# What Is Insurance Fund?

Category: Placing Trades › Understanding Futures Trading  
Source: https://help.coinunited.io/en/articles/what-is-insurance-fund  
Last updated: 2026-09-30

CoinUnited.io maintains an insurance fund as a reserve for losses that arise from liquidations.

## Liquidation Fee

When a position is liquidated, a liquidation fee is charged on the liquidated amount.

To lower the chance of liquidation, see [How to Minimize the Risk of Liquidation?](https://help.coinunited.io/articles/how-to-minimize-the-risk-of-liquidation)

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