Negative balance protection

We’ve got your back — even when the market moves against you. At PrimeXBT, your risk is limited to your account balance. Our negative balance protection ensures you’ll never owe more than you deposit.

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What is negative balance protection?

Negative balance protection is a risk management feature that guarantees your account balance never drops below zero. In extreme market conditions or high volatility, your position may be automatically closed before losses exceed your deposit.

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How negative balance protection works?

Negative Balance Protection ensures you never lose more than your account balance.

How does it work?

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Account hits the stop-out level and negative

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System automatically resets your balance to zero

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Credits are deducted to offset the negative balance

Real-time monitoring

We monitor your positions in real time. If your margin drops below required levels, positions are closed automatically. Even if the market moves fast, we absorb any negative balance — you’ll never owe us money. Your losses are limited to your deposit; your account won’t go into debt.

Benefits for traders

Peace of mind: trade without fear of losing more than you deposited.
Risk management: automatic liquidation before losses exceed your funds.
Perfect for volatile markets like crypto, where sudden price swings can happen.

Secure, responsible trading

PrimeXBT combines negative balance protection with:

  • Margin controls
  • Auto-liquidation systems
  • Risk alerts and real-time monitoring

These tools help protect you and ensure a fair, transparent trading environment.

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Negative balance protection FAQs

We will write off the bonus first to compensate the balance automatically. If the account is still negative, we will compensate the remaining balance using Negative Balance Protection.

Negative Balance Protection is applied at regular intervals, screening all accounts. The compensation happens within minutes but in some cases may take up to 1 hour. If your balance remains negative beyond the usual processing time, contact us at support@help.primexbt.com or via directly on the platform.