According to Lookonchain, Machi deposited another 105,000 USDC into Hyperliquid, continued adding to his ETH long to a total of 2,600 ETH (about $10.02M), and set a new liquidation price at $3,803.71; source: Lookonchain on X: https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1980465925116817873. Traders can monitor ETH price action versus $3,803.71 as a potential liquidation trigger on Hyperliquid given the disclosed position size; source: Lookonchain on X: https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1980465925116817873.

According to @ai_9684xtpa, an Andrew Kang-linked address flipped from long to short for the second time in three days, opening 10,275.86 ETH 25x shorts and 269.53 BTC 40x shorts with a combined notional of $68.24M, source: @ai_9684xtpa; data: hyperbot.network. According to @ai_9684xtpa, the ENA position remains long while the account has realized $5.6M profit over the past week, source: @ai_9684xtpa; data: hyperbot.network.

According to @PeckShieldAlert, a whale wallet 0x19c4...d26a with long exposure to WBTC, ETH, and LINK via Aave was liquidated for $1.45M after BTC broke below $104K, source: @PeckShieldAlert. The alert dated Oct 17, 2025 identifies the affected markets (Aave, WBTC, ETH, LINK) and the BTC trigger level of $104K for the liquidation, source: @PeckShieldAlert.

According to the source, a report claims that certain planned exchange-traded funds tied to Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP intend to offer 5x daily leverage (source: provided source link). According to the source, these are prospective products and details such as issuer, jurisdiction, listing venue, fee structure, and launch timeline were not independently verified here (source: provided source link). According to the source, traders should confirm any 5x leveraged ETF via official regulator filings and issuer prospectuses before trading, given the high risk and daily reset nature typical of leveraged ETFs (source: provided source link).

According to @CryptoMichNL, Oct 11, 2025 was one of the craziest market days, yet he reported strong performance in both his fund and day-trading portfolios. Source: @CryptoMichNL (X, Oct 11, 2025). He stated the key takeaway for traders is to avoid leverage entirely because most participants cannot manage risk effectively, reinforcing the need to avoid leverage in crypto trading. Source: @CryptoMichNL (X, Oct 11, 2025). He added that prior liquidations made him more composed about losses, underscoring the importance of risk capacity awareness on volatile sessions. Source: @CryptoMichNL (X, Oct 11, 2025).

According to @AltcoinGordon, a high-volatility session yesterday wiped out overleveraged crypto positions, with at least one account reportedly plunging from 15M USD to 4k USD, highlighting the danger of going all in on margin trades, source: https://twitter.com/AltcoinGordon/status/1976976819258900558 According to @AltcoinGordon, traders should prioritize spot holdings and, if using derivatives, allocate only small amounts to leverage to limit liquidation risk during extreme moves, source: https://twitter.com/AltcoinGordon/status/1976976819258900558 According to @AltcoinGordon, the session was historic for volatility, and the practical takeaway for traders is to reduce leverage, scale down position sizes, and maintain higher collateral buffers to withstand sudden price swings, source: https://twitter.com/AltcoinGordon/status/1976976819258900558

According to the source, Bitcoin’s Taker Buy/Sell Ratio on Bybit surged to 12.68 on Oct 10, 2025, indicating a sharp dominance of aggressive long-side market orders; source: social media update dated Oct 10, 2025. The Taker Buy/Sell Ratio measures the volume of market buy orders divided by market sell orders, so readings above 1 reflect buyers leading executed flow, making 12.68 an extreme imbalance; source: Glassnode Academy definition of taker buy and taker sell volume. Traders use this ratio to gauge order-flow momentum and potential crowding on the long side in derivatives markets, often pairing it with funding rate and open interest checks for risk management; source: Glassnode Academy overview of taker buy/sell ratios and common derivatives monitoring practices documented by exchange metric guides.

According to @StockMarketNerd, if a trading session is blowing up your account, step back from short-dated options to limit immediate risk exposure (source: @StockMarketNerd on X, Oct 10, 2025). According to @StockMarketNerd, cool it with margin to reduce forced liquidations and compounding losses during volatility spikes (source: @StockMarketNerd on X, Oct 10, 2025). According to @StockMarketNerd, ease up on high-beta positions to lower portfolio volatility and drawdown potential (source: @StockMarketNerd on X, Oct 10, 2025). According to @StockMarketNerd, there is nothing wrong with staying in common equity and only risking capital you actually have in speculative assets (source: @StockMarketNerd on X, Oct 10, 2025). For crypto market participants, this guidance translates into reducing leverage on derivatives and avoiding ultra-short-dated options until risk normalizes, as an interpretation of the same risk-control principles (source: interpretation of guidance from @StockMarketNerd on X, Oct 10, 2025).

