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Why was auto-trading switched off for insufficient margin?
Binance refused an order because your USDⓈ-M futures wallet did not have enough free margin (-2019), so the bot switched auto-trading off; lower your position size or limit, or add USDT, then send /on.
The message you got: "Auto-trading is switched off: Binance refused an order because your futures wallet did not have enough free margin." In /lastsignals the same refusal reads "your futures wallet did not have enough free margin".
What it means. Each trade the bot opens uses your position size as margin, and each further entry on a coin you already hold adds the same again. When the free margin in your USDⓈ-M Futures wallet is smaller than the next entry, Binance refuses it with error -2019. Signals often come in bursts, so once margin runs short the next orders would be refused too; the bot therefore switches auto-trading off at the first refusal and tells you once. Your open positions, their take-profits and their stops are not touched.
What to do:
- Make the settings fit your balance. Roughly, position size × position limit should fit in your free futures balance, with room for repeat entries. Lower
/setPositionSizeor/setPositionLimit;/summaryshows the margin each trade uses and how much a full position limit ties up. - Or add funds. Only the USDⓈ-M Futures wallet counts: move USDT there from Spot or Funding with Binance's Transfer.
- Then send
/on. Nothing restarts by itself.
More on this error: Margin is insufficient (-2019).
Updated 2026-10-11.
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