# Liquidation cascade on 2026-09-01

On 2026-09-01 our detector flagged $41.54M of forced closures across 1 detected burst. Everything below is read from the real liquidation feed, not estimated: these are closures the exchanges actually broadcast.

Source: https://bykaranteli.com/incidents/2026-09-01 · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-09-01T19:00:00.000Z.

This page documents what was liquidated, not why the move started. A cascade is the amplifier, rarely the trigger.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Force-closed (USD) | $41.54M |
| Longs (share of total, USD) | 86%, $35.70M |
| Shorts (share of total, USD) | 14%, $5.84M |
| Bursts (30 minute windows over threshold) | 1 |

## Every burst on this day

| Window (UTC) | Total (USD) | Longs (USD) | Shorts (USD) | Coins swept | BTC move (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |
| 18:30 to 19:00 | $41.54M | $35.70M | $5.84M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | +0.19% |

## Which coins got swept

Forced-closure notional per symbol, summed across the day's bursts. A coin high on this list had the most leverage sitting where price went.

| Symbol | Force-closed (USD) | Share of the day (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| BTCUSDT | $16.22M | 39.0 |
| ETHUSDT | $11.77M | 28.3 |
| SOLUSDT | $3.29M | 7.9 |
| XRPUSDT | $1.15M | 2.8 |
| SNDKUSDT | $1.00M | 2.4 |

## What price did

BTCUSDT minute closes around the day's largest burst, one hour either side. Every 5th minute below.

| Minute (UTC) | BTCUSDT close (USD) |
| --- | ---: |
| 2026-09-01 17:30 | 77538.1 |
| 2026-09-01 17:35 | 77635.1 |
| 2026-09-01 17:40 | 77523.2 |
| 2026-09-01 17:45 | 77464.4 |
| 2026-09-01 17:50 | 77417.1 |
| 2026-09-01 17:55 | 77316.7 |
| 2026-09-01 18:00 | 77235.7 |
| 2026-09-01 18:05 | 77235.9 |
| 2026-09-01 18:10 | 77138.5 |
| 2026-09-01 18:15 | 77155.2 |
| 2026-09-01 18:20 | 77069 |
| 2026-09-01 18:25 | 77075.9 |
| 2026-09-01 18:30 | 76931.6 |
| 2026-09-01 18:35 | 76870.3 |
| 2026-09-01 18:40 | 76731.1 |
| 2026-09-01 18:45 | 76397.7 |
| 2026-09-01 18:50 | 76884 |
| 2026-09-01 18:55 | 76947.6 |
| 2026-09-01 19:00 | 77175.2 |
| 2026-09-01 19:05 | 77204.8 |
| 2026-09-01 19:10 | 77187.6 |
| 2026-09-01 19:15 | 77196.7 |
| 2026-09-01 19:20 | 77218.4 |
| 2026-09-01 19:25 | 77342.3 |
| 2026-09-01 19:30 | 77335.2 |
| 2026-09-01 19:35 | 77341 |
| 2026-09-01 19:40 | 77313.5 |
| 2026-09-01 19:45 | 77279.5 |
| 2026-09-01 19:50 | 77254.9 |
| 2026-09-01 19:55 | 77227.8 |
| 2026-09-01 20:00 | 77266 |

## How a day gets a page

Our detector reads the real liquidation tape in 30 minute buckets and flags a bucket when its total forced closures exceed the larger of 30 million USD and six times the trailing median bucket, so the bar moves with market conditions. A day gets a page only when at least one bucket cleared that bar. Quiet days have no page, which is why this archive is short and will stay honest as it grows.

## Other cascade days

- Previous cascade: /md/incidents/2026-08-30
- Next cascade: /md/incidents/2026-09-02

## Related

- https://bykaranteli.com/incidents
- https://bykaranteli.com/liquidations
- https://bykaranteli.com/liqmap

Everything in one fetch: https://bykaranteli.com/llms-full.txt