Forced Settlement Avoidance

Mechanism

Traders employ this process to maintain control over open positions by adjusting collateral or rolling contract expirations before a protocol-mandated closure occurs. It serves as a tactical response to avoid the realization of losses during periods of extreme market volatility or suboptimal liquidity conditions. By preemptively managing account margins, users effectively bypass the automatic, often disadvantageous, liquidations imposed by decentralized finance platforms.