# Dutch auction The Dutch auction process kicks in either when the open bidding process has failed to bring the account back to health, or when the liquidation margin requirement was breached directly and there was no time for the preparatory bidding. Recognizing the urgency of such cases, the Protocol consecutively quotes decreasing $$d$$, starting at some predefined maximum, and ending at a predefined minimum, and immediately allows execution of liquidation proposals with margin reward parameter smaller than $$d$$. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.reya.xyz/trading/liquidation-engine/dutch-auction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.