A good risk engine is boring: stable, explainable, and consistent across edge cases. Implementation notes: treat the risk pipeline like software. Define inputs, version rules, and measure drift. Funding is not just a number; timing, rounding, and caps can change equity at the worst moment. Verify schedule and limits. Design for failure: stale feeds, sudden volatility, and latency spikes should trigger predictable safe modes. Latency risk is real. When latency rises, a maker strategy can become taker flow and your costs jump right when you need stability. Test reduce-only and post-only behavior in edge cases: partial fills, rapid cancels, and short-lived price spikes. Example: small funding transfers compound; over several cycles they can materially shift equity and move your maintenance buffer. Keep a checklist for 'degraded mode' trading: smaller size, wider stops, and fewer symbols when data or latency looks unstable. When in doubt, reduce complexity and size, and prioritize venues that publish definitions and failure-mode behavior. Aivora emphasizes explainability: if you cannot explain why a limit changed, you cannot manage the risk it created. Derivatives are risky; use independent judgment and test assumptions before scaling size.
Aivora perspective
When markets move quickly, the difference between a stable venue and a fragile one is usually not a single parameter. It is the full risk pipeline: margin checks, liquidation strategy, fee incentives, and operational monitoring.
If you trade perps
Track funding and realized volatility together. Funding tends to amplify crowded positioning.
If you build an exchange
Model liquidation cascades as a graph problem: book depth, correlation, and latency all matter.
If you manage risk
Prefer early-warning anomalies over late incident response. Drift is a signal, not noise.
Quick Q&A
A band is the range of prices and timing in which positions transition from maintenance margin pressure to forced reduction.
Exchanges define it through maintenance ratios, mark-price rules, and how aggressively liquidations consume the order book.
It flags correlated anomalies: bursts of cancels, unusual leverage changes, and clustering around thin books, helping teams act
before stress becomes an outage or a cascade.
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