# Liquidation cascade on 2026-10-30

On 2026-10-30 our detector flagged $291.46M of forced closures across 3 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/2026-10-30 · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-10-30T14:00:00.000Z.

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

| Measure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Force-closed (USD) | $291.46M |
| Longs (share of total, USD) | 95%, $275.66M |
| Shorts (share of total, USD) | 5%, $15.81M |
| Bursts (30 minute windows over threshold) | 3 |

## Every burst on this day

| Window (UTC) | Total (USD) | Longs (USD) | Shorts (USD) | Coins swept | BTC move (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |
| 00:00 to 00:30 | $202.98M | $199.07M | $3.91M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT | -1.32% |
| 01:30 to 02:00 | $43.63M | $37.03M | $6.60M | ETHUSDT, BTCUSDT, CLUSDT | -0.31% |
| 13:30 to 14:00 | $44.85M | $39.55M | $5.30M | BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, XAUUSDT | -0.28% |

## 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 | $102.49M | 35.2 |
| ETHUSDT | $67.01M | 23.0 |
| SOLUSDT | $14.77M | 5.1 |
| DOGEUSDT | $7.61M | 2.6 |
| XAUUSDT | $6.20M | 2.1 |
| XRPUSDT | $3.91M | 1.3 |
| INTCUSDT | $2.51M | 0.9 |
| CLUSDT | $2.13M | 0.7 |

## 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 23:00 | 78950.9 |
| 2026-10-29 23:05 | 78768.3 |
| 2026-10-29 23:10 | 78789.9 |
| 2026-10-29 23:15 | 78830.9 |
| 2026-10-29 23:20 | 78845.1 |
| 2026-10-29 23:25 | 78771 |
| 2026-10-29 23:30 | 78704.4 |
| 2026-10-29 23:35 | 78716.5 |
| 2026-10-29 23:40 | 78544.3 |
| 2026-10-29 23:45 | 78087 |
| 2026-10-29 23:50 | 78044.7 |
| 2026-10-29 23:55 | 77979.9 |
| 2026-10-30 00:00 | 77820.4 |
| 2026-10-30 00:05 | 78075.2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:10 | 77773.3 |
| 2026-10-30 00:15 | 77700.7 |
| 2026-10-30 00:20 | 77373.9 |
| 2026-10-30 00:25 | 77153.4 |
| 2026-10-30 00:30 | 76947.6 |
| 2026-10-30 00:35 | 77185.6 |
| 2026-10-30 00:40 | 77268 |
| 2026-10-30 00:45 | 77092.4 |
| 2026-10-30 00:50 | 77071.1 |
| 2026-10-30 00:55 | 77192 |
| 2026-10-30 01:00 | 77097.6 |
| 2026-10-30 01:05 | 77006.7 |
| 2026-10-30 01:10 | 77097.6 |
| 2026-10-30 01:15 | 77173.4 |
| 2026-10-30 01:20 | 77047.9 |
| 2026-10-30 01:25 | 76865.3 |
| 2026-10-30 01:30 | 76789.9 |

## 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/2026-10-29
- Next cascade: /md/incidents/2026-11-02

## Related

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

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