
Binance Futures Guide: Perpetuals, Margin, Liquidation and Risks
How Binance Futures perpetuals, USD-M and COIN-M contracts, leverage, mark price, margin modes, liquidation, funding and auto-deleveraging work.
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How Binance Futures perpetuals, USD-M and COIN-M contracts, leverage, mark price, margin modes, liquidation, funding and auto-deleveraging work.

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