Max Profit

Every position has a hard cap on how much profit it can realize. That cap is set when the position opens, based on how much collateral the pool sets aside to pay you out.

This is the max profit cap, and it's separate from your leverage, your liquidation price, or your collateral.

How it works

When you open a position, the pool locks an amount of tokens to cover both your collateral and the maximum profit it's willing to pay on the trade:

locked_usd = (size_usd × max_payoff_bps / 10000) + collateral_usd

• First term: the maximum the pool will pay out as profit

• Second term: ensures your own collateral is always fully covered

At settlement, your total payout is capped at locked_usd:

payout = min(profit + collateral, locked_usd)

So your maximum profit is:

max_profit = size_usd × max_payoff_bps / 10000

Max Profit Price

Beyond a certain price, your position stops earning more profit even if the market keeps moving in your favor. That threshold is the max profit price.

Direction	Formula
Long	entry_price + (max_profit / size_amount)
Short	entry_price - (max_profit / size_amount)

For shorts with a 100% max payoff, the max profit price effectively reaches $0 — the asset would need to go to zero for the cap to bind.

Why this matters

The max payoff cap is most relevant for virtual tokens — synthetic markets like forex, commodities, and tokenized equities — where the pool is backed by USDC rather than the native asset.

For these markets, the cap protects the pool from outsized payouts on positions where the underlying could theoretically move several multiples of its starting price (e.g. a small-cap equity doubling intraday).

For crypto-backed pools, where the pool holds the native asset, the cap rarely binds in practice unless price doubles or more.

Current max payoff settings:

Live max profit prices for any open position are shown directly on the position panel in the trade UI. Refer to the live interface for the current max_payoff_bps applied to each market.