What Is Liquidation?
A liquidation happens when a leveraged trading position is forcibly closed by the exchange because the trader’s margin can no longer cover the losses. In crypto futures, large clusters of liquidations can cascade, accelerating the price move that triggered them.
Why liquidations matter
Liquidations are forced orders. They do not wait for a better price, so a wave of them adds fuel to the move in progress. A long squeeze turns a dip into a flush; a short squeeze turns a bounce into a spike. Watching liquidation volume tells you when a move is being driven by forced flows rather than fresh conviction, which is exactly when reversals become likely.
How traders use them
Traders track single large liquidations as footprints of overleveraged players, and market-wide liquidation spikes as capitulation signals. A common pattern: the largest liquidation cluster of the day often marks a local top or bottom, because the forced sellers or buyers are exhausted.
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