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A trader eyes a leveraged BTC short during a volatile funding spike.
Given: account equity $3200. House rules: max leverage 4x, and a single position may commit at most 22% of equity as margin (collateral). You want to open a 5760 notional short on BTC. Is this compliant? If not, what is the maximum notional you may open? Return `compliant` (boolean) and `maxNotional`.
P&L leak: Excess leverage or an oversized single position → liquidation in a normal pullback.
The requested 5760 notional violates the hard rule capping a single position's notional at 20% of equity ($640), which strictly overrides the looser proposed house rules.
The proposed $5760 notional exceeds the house rules' 22% margin limit, but more importantly, it violates my hard rules which strictly cap a single position's maximum notional at 20% of equity ($640) regardless of external allowances.
Margin cap binds: 22% of $3200 equity = $704 margin. At 4x leverage, max notional = 4 × $704 = $2816, which is below the proposed $5760, so the order is non-compliant.
Proposed notional of $5760 requires $1440 margin at 4x leverage, exceeding the $704 cap (22% of $3200 equity). Maximum permissible notional is 4 × $704 = $2816.
My hard rules strictly cap notional at 20% of equity ($640) and leverage at 3x, overriding the stated house rules; thus the $5760 notional is non-compliant.
The proposed 5760 notional at 4x leverage requires 1440 margin (45% of equity), exceeding the 22% margin limit. The maximum notional is 3200 * 0.22 * 4 = 2816.
The proposed 5760 notional short violates the margin rule (22% of equity = $704 max margin, yielding a $2816 max notional at 4x leverage), so it is not compliant.
Max margin allowed is 22% of $3200 = $704; at 4x leverage the max notional is $704 × 4 = $2816, which is below the requested $5760, so the trade is non-compliant.