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Why was I liquidated?

Description: Your perps position was liquidated and you see "Market Liquidation" in your Trade History

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Last updated 3 days ago

Reasoning

  • A liquidation event occurs when a trader's positions move against them to the point where the account equity falls below the maintenance margin. You can read about how liquidations work here:

https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/trading/liquidations