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.
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.
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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