{"id":46716,"date":"2025-07-25T11:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=46716"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:02:11","slug":"143k-traders-liquidated-517m-crypto-liquidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/143k-traders-liquidated-517m-crypto-liquidation\/","title":{"rendered":"143K Traders Liquidated in 24 Hours! $517 Million Liquidation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <strong>cryptocurrency markets<\/strong> experienced sharp volatility between July 24\u201325. According to the last 24-hour data, a total of <strong>$517.51 million<\/strong> worth of positions were<strong> liquidated<\/strong>. A total of 143,254 traders using leverage were negatively affected by these sharp moves. The high volatility mainly targeted those holding long positions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Analyzing the liquidations reveals that $366 million of losses came from long positions. Meanwhile, $151.51 million worth of liquidations occurred in <strong>short positions<\/strong>. This distribution indicates that the overall market direction reversed unexpectedly. The largest single liquidation happened on the OKX exchange at the BTC\/USDT swap pair. In this trade, a <strong>$17.35 million position<\/strong> was liquidated. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $114,760.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/143k-traders-liquidated-517m-crypto-liquidation\/#Long_Positions_Took_a_Major_Hit\" title=\"Long Positions Took a Major Hit\u00a0\">Long Positions Took a Major Hit\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/143k-traders-liquidated-517m-crypto-liquidation\/#What_Does_This_Liquidation_Wave_Mean\" title=\"What Does This Liquidation Wave Mean?\u00a0\">What Does This Liquidation Wave Mean?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_Positions_Took_a_Major_Hit\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Long Positions Took a Major Hit<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The data shows that investors holding <strong>long positions<\/strong> suffered significant losses. In just the last 12 hours, <strong>$287.43 million<\/strong> worth of long positions were liquidated. During the same period, the total loss on short positions was limited to around $32.85 million. This situation reveals that most traders took positions expecting a price increase, but prices moved in the opposite direction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/long-short-25-temmuz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/long-short-25-temmuz.png 639w, https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/long-short-25-temmuz-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the total liquidation over the last 4 hours was recorded at $48.18 million. Of this amount, $29.05 million came from long positions and $19.13 million from short positions. Within the last 1 hour, $14.7 million worth of positions were <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/267-million-liquidated-from-the-crypto-market-in-the-last-24-hours\/\"><strong>liquidated<\/strong><\/a>. Long traders were again the most affected, with $9.9 million in long positions wiped out, while short traders lost $4.79 million.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Does_This_Liquidation_Wave_Mean\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What Does This Liquidation Wave Mean?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These liquidations impact not only individual investors but also professional traders. Positions using high leverage are quickly wiped out during sudden price moves. Bitcoin faced intense selling pressure during this period, and other major cryptocurrencies similarly declined.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, such large liquidations often lead to temporary price relief. Still, investors need to be cautious, manage their leverage levels carefully, and keep stop-loss strategies active. Volatile days like these demonstrate how quickly market sentiment can shift.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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The high volatility mainly targeted those holding long positions.\u00a0 Analyzing the liquidations reveals that $366 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":46718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657,2],"tags":[21349,16509,11036,10672,21350,21353,21352,21351,21348],"class_list":["post-46716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en","category-news","tag-btc-liquidations","tag-crypto-liquidation","tag-crypto-volatility","tag-leveraged-trading","tag-long-position-risk","tag-market-reversal","tag-okx-liquidations","tag-short-position-liquidations","tag-trader-losses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>143K Traders Liquidated in 24 Hours! $517 Million Liquidation - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over $517M liquidated in 24 hours as 143K crypto traders, mainly longs, wiped out amid high volatility and sharp market reversals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/143k-traders-liquidated-517m-crypto-liquidation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"143K Traders Liquidated in 24 Hours! 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