Isolated Positions

Isolated positions on the dYdX frontend are perpetual positions held in subaccounts with a subaccount number greater than 127, up to the limit of 128,000. Each isolated position is held in a separate subaccount.

Mapping of isolated positions to subaccounts

The dYdX frontend implementation separates subaccounts (0 - 128,000) into 2 separate types.

Parent subaccounts

Subaccounts 0 to 127 are parent subaccounts. Parent subaccounts can have multiple positions opened and all positions are cross-margined.

Child subaccounts

Subaccounts 128 to 128,000 are child subaccounts. Child subaccounts will only ever have up to 1 position open. Each open isolated position on the frontend is held by a separate child subaccount. Once an isolated position is closed in the frontend, the subaccount associated with isolated position can be re-used for the next isolated position. Child subaccounts are mapped to parent subaccounts using the formula:

parent_subaccount_number = child_subaccount_number % 128

Note that currently only parent subaccount 0 is exposed via the frontend and so isolated positions will be held in subaccounts number 128, 256, ...

Note that the above "types" of subaccounts are not enforced at a protocol level, and only on the frontend. Any subaccount can hold any number of positions in cross-marginable markets which all will cross-margined at the protocol level.

Getting data for parent subaccount

API endpoints exist to get data for a parent subaccount and all it's child subaccounts on the Indexer.

Currently all data for an account viewable on the frontend can be fetched by using the parent subaccount APIs to fetch data for parent subaccount number 0.

See the Indexer API page for more details of the parent subaccount APIs.