# I'm borrowing against my assets

## <img src="https://3594873091-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCUsr6ssg69scPnMJR3tw%2Fuploads%2Fdqksw0WvzNaW1sgsd0Fq%2FImage%20(4).png?alt=media&#x26;token=9fa24d27-2c31-4553-898a-90317eee6b3b" alt="" data-size="line"> <mark style="color:$info;">I use</mark> AAVE <mark style="color:$info;">to</mark> borrow <mark style="color:$info;">against my assets</mark>

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Whether you're **leveraging** or just want some **cash without selling** your precious assets, you still need to monitor a few critical factors to protect your position.
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### What you need to monitor

You borrow to access liquidity **without selling** your assets. Your main risks are **getting liquidated** and **borrowing costs** rising unexpectedly, which can quickly erode the benefits of keeping your position open.

### What Otomato watches for you

Otomato **automatically detects and monitors** your AAVE positions and **alerts** you only when something **relevant** happens:

#### Obvious alerts

These are alerts that every AAVE user should monitor, regardless of strategy.

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<summary>Bad debt / security incidents</summary>

Otomato **surfaces security and solvency alerts** as soon as credible signals appear so you can assess whether to withdraw.

**Example notifications**

* *"AAVE reported $15M in bad debt on Ethereum mainnet.* [*View source*](https://t.co/undefined)*"*
* *"Potential security issue affecting AAVE v3.* [*View source*](https://t.co/undefined)*"*

**Learn more**

Learn how Otomato manages security-related alerts [here](https://otomato-2.gitbook.io/otomato-docs/product/getting-started/otomato-for-security-alerts).

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<summary>Borrowing rate increase</summary>

When your **borrowing rate** increases significantly, your position becomes more expensive to maintain.

Otomato **tracks borrowing rates** for your debt positions and alerts you when rates rise to levels worth reassessing.

**Example notifications**

* *"USDC borrowing rate on AAVE increased from 4.2% to 9.8%."*
* *"Your ETH borrow rate jumped from 2.1% to 5.3% in the last 6 hours."*

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<summary>Governance actions impacting your asset</summary>

**Governance proposals** can change risk parameters, collateral factors, or asset listings, directly affecting your position's safety and profitability.

Otomato **monitors AAVE governance** and alerts you when proposals impact assets you've deposited.

**Example notifications**

* *"AIP-297: Governance proposal to freeze CRV market on AAVE v2. LTV will be set to 0%, preventing new borrows against CRV.* [*View proposal*](https://governance-v2.aave.com/governance/proposal/297/)*"*
* *"New governance proposal: Reduce USDT collateral factor from 80% to 75%."*
* *"AAVE governance approved freezing wBTC market."*

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<summary>Asset depeg</summary>

Otomato **continuously monitors** deposited asset prices and alerts you when **meaningful deviations** occur.

**Example notifications**

* *"USDC is trading at 0.985."*
* *"GHO is trading at 1.042."*

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<summary>Liquidation risk</summary>

Otomato **monitors your health factor** continuously and alerts you as you approach dangerous levels.

**Example notifications**

* *"Your AAVE health factor is below 1.10 on Arbitrum. Pay attention!"*

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<summary>Asset/Protocol specific news</summary>

Otomato **monitors news and announcements** from the protocols and assets tied to your position, and understands the **full dependency chain** of those assets. If you're supplying wstETH, you'll be alerted about news-related to **Aave**, **Lido**, and **Ethereum**, since any of them can impact your position.

**Example notifications**

* *"BlackRock's Ethereum ETF approved for staking.* [*View source.*](https://t.co/xxx)*"*
* *"Aave launched Savings GHO (sGHO), a yield-bearing vault for GHO holders.* [*View source.*](https://t.co/xxx)*"*
* *"*&#x4C;ido announced a v3 upgrade for stET&#x48;*.* [*View source.*](https://x.com/xxx)*"*
* *"Aave announced v4 deployment on Ethereum.* [*View source.*](https://t.co/xxx)*"*

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#### Alerts for more advanced users

These alerts are valuable for users who want deeper protocol insights.

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<summary>Supply/Borrow cap change</summary>

**Supply** and **borrow caps** limit how much capital can be deposited or borrowed for each asset.&#x20;

Otomato **alerts you when supply caps change** for assets you're using or watching.

**Example notifications**

* *"AAVE increased the USDe supply cap on Ethereum by $250M."*

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### Improvements

We're continuously looking to add support for alerts the community is asking for. If you'd like us to add a new use case, reach out on [telegram](https://t.me/OxClement).