# Regarding cfd tradeing

**URL:** <https://community.trading212.com/t/regarding-cfd-tradeing/12165>\
**Category:** 🤝 Help\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/regarding-cfd-tradeing/12165 "2020-07-03T05:06:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robz345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Robz345](https://community.trading212.com/u/Robz345)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/regarding-cfd-tradeing/12165/1 "2020-07-03T05:06:06Z")

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How do I know when Il get liquidated say I put 30$ in CFDs if the result hits minus 30 then il get liquidated or how can I know when it will close thanks

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**Author:** ![Richard.W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Richard.W](https://community.trading212.com/u/Richard.W)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/regarding-cfd-tradeing/12165/2 "2020-07-03T05:52:16Z")

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It depends on the amounts of total funds and blocked funds in your account as to when a position will be closed. You can start reading here in the help pages. Use of the practice account will also help you understand.

> **[What does my account/margin status show?](https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007119457-What-does-the-account-status-show-)**
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> The Account Status, also known as the Margin Indicator, on our platform, displays the remaining funds in your account as a percentage. The calculation is based on the following formulas:
> Account St...

This link has a worked example.

> [@CFD margin calls](https://community.trading212.com/t/cfd-margin-calls/2614/16):
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> @dropbrick There are simpler ways to think about this. As a general rule of thumb, if you have $1,000 in your account & you’ve invested all of the $1,000, your margin bar is exactly at 50%. If your account balance should drop to 50% of the invested funds ($1,000 margin), then you’d get stopped out. You have 50K, you buy 10 BTC at $7k with 1:2 leverage. Thus, you’re gonna need 10 x 7,000 / 2 in margin = 35K. Going by the over 50% formula -\> [50K / (50K +35K)] x 100 = approx. 58% To receive a m…

If you have just $30 in the account, invest it all in one position and so have $30 blocked funds, then the position will be sold when it has lost $15.
