# Boom and Crash

**URL:** <https://community.deriv.com/t/boom-and-crash/2629>\
**Category:** Trading Platforms\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/boom-and-crash/2629 "2020-08-15T02:25:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![adwards-acatour-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adwards-acatour-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/adwards-acatour-2)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/boom-and-crash/2629/1 "2020-08-15T02:25:58Z")

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Lets say i have 10USD for trading boom 500  
And i sell it with a maximum possible lot size and get hit by a long spike

Will my account instantly become negative?

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**Author:** ![amictus-abacist-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@amictus-abacist-4](https://community.deriv.com/u/amictus-abacist-4)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/boom-and-crash/2629/2 "2021-09-17T18:22:49Z")

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You finished then with a negative margin. But not negative account.  
But if you reached the negative margin more often your account will be frozen.