# Liquidation cascade on 2026-10-29

On 2026-10-29 our detector flagged $874.76M of forced closures across 4 detected bursts. Everything below is read from the real liquidation feed, not estimated: these are closures the exchanges actually broadcast.

Source: https://bykaranteli.com/incidents/2026-10-29 · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-10-30T00:30:00.000Z.

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

| Measure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Force-closed (USD) | $874.76M |
| Longs (share of total, USD) | 97%, $845.14M |
| Shorts (share of total, USD) | 3%, $29.62M |
| Bursts (30 minute windows over threshold) | 4 |

## Every burst on this day

| Window (UTC) | Total (USD) | Longs (USD) | Shorts (USD) | Coins swept | BTC move (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |
| 01:30 to 02:00 | $51.38M | $50.43M | $950.9K | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | -0.98% |
| 20:00 to 21:00 | $313.92M | $299.72M | $14.20M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | -2.26% |
| 20:30 to 21:00 | $236.87M | $227.90M | $8.96M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | -1.72% |
| 23:30 to 00:30 | $272.59M | $267.09M | $5.50M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | -2.26% |

## 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 | $287.94M | 32.9 |
| ETHUSDT | $211.67M | 24.2 |
| SOLUSDT | $56.47M | 6.5 |
| XRPUSDT | $28.06M | 3.2 |
| DOGEUSDT | $7.82M | 0.9 |
| SNDKUSDT | $7.42M | 0.8 |
| BNBUSDT | $4.08M | 0.5 |
| ADAUSDT | $1.35M | 0.2 |

## 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) |
| --- | ---: |
| 2026-10-29 19:00 | 80788.7 |
| 2026-10-29 19:05 | 80809.6 |
| 2026-10-29 19:10 | 80780.5 |
| 2026-10-29 19:15 | 80772.5 |
| 2026-10-29 19:20 | 80799.3 |
| 2026-10-29 19:25 | 80811.2 |
| 2026-10-29 19:30 | 80854.1 |
| 2026-10-29 19:35 | 80885.4 |
| 2026-10-29 19:40 | 80833.2 |
| 2026-10-29 19:45 | 80815.3 |
| 2026-10-29 19:50 | 80908.1 |
| 2026-10-29 19:55 | 80827 |
| 2026-10-29 20:00 | 80795.8 |
| 2026-10-29 20:05 | 80239.8 |
| 2026-10-29 20:10 | 80230.3 |
| 2026-10-29 20:15 | 80325.1 |
| 2026-10-29 20:20 | 80380 |
| 2026-10-29 20:25 | 80282.1 |
| 2026-10-29 20:30 | 80392 |
| 2026-10-29 20:35 | 79895.2 |
| 2026-10-29 20:40 | 79688.8 |
| 2026-10-29 20:45 | 78803.1 |
| 2026-10-29 20:50 | 79266.8 |
| 2026-10-29 20:55 | 79004.1 |
| 2026-10-29 21:00 | 78832.6 |
| 2026-10-29 21:05 | 79016.9 |
| 2026-10-29 21:10 | 79110.3 |
| 2026-10-29 21:15 | 79237.3 |
| 2026-10-29 21:20 | 79443.1 |
| 2026-10-29 21:25 | 79400 |
| 2026-10-29 21:30 | 79410.1 |
| 2026-10-29 21:35 | 79620.1 |
| 2026-10-29 21:40 | 79459.7 |
| 2026-10-29 21:45 | 79153.4 |
| 2026-10-29 21:50 | 79158.3 |
| 2026-10-29 21:55 | 78928.3 |
| 2026-10-29 22:00 | 78930.3 |

## 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/2026-10-28
- Next cascade: /md/incidents/2026-10-30

## Related

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

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