DAILY▲ SHORTS 78%August 20, 2026
Aug 20 Liquidations: $293.9M Wiped as Shorts Dominate
On 2026-08-20, total liquidations reached $293,856,505, with shorts accounting for 78% of the carnage. BTCUSDT saw the largest single liquidation event at $10.78M.
Total wiped
$294M
Largest liquidation
BTC
LONGS 22%SHORTS 78%
Daily Recap — 2026-08-20 (UTC)
The market liquidated a total of $293,856,505.18 on August 20, 2026. Shorts bore the brunt of the action, with $228,439,165.64 in short liquidations compared to $65,417,339.54 in long liquidations. Longs made up just 22% of the total, highlighting a session that favored upside pressure.
Top Symbols by Liquidation Volume
- BTCUSDT — $140,819,599.17 (short-dominated)
- ETHUSDT — $68,693,722.72 (short-dominated)
- XRPUSDT — $14,781,747.84 (short-dominated)
- SOLUSDT — $6,123,256.61 (short-dominated)
- SNDKUSDT — $4,939,905.18 (long-dominated)
Largest Single Liquidation
The biggest individual liquidation of the day was a BTCUSDT order totaling $10,777,291.95, underscoring the magnitude of the intraday move in Bitcoin.
Short liquidations led across nearly all top symbols, with SNDKUSDT standing out as the only major exception where longs were the dominant side.