BTC Liquidations, Last 12 Hours: Longs vs Shorts

Q: What is the difference between long and short liquidations?

A long liquidation closes a position that bet on a rise, after the price fell; a short liquidation closes a bet on a fall, after the price rose. Mostly longs means a sharp drop, mostly shorts a squeeze.

$31.4M of BTC liquidated in the last 12 hours

Liquidated BTC futures positions in the last 12 hours across the exchanges this site collects: longs are closed out by a falling price, shorts by a rising one.

$26.6M of longs and $4.8M of shorts were liquidated in 2,144 liquidations; longs took 85%. The largest single liquidation was a $6.5M long on Binance (Sep 28, 05:23 UTC). Binance accounts for 61% of the total.

Rolling 12h window, updated every 30 sWindow 2026-09-28 02:42 UTC to 2026-09-28 14:42 UTCAs of 14:42 UTC

Liquidated last 12h

$31.38M

2144 liquidations6 exchanges

Longs liquidated

$26.61M

84.8% of the total

Shorts liquidated

$4.77M

15.2% of the total

Largest single liquidation

$6.54M

BTC longBinanceSep 28, 05:23 UTC

Longs vs shorts, hourly buckets

longs / shorts, UTC

By exchange

last 12 hours

Exchange	Total	Longs	Shorts	Long share	Share of total	Count
Binance	$19.05M	$16.32M	$2.73M	85.7%	60.7%	748
Bybit	$4.99M	$4.25M	$742K	85.1%	15.9%	605
Gate	$3.31M	$2.92M	$395K	88.1%	10.6%	470
Bitget	$3.23M	$2.70M	$534K	83.5%	10.3%	217
HTX	$700K	$414K	$286K	59.1%	2.2%	94
Aster	$87K	$3,914	$84K	4.5%	0.3%	10

Cite this

time-stamped, with a permanent link

$31.4M of BTC liquidated in the last 12 hours (as of 2026-09-28 14:42 UTC). Source: https://swolecharts.com/liquidations/BTC/12h; daily card: https://swolecharts.com/liquidations/daily/2026-09-28

This page rolls forward; the daily liquidation card for 2026-09-28 is the permanent record for the UTC day. Data as JSON: /api/liquidations/window?window=12h&coin=BTC.

Coverage

which exchanges send liquidations, and how completely

Binance USDⓈ-M perps and, from 2026-09-28, COIN-M (inverse) perps.
Bybit Every liquidation (allLiquidation stream).
Bitget Sampled liquidations (largest per coin and side each second).
Gate Every liquidation on USDT perps (futures.public_liquidates, batched each second).
HTX Every liquidation on USDT swaps (public liquidation_orders stream).
Aster Crypto perps (stocks excluded): OI every 60s (top 60) or 5 min, funding every 60s.

A lower bound. Binance publishes at most one liquidation per symbol per second (the largest) and Bitget also samples, so their numbers undercount cascades. Hyperliquid publishes no public liquidation stream. Not included: Hyperliquid, MEXC, KuCoin (no public all-market liquidation feed is collected). Sizes are quantity × fill price in US dollars. See data coverage.

Liquidations FAQ

How much BTC was liquidated in the last 24 hours?

The headline on the 24h page is the dollar value of futures positions that exchanges force-closed in the 24 hours up to the time stamp shown, from the exchanges' public liquidation feeds. It is recomputed at most every 30 seconds.

What is the difference between long and short liquidations?

A long liquidation closes a position that bet on a rise, after the price fell; a short liquidation closes a bet on a fall, after the price rose. Mostly longs means a sharp drop, mostly shorts a squeeze.

Is every liquidation counted?

No public source sees every liquidation. Binance and Bitget publish only a sample (Binance at most one liquidation per symbol per second), and Hyperliquid has no public liquidation stream, so these totals are a lower bound. See the coverage list on this page and the coverage page.

How do I cite this number?

Use the one-line citation on the page: it carries the UTC time stamp and a link to that day's permanent daily card, which keeps the number after this rolling page has moved on.