BTC liquidation map: questions and answers
Where are the BTC liquidation levels on Lighter?
The largest cluster of long liquidations is around 74,849, 8.8% below the price: $15.84M. The largest cluster of short liquidations is around 87,052, 6.1% above the price: $8.67M.
How much BTC gets liquidated if the price falls or rises 5%?
If BTC falls 5% to 77,925, $9.70M of long positions get liquidated ($29.52M within 10%). If it rises 5% to 86,128, $5.02M of shorts get liquidated ($20.98M within 10%).
How accurate is this BTC liquidation map?
On Lighter the liquidation price of every position is public, so this map shows the actual liquidation levels of real positions — not an estimate from typical leverage like most liquidation heatmaps. It covers 28 positions of traders with $250K+ in positions; smaller traders are not included, so the real totals are higher. The map updates every few minutes.
What happens when the BTC price reaches a liquidation cluster?
Liquidated positions are closed with market orders that push the price further and can trigger the next cluster — a long or short squeeze. Whether it happens depends on the order book: right now the risk of a long squeeze is unknown (no order book data), of a short squeeze — unknown (no order book data).
Where are the whale stop-losses for BTC?
Whale stop and take-profit orders within 10% of the BTC price: $0 to sell and $0 to buy. Like liquidations, they fire as market orders and can speed up a move.