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Bitcoin live chart with liquidation watch, 24/7

This page streams a Bitcoin live chart 24 hours a day. It shows BTC/USDT 1-minute candles from Binance perpetual futures, plus every long and short liquidation as it happens. The price refreshes every 20 seconds and liquidations arrive in real time. No ads, no trading signals, no voice: public market data, drawn by our own code.

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What you see on the Bitcoin live chart

The screen is a single view that updates continuously. The last four hours of BTC/USDT price form a blue 3D ribbon; its crest is the close of each 1-minute candle. Liquidations appear as sparks at the live price and settle as pins on the floor tape below the ribbon.

Where the data comes from

All data comes from Binance USDS-M futures public market endpoints, with no API key and no third-party charting. Price, 1-minute candles and 24-hour statistics come from the REST API every 20 seconds. Liquidations come from the forceOrder WebSocket stream in real time. Our own code draws every pixel; there are no TradingView captures.

Known limits: this is one exchange, not the whole market. Liquidations on other venues are not shown. YouTube adds a broadcast delay of roughly 10 to 30 seconds on top of the 20-second refresh.

How to read it: long and short liquidations

A liquidation is the forced closing of a leveraged futures position. It happens when the price moves against the trader far enough that the margin no longer covers the loss. The exchange then closes the position with a market order. Longs get liquidated when the price falls; shorts get liquidated when the price rises.

Falling sparks: long liquidations

A long is a bet that Bitcoin goes up, often with borrowed money. When the price drops to the liquidation level, the exchange sells the position. On screen the spark falls from the price line. Many falling sparks in a row mean leveraged buyers are being flushed out.

Rising sparks: short liquidations

A short is a bet that Bitcoin goes down. When the price rises to the liquidation level, the exchange buys back the position. The spark rises from the price line. A burst of rising sparks during a rally is a short squeeze: forced buying that feeds the move.

Why liquidations move the price

Every liquidation is a market order that nobody chose to place. Forced selling pushes the price down, which reaches the next cluster of long liquidation levels, which forces more selling. The same chain works upward with shorts. Watching where sparks cluster tells you where leverage was stacked.

The ribbon and the floor tape

The ribbon is the last four hours of price, oldest at the back and live at the front. The floor tape under it keeps one pin per liquidation on the same time axis. Tall pins are large positions. A dense stretch of pins marks a cascade; a quiet tape marks a calm market.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Bitcoin liquidation?

A liquidation is the forced closing of a leveraged futures position. When the price moves against a trader far enough, the margin can no longer cover the loss, and the exchange closes the position automatically. A long position gets liquidated when the price falls. A short position gets liquidated when the price rises.

Why do liquidations matter for the Bitcoin price?

Each liquidation is a forced market order. A liquidated long becomes a sell, a liquidated short becomes a buy. When many positions sit at similar price levels, one move can trigger a chain of forced orders. Each one pushes the price further in the same direction. Traders call this a liquidation cascade or a squeeze.

Where does the data come from and how fresh is it?

Price, candles and 24-hour statistics come from the Binance USDS-M futures public API and refresh every 20 seconds. Liquidations come from the Binance forceOrder WebSocket stream and appear as soon as they happen. YouTube then adds its own broadcast delay, usually between 10 and 30 seconds. If the feed stops, a yellow FEED DELAYED tag appears on screen.

Is this the Bitcoin spot price or the futures price?

The chart shows the BTC/USDT perpetual futures price on Binance, not the spot price. Perpetual futures track spot closely, usually within a fraction of a percent, because a funding payment between longs and shorts keeps them aligned. We use futures because liquidations only exist in leveraged markets.

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