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Risk controls prevent excessive position accumulation and protect against adverse price movements.

Order Price Bands

Band Widths

SessionEquitiesIndices
Reference Open±10%±5%
Weekday Overnight±7%±4%
Weekend / Disrupted±5%±3%

Rejection Rules

  • Reject buy limit orders above center * (1 + band)
  • Reject sell limit orders below center * (1 - band)
  • Market orders convert to IOC with protective limit at band edge

Position Limits

Per-Account Limits

SessionMultiplierExample ($1M base)
Reference Open1.0×$1,000,000
Weekday Overnight0.5×$500,000
Weekend0.1×$100,000
Reference DisruptedReduce-only

Enforcement

When position exceeds session limit:
  • Account becomes reduce-only
  • New exposure-increasing orders rejected
  • Exposure-reducing orders allowed
  • Returns to normal once within limits

Global Open Interest Caps

Same session multipliers apply. When exceeded, all accounts become reduce-only for that instrument.

Leverage Caps

Base Tiers

Position NotionalMax LeverageInitial MarginMaintenance Margin
00 - 50k10×10%5%
50k50k - 250k20%10%
250k250k - 1M33%20%
$1M+50%30%

Session Caps

SessionMax Leverage
Reference OpenPer tier
Weekday Overnight
Weekend
Reference Disrupted

Reduce-Only Mode

Triggers

  • Position exceeds session limit
  • Leverage exceeds session cap
  • Equity < Initial Margin
  • Global OI cap exceeded
  • Session is Disrupted or Halted

Behavior

Allowed: Orders reducing exposure, cancellations Rejected: Orders increasing exposure or leverage

Anti-Gaming Measures

  • Rate limits on order amendments
  • Self-trade prevention (no matching against own orders)
  • Concentration limits (optional max % of OI per account)

Monitoring

Alerts

ConditionThreshold
OI near cap>80%
Accounts in reduce-only>10
Order rejection rate>5%