# Architecture

### Components

*marginfi has two major components, the global margin account and the liquidity pool.*

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#### Margin Account

This is the main venue you use to interact with marginfi and the underlying trading markets. Together with the underlying trading accounts (UTPs) acts as a unified isolated margin account.

Read more [here](/marginfi/protocol/margin-account.md).

#### Liquidity Pool

All liquidity in marginfi exists in either user owned UTP accounts or the [liquidity pool](/marginfi/protocol/liquidity-pool.md). The liquidity pool is a shared borrow-lend pool from which margin accounts can access liquidity for trading.

Traders can automatically access liquidity in the pool based on their accounts [aggregate available margin](/marginfi/protocol/margin-engine.md).

### UTPs

marginfi currently enables traders to access perpetual futures markets on both [Mango Markets](/marginfi/protocol/utps/mango-markets.md) and the [01 Protocol](/marginfi/protocol/utps/01-protocol.md).

### Protocol Operations

A network of bots real-time observe on-chain data, and use [multiple cranking systems](/marginfi/protocol/operations.md) to keep your margin accounts safe and the protocol solvent.


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