AVAXUSDTShort squeezeAUG 19, 2026 · 11:29 UTC · BINANCEFAVAXUSDT rose as much as 6.7% and finished 3.6% above its starting price.
Short squeeze
PEAK+6.7%AVAXUSDT · BINANCEF · 15MWHY THIS LABEL
confidence 0.60shorts liquidated 71%liquidations $279Kcontagion cluster
HOW THIS EVENT IS MEASURED
Peak move is the largest signed price excursion from the event's starting price. Net move is the start-to-finish change. The short squeeze label describes the detected event class, so a later reversal changes the net move without silently changing the classification.
Data provenance and methodology →WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE REPLAY
- AVAXUSDT rose as much as 6.7% and finished 3.6% above its starting price. The event lasted 8h.
- Liquidations skewed to the short side: a short squeeze, not just a move.
- Moved with 3 other symbols in the same window: possible contagion.
- $279K liquidated, largest single fill $90K.
- First forced-sell at 11:49 UTC, longs liquidated.
KEY MOMENTS
11:49 UTCFirst forced-selllongs liquidated · $1K▶ REPLAY15:25 UTCHigh$6.732▶ REPLAY15:29 UTCLargest liquidationshorts liquidated · $90K▶ REPLAY
EACH MOMENT DEEP-LINKS INTO THE TERMINAL AT THAT TICK
RELATED EVENTS
3 co-moving symbols rallied in this same window: clustered by cross-symbol VPIN (toxicity) co-movement, not return correlation.
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