> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sx.bet/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exposure limits > How SX Bet manages exposure Market making on SX Bet is capital-efficient by design: your balance is not divided across the markets you quote. The same funds can back liquidity everywhere at once. ## How maker exposure is limited When you post resting (`GTC`) liquidity, the exchange checks: ``` resting size + in-flight size + new order size ≤ your balance ``` That check runs **per market and outcome**. Orders on different markets — or on the opposite outcome of the same market — do not draw down each other's budget. Every market:outcome is allowed up to your full balance. An order that would push a single market:outcome over your balance is rejected. ## Example With a \$1000 balance you can post up to \$1000 of liquidity on **any number of markets at the same time**: * \$1000 on market A, outcome 1 * \$1000 on market B, outcome 1 * \$1000 on market C, outcome 2 Each is measured against the full \$1000 — there is no shared pool being divided up, so all three rest at once. What you cannot do is exceed \$1000 on a **single** market:outcome: if you already have \$600 resting on market A outcome 1, a further order there is capped at \$400. Anything larger is rejected. ## Capital is not locked until a match Posting an order does **not** move any funds into escrow, regardless of its [`timeInForce`](/developers/time-in-force). Capital is locked only when an order **matches** — the moment a taker fills your resting quote, or your own order crosses the book. Until then, resting quotes across many markets cost you nothing to keep on the book. ## Scale-down when your exposure exceeds your balance When a match locks capital and drops your available balance below what your resting orders still require, the exchange automatically cancels resting orders to bring you back within budget. Cancellation is **worst-odds-first, across all your markets**: 1. The orders **furthest from 50%** implied odds — the least likely to ever fill — are cancelled first. 2. Larger orders break ties, so the deficit is covered in as few cancellations as possible. 3. Cancellation stops as soon as every market:outcome is back within your balance. Orders already within budget are left untouched. Orders removed this way become `INACTIVE` with `inactiveReason: INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE`. Watch your [`account:orders_v3`](/api-reference/channel-orders-v3) stream to react — see [Order lifecycle](/developers/order-lifecycle) for the full list of inactive reasons. ## Takers work differently Non-resting (`IOC` / `FOK`) orders lock real capital the instant they fill. Unlike maker exposure, taker size is measured **globally** — the sum of your in-flight taker orders across every market must fit within the one balance, because each fill draws real funds immediately. A taker order that would exceed your balance is rejected with the same `Insufficient available balance for this order size` error. ## Related Quoting, exposure, and the re-quote loop. Build, sign, and submit an order. How offsetting positions release escrow at fill time. GTC rests; IOC and FOK execute now.