What is a liquidation alert in crypto?

It is a notification that fires when forced liquidations (positions an exchange closes because the margin ran out) cross a size you set. CoinBeacon watches the Binance USDⓈ-M futures forceOrder feed and offers two kinds: a spike alert on a dollar threshold, and a cascade alert that follows a run of liquidations as it accelerates. Heavy forced selling can mark a capitulation low, and heavy forced buying a squeeze.

What is the difference between window mode and single mode?

Window mode sums every forced liquidation on your chosen side over a window, such as total long liquidations in 5 minutes, and fires when that total crosses your dollar threshold. Single mode watches for one outsized order instead: the largest single liquidation in the window crossing the line.

How is a cascade alert different from a spike alert?

A spike alert fires once when liquidations cross a level. A cascade alert tracks a continuous run: the worker detects when a coin starts cascading, smooths out the noise with hysteresis, and messages you again as the flow accelerates through 2×, 5× and 10× its starting size, so you know a flush is speeding up, not just that it began.

Which exchange and market do liquidation alerts watch?

Binance USDⓈ-M futures. Both alert types read the exchange's forceOrder websocket in real time. One limit: the forceOrder stream sends at most one print per symbol each second, so in a fast cascade the summed dollars are a floor rather than a full total.

Can a liquidation alert watch every coin at once?

Yes. Set the scope to any coin and either alert scans the whole USDⓈ-M board; the notification names whichever symbol crosses your threshold. Pick a single symbol when you only care about one coin.

Which side should my liquidation alert watch, long or short?

Match the side to the move you want to follow. Long watches for a downside flush, the forced selling that can mark a local low. Short watches for a squeeze, the forced buying that can mark a top. Any keeps both sides on one alert, and the notification says which one fired.

Are crypto liquidation alerts free?

Yes. Both kinds run on the free plan, which covers every CoinBeacon alert type: five active alerts, ten notifications a day, and any of the four channels (email, Telegram, Discord or webhook). No card and no exchange API keys.

How do I stop liquidation alerts from spamming me during a flush?

Every alert has its own cooldown (30 minutes is the recommended default), so a long flush sends one message rather than forty. You can also tick 'disable alert after first trigger' when one message is enough, and cascade alerts have a start-only option that skips the 2×, 5× and 10× messages. A higher dollar threshold or minimum cascade size also helps.

Features

Crypto liquidation alerts

CoinBeacon reads the Binance USDⓈ-M forceOrder feed and alerts you in two ways: when liquidations pass a dollar threshold, and when a cascade starts and keeps accelerating. Alerts go to email, Telegram, Discord or a webhook.

Liquidation spike alerts

Set a dollar threshold on the side you care about (long flushes, short squeezes or either) and get a message when forced liquidations cross it. Watch one coin, or scan every coin.

Window mode. Total liquidation dollars on your side over a 5m, 15m or 1h window crossing your threshold.
Single mode. The largest single liquidation in the window crossing the line, so one large position closing does not hide in a quiet tape.
Side filter. Longs for a downside flush, shorts for a squeeze, or either.
One coin or any coin. Track one symbol, or scan the whole USDⓈ-M board.

app.coinbeacon.io/alerts/liquidation

Liquidation spikes · Binance USDⓈ-M

Any coinLongs + shortsWindow 5m

CoinLiquidatedYour line

IOTXLong flush198440

ENAShort flush408440

HBARLong flush201440

XRPShort flush476440

Real prints · the “your line” column is an example setting, not a served value

Liquidation cascade alerts

A cascade is a continuous run of liquidations. CoinBeacon detects one, smooths out short blips, and alerts you when a coin starts cascading, then again as the flow passes 2×, 5× and 10× its starting size.

Start ping. Sent when a cascade opens: a continuous run, not a single blip.
Escalation tiers. Follow-up messages at 2×, 5× and 10× the starting size, so you can tell a fading flush from one that is still growing.
Minimum size + side. Set a minimum total in dollars and pick a side.
Start-only, if you want. Get only the opening message and skip the follow-ups.

Cascade in progress

STRKUSDT Short squeeze

11K

2×not yet
5×not yet
10×not yet

4 forced closes so far · worker-detected · hysteresis-smoothed · one ping at start, again at each tier

Liquidation alert builder

Four steps (market, liquidations, trigger and delivery), and the builder reads your alert back in plain English before you save it.

app.coinbeacon.io/alerts/liquidation

AlertsLiquidation

Liquidation alerts

Get notified when forced liquidations spike on a Binance Futures perp: long flushes and short squeezes.

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Set your conditions

Market

BTCBinance FuturesBTCUSDTPERP

Binance Futures: the one liquidation feed this alert reads.

Liquidations

Mode

Window totalTotal liquidation $ over the window.Single liquidationOne liquidation that alone exceeds the threshold.

Window

5 minutes

Side

AnyLongShort

Market view

BTC / USDT · Binance Futures

Long + short liquidated, last 5m: $17.7K
Your threshold: $1M
Longs: $0
Shorts: $17.7K

Price (context)
Long/short liquidations, trailing 5m
Your threshold
At or above it: would fire, subject to cooldown

The alert checks once a minute, adding up the long/short liquidations our server received in the last 5 minutes. Each point is one replayed check, timed by the exchange timestamp (normally under a second before receipt); price is context only.

