BTC Whale Faces $5M Short Liquidation, $18.38M Remaining Position Near Liquidation Threshold

Huo Xing Finance reports that on October 21, according to TradingBeats monitoring, over the past two hours, a whale’s short positions in BTC and ETH were partially liquidated, with 55.19 BTC and 153.19 ETH forcibly covered, each representing 20% of the respective position prior to liquidation. The combined liquidation value amounted to approximately $4,991,200, resulting in a realized trading loss of about $46,500 and an additional fee of approximately $1,398. After the liquidation, the whale still maintains nearly $20 million in short exposure, with the BTC position once again approaching the liquidation threshold. The combined value of the remaining short positions is approximately $19,884,600, with an unrealized loss of about $105,800. The address still holds 220.74 BTC short positions, valued at approximately $18,383,600, with an average entry price of $82,835.60 and an unrealized loss of about $98,300. The current BTC price is $83,281, just $463—approximately 0.56%—above the liquidation level. Meanwhile, the address still holds 612.76 ETH short positions, valued at approximately $1,501,000, with an average entry price of $2,437.32 and an unrealized loss of about $7,462; the liquidation price is approximately $2,615.23.