Open interest and liquidation maps

Where forced selling and buying hide

Professional - Gold & Platinum

In this lesson

Use open interest, funding and estimated liquidation levels to spot crowded positioning and potential cascades.

Key takeaways

Leverage creates clusters of liquidation prices; maps estimate where they sit.
Reaching a cluster can trigger cascades of forced orders.
A sharp fall in open interest during a move shows leverage being flushed out.
High funding + record open interest + nearby long liquidations = fragile positioning.

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