Liquidations read 18:06 UTC

Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Trigger

Threshold

$100K$250K$1M$5M

1000000USD

Now Long + short liquidated, last 5m $17.7K

Delivery

Notification channel

Cooldown

1 hour

Checked once a minute: it fires whenever the observed total is at or above your threshold, so while liquidations stay that heavy you get one alert per cooldown. There is no re-arm step.

Note

e.g. Take profit here. Move the stop to entry.

Optional: added to every notification this alert sends.

Notify me by Email when BTCUSDT on Binance Futures has long/short total liquidations over 5 minutes reaching $1M.

Preview the message

CoinBeaconExample alert

Liquidation: BTCUSDT.P on Binance Futures ≥ $1,000,000 long/short rekt

Condition long/short 5m liquidations

Threshold ≥ $1,000,000

Just now · via Email

An illustration of the message format, not a live alert.

Your alert keeps watching after you close this page.

Liquidations are "observed": Binance streams at most one per symbol per second.

CancelCreate alert

The in-app builder with the settings it opens on. The candles and the replayed checks are a live read of BTCUSDT on Binance Futures; the replay uses the public feed's prints of $1K or more, so a total can read a little low.

How to set a crypto liquidation alert

01Pick one coin or all of themChoose a single Binance USDⓈ-M symbol, or set the scope to any coin to scan every perp. Either way it reads the USDⓈ-M forceOrder feed.
02Choose the side and the trigger modeLong for a downside flush, Short for a squeeze, or Any for both. Then pick Window mode (total liquidation dollars on that side) or Single mode, which watches for one outsized order instead of the sum.
03Set the window and the dollar thresholdPick a 5m, 15m or 1h window and the dollar amount that matters for that market: $10M in 5 minutes means something different on BTC than on a small-cap perp. The builder reads the alert back in plain English before you save.
04Choose the channel and saveEmail, Telegram, Discord or a JSON webhook into your own system. Keep it recurring with a cooldown (30 minutes is the recommended default), or tick disable after first trigger if one message is enough.

Common uses

Bitcoin liquidation alerts for the capitulation flush

A wall of long liquidations is over-leveraged positions being force-closed, and that forced selling can mark the local low. Put a dollar threshold on the long side to hear about the flush while it prints. Those candles frequently leave a long lower wick behind them, which the wick detector flags on its own.

Short squeeze alerts when the crowd is offside

Point the same alert at the short side and it watches for squeezes: shorts being force-closed is buying pressure, and it tends to arrive in bursts. Crowded positioning usually shows up in the funding rate first, so a funding rate alert on the same coin gives you the build-up while the liquidation alert gives you the break.

A market-wide liquidation scanner, not a watchlist

Set it to any coin and it covers the whole USDⓈ-M board. To read the tape yourself, the live liquidations board shows every forced close as it prints, grouped by coin and side across 5m, 1h, and 24h windows.

Liquidation events piped into your own tools

Choose webhook as the channel and every trigger arrives as a JSON POST to an endpoint you control, such as a script, a dashboard or a log. The other notification channels (Telegram, Discord and email) work the same way.

Liquidation alerts FAQ

What is a liquidation alert in crypto?: It is a notification that fires when forced liquidations (positions an exchange closes because the margin ran out) cross a size you set. CoinBeacon watches the Binance USDⓈ-M futures forceOrder feed and offers two kinds: a spike alert on a dollar threshold, and a cascade alert that follows a run of liquidations as it accelerates. Heavy forced selling can mark a capitulation low, and heavy forced buying a squeeze.
What is the difference between window mode and single mode?: Window mode sums every forced liquidation on your chosen side over a window, such as total long liquidations in 5 minutes, and fires when that total crosses your dollar threshold. Single mode watches for one outsized order instead: the largest single liquidation in the window crossing the line.
How is a cascade alert different from a spike alert?: A spike alert fires once when liquidations cross a level. A cascade alert tracks a continuous run: the worker detects when a coin starts cascading, smooths out the noise with hysteresis, and messages you again as the flow accelerates through 2×, 5× and 10× its starting size, so you know a flush is speeding up, not just that it began.
Which exchange and market do liquidation alerts watch?: Binance USDⓈ-M futures. Both alert types read the exchange's forceOrder websocket in real time. One limit: the forceOrder stream sends at most one print per symbol each second, so in a fast cascade the summed dollars are a floor rather than a full total.
Can a liquidation alert watch every coin at once?: Yes. Set the scope to any coin and either alert scans the whole USDⓈ-M board; the notification names whichever symbol crosses your threshold. Pick a single symbol when you only care about one coin.
Which side should my liquidation alert watch, long or short?: Match the side to the move you want to follow. Long watches for a downside flush, the forced selling that can mark a local low. Short watches for a squeeze, the forced buying that can mark a top. Any keeps both sides on one alert, and the notification says which one fired.
Are crypto liquidation alerts free?: Yes. Both kinds run on the free plan, which covers every CoinBeacon alert type: five active alerts, ten notifications a day, and any of the four channels (email, Telegram, Discord or webhook). No card and no exchange API keys.
How do I stop liquidation alerts from spamming me during a flush?: Every alert has its own cooldown (30 minutes is the recommended default), so a long flush sends one message rather than forty. You can also tick 'disable alert after first trigger' when one message is enough, and cascade alerts have a start-only option that skips the 2×, 5× and 10× messages. A higher dollar threshold or minimum cascade size also helps.

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