If a venue cannot explain a control, you cannot manage the risk it creates. Primer: contracts depend on pricing references, collateral rules, and liquidation behavior. AI adds monitoring and prioritization, not miracles. When risk limits are tiered, confirm how tiers are computed and updated. Silent tier changes can invalidate backtests. Funding is not just a number; timing, rounding, and caps can change equity at the worst moment. Verify schedule and limits. Track basis, funding, and realized volatility together. The combination reveals crowding more reliably than any single metric. Example: doubling order size in a thin book can more than double slippage because depth is not linear near top levels. Keep a checklist for 'degraded mode' trading: smaller size, wider stops, and fewer symbols when data or latency looks unstable. Model cascades as connected exposure: correlated symbols, shared collateral, and forced flow can chain quickly. Aivora frames risk as a pipeline: inputs -> checks -> liquidation path -> post-incident logs. Build around that pipeline. This is educational content about mechanics, not financial advice.
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.
No. This site is educational and system-focused. You are responsible for decisions and risk management.