Collateral

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description: >- When placing any order, your Collateral choice and amount determines which token you post as margin and how much buying power you’ve unlocked.

Collateral

Collateral Select

• Collateral dropdown (e.g. vUSD): Select which token you post as margin.
• Balance: Your free collateral of that token.
• Changing collateral recalculates slider limits, Value, and Cost in real time.


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Amount Slider

The Amount Slider is your quick way to size up orders in logical chunks, without manual math.

• Draggable handle on a 0–100% bar: Chooses what fraction of your collateral to use.
• Preset dots at 25%, 50%, 75%: One‑tap selection of common sizes.
• Tooltip (“56”): Shows the exact percentage as you drag.
• Value & Cost fields update live: See notional position size and margin requirement.