Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cross-margin

# Cross margin
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cross-margin
Last modified: 2026-10-17

Cross margin uses your whole balance as margin for every open position, so a winner props up a loser and liquidation is further away, until one bad position drains everything. It turns a position-level line into an account-level one; [Module 5 treats it as a sizing choice](https://mochatrade.com/learn), and [isolated margin is the alternative](https://mochatrade.com/support/how-leverage-and-margin-work-on-mochatrade).

## Related terms

- Isolated margin: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/isolated-margin
- Mark price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/mark-price
- Auto-deleveraging (ADL): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/auto-deleveraging
- Liquidation price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/liquidation-price
- Insurance fund: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/insurance-fund
- Initial margin vs maintenance margin: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/initial-margin-vs-maintenance-margin

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