This is the brutal truth: — When volume surges violently, order engines get overwhelmed. — When risk systems are mis-tuned, the only relief is forced liquidation or de-risking the treasury (i.e. taking hits) What we’ve engineered at OKX is a high-capacity order pipeline + a risk control system that walks the tightrope: -throttling or rejecting only where absolutely necessary -dynamically adjusting margin tiers, collateral factors, and hedges -preserving liquidity even under tail events -all without interrupting service So when the markets get squeezed — we absorb, balance. No downtime. No panic selling triggered by system shock. That’s the core of real marketplace engineering.(Haider)