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Negative balance protection

Secure your trading – Doto

Updated over a month ago

Trade with confidence at Doto

Trading leveraged products involves risk. At Doto, this risk should be managed responsibly and transparently.


That’s why we offer Negative Balance Protection, designed to help ensure that your trading losses are limited to the funds you deposit into your trading account.


How Negative Balance Protection helps you

  • Protection against extreme market movements

    In fast-moving or highly volatile markets, sudden price gaps may occur.
    Negative Balance Protection is designed to protect you from owing money to Doto if your account balance becomes negative as a result of such market events.

  • Built-in risk controls

    Doto applies margin requirements and stop-out mechanisms to help manage trading risk.

    • If your margin level falls below the applicable threshold, your positions may be closed automatically to limit further losses.

    • Margin levels and stop-out thresholds are defined in your account specifications and may vary depending on the instrument and market conditions.

  • Balance adjustment when applicable

    If, after a stop-out or an exceptional market event, your account balance becomes negative, Doto will review the situation in accordance with the Client Agreement.

    Where Negative Balance Protection applies:

    🔄 Your account balance will be adjusted back to zero.

    ✅You will not be required to make any additional payment.

    📌Example:

    You deposit $1,000 and open a leveraged trade. Due to a sudden market movement, the position is closed after a stop-out and results in a loss greater than your available balance.

    In this case, Doto will review the situation in accordance with the Client Agreement.


    Where Negative Balance Protection applies, your loss will be limited to your deposited funds, and your account balance will be adjusted back to zero, not to a negative amount.


Why trade with Doto?

  • Protection designed to help limit losses to your deposited funds

  • Margin and stop-out controls to support risk management

  • Transparent trading conditions

  • A responsible approach to leveraged trading

⚠️ Important note:


Negative Balance Protection is provided in accordance with Doto’s Client Agreement and does not apply in cases of fraud, abuse, bad faith, or violations of trading terms.

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