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Daily liquidations

The bitcoin futures positions forced shut each day: shorts above the line, longs below.

$23,066,917 on Sep 22, 2026.

When a leveraged trade moves far enough against its owner, the exchange closes it for them. A short closed that way has to buy bitcoin, which pushes the price up and forces the next short out: a short squeeze. Longs forced out do the same in reverse.

Green bars above the line are shorts liquidated, red bars below are longs. The public record only reaches back about six months, so this history grows from the day we started collecting it. Compiled by The Block from Coinglass.

Short positions liquidated, month by month

MonthShort positions liquidated
Mar 2026$95,600,687
Apr 2026$13,041,956
May 2026$6,406,285
Jun 2026$12,371,938
Jul 2026$19,304,486
Aug 2026$34,443,499
Sep 2026$23,066,917

Questions

What is daily liquidations today?
$23,066,917 as of September 23, 2026, down 75.0% over the last 30 days.
What is the highest short positions liquidated on record?
$1,363,756,707, on August 19, 2026.
How is this chart calculated?
When a leveraged trade moves far enough against its owner, the exchange closes it for them. A short closed that way has to buy bitcoin, which pushes the price up and forces the next short out: a short squeeze. Longs forced out do the same in reverse.

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Updated daily. Latest data 2026-09-23.

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