails

Margin warnings are sent to the email linked to your account. **Your email is never linked automatically — no matter how you signed in, you must link it manually.** Until you link and verify an email, no margin warning emails are sent.

To link it, go to `yellow.pro/settings` → **Linked Socials** → **Link** next to Email, then verify it.

![Linking an email to receive liquidation and margin-warning notifications](/files/ABRjjUCTGL3NXYTXwhi8)

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If you haven't linked and verified an email, you will **not** receive any margin warning alerts — regardless of your login method. Link one as soon as possible.
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## Risk Management Basics

Effective risk management is the difference between long-term trading and rapid account depletion.

1. **Only risk what you can afford to lose** — set a max risk per trade and per session.
2. **Use stop-loss orders on every position** — set them before opening, at the level where your thesis is wrong (not at the liquidation price).
3. **Control your leverage** — beginners 1x–3x, intermediate 3x–10x, advanced 10x+ with strict controls.
4. **Size positions appropriately** — risk only a small percentage (e.g. 1–2%) of your balance per trade.
5. **Monitor your margin ratio** — below 50% is generally safe; 75%+ is high risk; 100% triggers liquidation.
6. **Don't chase losses** — avoid revenge-trading after a loss.
7. **Take profits regularly** — unrealized profit isn't yours until you close.
8. **Understand the market** — know volatility, key levels, and upcoming events.
9. **Keep a trading journal** — record entries, exits, size, leverage, and reasoning.

## Related Articles

* [Liquidation & Mark Price](/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation/liquidation-and-mark-price.md)
* [Cross-Margin Risk & ADL](/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation/cross-margin-risk-and-adl.md)
* [Margin & Leverage](/perpetual-trading/margin-and-leverage.md)