Author Topic: How can you force settlement for a smartcoin?  (Read 2023 times)

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Offline woodygar

yeah watched the video as well but could not find the option to settle thanks

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you can define how many you want to settle ..

the short positions with LEAST collateral will be used for settlements .. you essentialy buy THEIR collateral AT feed price .. but note the delay of 24h for smartcoins

wow, that's kind of amazing...didn't know that functionality was there.

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you can define how many you want to settle ..

the short positions with LEAST collateral will be used for settlements .. you essentialy buy THEIR collateral AT feed price .. but note the delay of 24h for smartcoins

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click the asset in the overview! there is the settle link:


cool, thanks! Can you choose to settle a subset of holdings, or is it all-or-nothing? What happens technically during settlement? Someone shorted that amount of smartcoin into existence, so is the settlement a reversal where that counterparty's short position is forced closed, collateral released, settlement value delivered to asset holder and remainder released to the short party?

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click the asset in the overview! there is the settle link:


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I just saw this video @JonnyBitcoin about how to profit from forced settlement: https://www.youtube.com/embed/psN-hhDcBrY

Mechanically, how can you force settle a smartcoin? I've never seen an option to do that for any of the markets i trade (USD, BTC, SILVER). Of course, i wouldn't want to force settle when i'm buying above settlement, but it'd be nice to know how to do that in case things ever got crazy...