# Liquidators

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## What are Liquidators?

Anyone can be a liquidator and [request the AMM to liquidate a given trader](https://d8x.gitbook.io/d8x/perpetual-contracts-guide/liquidations). The AMM then either rejects the request if the trader margin is above the initial margin, or proceeds.

The [liquidator earns a fee](https://d8x.gitbook.io/d8x/perpetual-contracts-guide/fee-structure#liquidation-fees) that is subtracted from the trader margin. The liquidation fee is shared between the protocol and the liquidator.

## How can you liquidate positions?

There are different ways to liquidate traders on D8X:

* The [D8X Futures Node SDK provides functions to liquidate positions](https://d8x.gitbook.io/d8x/node-sdk/modules)
* The [D8X open-source liquidator bots](https://github.com/D8-X/d8x-liquidator) allow to liquidate positions


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