# Liquidity Risk

*Risk & Portfolio — Finicade finance glossary*

The risk you can't sell fast enough without crashing the price, or can't fund your positions when cash dries up. Calm markets hide it; crises are made of it.

**Also known as:** funding-liquidity, liquidity-and-runs

**Related terms:** [Liquidity](https://finicade.com/glossary/liquidity), [Value at Risk (VaR)](https://finicade.com/glossary/value-at-risk), [Mark to Market](https://finicade.com/glossary/mark-to-market)

**Taught in:** Macro & Markets — Banks, Risk & the Extended IS-LM

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/liquidity-risk