Reviewed guide | 2026-10-11
Margin Call Notifications in the Bybit App: Setting Them Up and Acting on Them
The Bybit app can warn you when a futures position approaches liquidation, but only if notifications are configured. Learn how to set them up and what to do in the minutes after one arrives.
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Liquidation rarely arrives without warning. As a position moves against you, margin falls toward the maintenance level, and the Bybit app can send notifications along the way. Many traders never configure them, or they silence the app because of promotional messages and miss the one alert that mattered. This guide explains how to make sure margin-related notifications reach you and what a calm response looks like in the minutes after one appears on your lock screen.
Making sure notifications reach you
Open the notification settings inside the Bybit app and enable alerts related to positions, orders and margin. Then open your phone's system settings and confirm the app is allowed to send notifications, including on the lock screen. If promotional messages are the reason you muted the app, turn off marketing notifications separately instead of silencing everything. Test by placing a small order and checking that the fill notification arrives.
Understanding what the warning means
A margin warning indicates your position's margin ratio has crossed a threshold set by the platform. It does not mean liquidation is certain, but it means the cushion is thin. The help centre explains how margin ratio and maintenance margin are calculated. Knowing the definition in advance helps you interpret the alert quickly instead of guessing under pressure.
Three sensible responses
When an alert arrives, you can add margin to the position, reduce its size, or close it. Adding margin buys time but commits more funds to a trade that is moving against you. Reducing size lowers exposure while keeping part of the idea alive. Closing accepts the loss and ends the risk. Decide in advance which response fits each type of trade, so the choice is quick and deliberate.
Preventing the next alert
Frequent margin warnings usually point to leverage that is too high for the asset's normal movement. Check the estimated liquidation price before every order and keep it comfortably beyond your stop. Use isolated margin to contain each position. After any alert, write a short note on what caused it, and adjust position sizing rules if the same pattern repeats.
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Scenario checkpoint
- Enable margin and position alerts inside the app and in phone system settings.
- Turn off marketing notifications instead of muting the Bybit app entirely.
- Decide in advance whether you will add margin, reduce size or close on alert.
- Note the cause of each margin alert and adjust sizing if it repeats.
Digital assets are volatile and derivatives can amplify losses. This website has no login, wallet connection, deposit form or customer-support chat.