BTCUSDTShort squeezeAUG 19, 2026 · 07:24 UTC · BINANCEFBTCUSDT rose as much as 11.6% and finished 8.3% above its starting price.
Short squeeze
PEAK+11.6%BTCUSDT · BINANCEF · 15MWHY THIS LABEL
confidence 0.92shorts liquidated 97%liquidations $212.7Mchart pattern confirmedcontagion 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
- BTCUSDT rose as much as 11.6% and finished 8.3% above its starting price. The event lasted 12h 1m.
- Liquidations skewed to the short side: a short squeeze, not just a move.
- Moved with 2 other symbols in the same window: possible contagion.
- $213M liquidated, largest single fill $21.8M.
- First forced-sell at 07:34 UTC, shorts liquidated.
- Capitulation wick of 3.1% at 15:25 UTC.
- A double bottom broke out at 15:33 UTC.
KEY MOMENTS
07:34 UTCFirst forced-sellshorts liquidated · $708▶ REPLAY15:25 UTCCapitulation wick3.1%▶ REPLAY15:25 UTCHigh$70,419▶ REPLAY15:28 UTCLargest liquidationshorts liquidated · $21.8M▶ REPLAY15:33 UTCPattern breakdouble bottom▶ REPLAY
EACH MOMENT DEEP-LINKS INTO THE TERMINAL AT THAT TICK
RELATED EVENTS
2 co-moving symbols rallied in this same window: clustered by cross-symbol VPIN (toxicity) co-movement, not return correlation.
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