{"id":15320,"date":"2025-08-20T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=15320"},"modified":"2025-08-22T05:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:06:21","slug":"update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Dear users,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">We would like to inform you of an important update regarding the calculation of futures position margin and its impact on your available balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000;\">Change Details:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Previous Logic: Position margin was calculated using Maintenance Margin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">New Logic: Position margin will now be calculated using Initial Margin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Accordingly, the formula for Available Balance will be adjusted going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000;\">Impact on Users:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Users with existing open positions may notice a slight decrease in available balance after the change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Going forward, the margin occupied by new positions will be based on the Initial Margin requirement. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage of positions will be locked in and not subject to arbitrary changes unless the trader adjusts it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Maintenance margin requirements will still be used to calculate liquidation prices.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000;\">Purpose of This Change:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">This adjustment is aimed at:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Enhancing user trading experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Reducing trading risk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Aligning with industry standards adopted by major exchanges<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">We believe this change will help users manage their positions more effectively and improve overall platform stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 24pt; color: #000000;\">Effective Date:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">This update will take effect at 10:00-12:00 (UTC+8), August 27.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">We recommend all users review their positions and adjust their strategies accordingly to avoid any potential liquidation risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Thank you for your continued support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Best regards,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Team BTSE<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear users, We would like to inform you of an important update regarding the calculation of futures position margin and its impact on your available balance. &nbsp; Change Details: Previous Logic: Position margin was calculated using Maintenance Margin. New Logic: Position margin will now be calculated using Initial Margin. &nbsp; Accordingly, the formula for Available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-15320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-futures"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula &#8212; BTSE Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BTSE is changing the way it calculates futures position margins. Going forward, initial margin will be used instead of maintenance margin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BTSE is changing the way it calculates futures position margins. Going forward, initial margin will be used instead of maintenance margin.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BTSE Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-20T08:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T05:06:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"BTSE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BTSE_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BTSE_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BTSE\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula &#8212; BTSE Blog","description":"BTSE is changing the way it calculates futures position margins. Going forward, initial margin will be used instead of maintenance margin.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula","og_description":"BTSE is changing the way it calculates futures position margins. Going forward, initial margin will be used instead of maintenance margin.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/","og_site_name":"BTSE Blog","article_published_time":"2025-08-20T08:00:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-22T05:06:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"BTSE","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BTSE_Official","twitter_site":"@BTSE_Official","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"BTSE","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/"},"author":{"name":"BTSE","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ad80e1bffe6cf5d79938127822f2ca"},"headline":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula","datePublished":"2025-08-20T08:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-22T05:06:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/"},"wordCount":219,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&quality=75&ssl=1","keywords":["futures"],"articleSection":["Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/","name":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula &#8212; BTSE Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&quality=75&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-08-20T08:00:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-22T05:06:21+00:00","description":"BTSE is changing the way it calculates futures position margins. Going forward, initial margin will be used instead of maintenance margin.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&quality=75&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&quality=75&ssl=1","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"Important-Update_Blue"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/update-to-futures-position-margin-calculation-and-available-balance-formula\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Update to Futures Position Margin Calculation and Available Balance Formula"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/","name":"BTSE Blog","description":"Navigating the Crypto Frontier - Insights, Analysis, and Strategies","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"BTSE","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/btse-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/btse-logo.png","width":1007,"height":306,"caption":"BTSE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/BTSE_Official","https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/btse","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/btsecom\/","https:\/\/t.me\/btsecom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ad80e1bffe6cf5d79938127822f2ca","name":"BTSE","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"BTSE"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/author\/btseadmin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Important-Update_Blue-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15320"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15330,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320\/revisions\/15330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}