According to the rules of the Exchange, a margin system is implemented for futures trading, and a certain percentage of margin must be paid for each transaction. When the market changes unfavorably, that is, when the market reverses and changes in the opposite direction, members or customers should also add margin according to the trading rules and the contract when entering the delivery month.
If the member or customer fails to fulfill the obligation of additional margin within the specified time, the trading ownership will forcibly close the position held by the member or brokerage company.
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There are many reasons for compulsory liquidation in futures trading, such as customers' failure to add trading margin in time, violation of trading position restrictions and other irregularities, temporary changes in policies or trading rules, etc. In the standardized futures market, it is most common that customers are forced to close their positions because of insufficient trading margin.
Specifically, it refers to the behavior that a futures company forcibly closes some or all of its customers' positions in order to avoid losses. When the trading margin required by the customer's position contract is insufficient, the futures company fails to add the corresponding margin in time according to the futures company's notice or actively reduce the position, and the market situation is still developing in an unfavorable direction, the obtained funds are used to fill the margin gap.
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