I Use USDT for ETH/USDT Bot — Unified Account Crypto Can Still Act as Collateral

Hello! On a unified trading account I note that other cryptocurrencies can indeed be recognized by the exchange as collateral supporting the overall margin. In my experience this means the platform may treat different coins as margin support across the account’s positions.

However, when I run a trading bot on the ETH/USDT pair, it uses only USDT to initiate positions. The bot’s entry and execution rely exclusively on stablecoin liquidity rather than on other crypto assets held as collateral.

Coins posted as collateral can be debited and later returned if the account remains healthy, but their value is continuously recalculated at the prevailing market price and adjusted by a downward coefficient (haircut). Because of that revaluation and haircut process, I cannot precisely predict the exact amount that will be available as collateral at any specific moment in time.