According to @lookonchain, trader @machibigbrother closed an XPL long with an $18M realized loss (source: @lookonchain on X, Oct 10, 2025). @lookonchain reports the trader then opened a new 5x long on 2.5M XPL valued at $1.86M (source: @lookonchain on X). Based on the reported 5x leverage and $1.86M position value, the estimated notional exposure for the new XPL position is roughly $9.3M (calculation using figures from @lookonchain on X). The trader’s total profit on Hyperliquid dropped from $43.64M to $2.84M, indicating a major PnL drawdown (source: @lookonchain on X; Hyperdash trader dashboard).

According to @ai_9684xtpa, the trader known as 麻吉老哥 closed long positions in XPL, PUMP, and ASTER about 8 hours earlier with a realized loss of $21.53 million and then reopened a 5x XPL long. Source: @ai_9684xtpa on X. The new XPL position is 500,000 tokens, approximately $375,000, with an entry price of $0.7531, as shown on the hyperbot.network trader page for address 0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872. Source: hyperbot.network. These wallet-linked flows establish a whale reference entry near $0.7531 that active traders can track for XPL order flow. Source: @ai_9684xtpa; hyperbot.network.

According to Lookonchain, wallet 0x3024 deposited 5 million USDC to Hyperliquid, source: Lookonchain on X. The address then opened a 2x long on 800 million PUMP with an estimated position value of 5.22 million USD, source: Lookonchain on X and Hypurrscan address 0x302446778A0d8512ad4B02655583C2B3c4cc423A. The activity was reported on Oct 1, 2025, source: Lookonchain on X.

According to @lookonchain, ETH fell below $4,000 and the 9,152 ETH ($36.4M) long position of address 0xa523 was fully liquidated; source: @lookonchain on X and hyperdash.info/trader/0xa5232e97b4ded3d2EF25Be059c3489e61Be475Aa. @lookonchain adds that the trader’s cumulative losses now exceed $45.3M, leaving less than $500K in the account; source: @lookonchain on X (Sep 25, 2025).

According to @PeckShieldAlert, on Sep 22, 2025 an on-chain address 0x746c...ee8c was liquidated for 1.74K ETH (about $7.30M) after ETH dropped below $4,200. According to @PeckShieldAlert, the forced unwind was triggered by the $4,200 breach, tying this price level directly to the liquidation event.

According to Adrian (@adriannewman21), using leverage on crypto perpetual futures only makes sense in a regulated, efficient market or if one has insider access, highlighting elevated risk for retail traders in current market conditions. Source: Adrian (@adriannewman21), X, Sep 22, 2025. He states crypto remains highly unregulated and claims tokens such as $ASTER are controlled by insiders, making leveraged shorts especially vulnerable to rapid liquidations. Source: Adrian (@adriannewman21), X, Sep 22, 2025. He adds that most retail participants are not insiders, implying that degen-style perp leverage is misaligned with the actual information edge most traders possess. Source: Adrian (@adriannewman21), X, Sep 22, 2025.

According to @lookonchain, address 0x328B opened a 3x leveraged long on ASTER at $1.40 and currently holds over $1,000,000 in unrealized profit; the position’s liquidation price is $1.2249, source: @lookonchain (X post, Sep 21, 2025). These disclosed entry and liquidation levels offer concrete risk markers for ASTER traders tracking leveraged positioning, source: @lookonchain and hyperdash.info/trader/0x328Bb023B9B9f0EffCcC73F169F9DDe7680C28b3.

According to @EmberCN, whale account @General6316 has opened approximately $145 million in long positions on Hyperliquid across BTC, ETH, SOL, and SUI (Source: @EmberCN). According to @EmberCN, the largest position is a $90 million BTC long with an entry price of $113,849 and a liquidation price of $109,014, which is roughly a 4.2% distance to liquidation based on the provided figures (Source: @EmberCN). According to @EmberCN, the trader address shared for monitoring is hyperbot.network/trader/0x66362B929C1a9AaF14c51aaB9B455ad7fb8268c4 (Source: @EmberCN). According to @EmberCN, the whale is referred to as James, and the source references past traders named James who incurred large losses, while also noting the post is sponsored by Bitget (Source: @EmberCN).

According to @MilkRoadDaily, BTC futures have reached $700 trillion in notional volume, roughly six times global GDP, and are described as one of the most traded markets globally (source: @MilkRoadDaily, X post dated Sep 10, 2025). For context, the World Bank estimates 2023 global GDP at about $105 trillion, aligning with the 6x ratio (source: World Bank, World Development Indicators). This scale typically coincides with deep liquidity but higher sensitivity to leverage-driven moves in BTC, a dynamic documented in research on crypto derivatives’ amplification of price swings (source: Bank for International Settlements, Quarterly Review analyses on crypto derivatives). Regulated venue participation underscores this liquidity profile for traders monitoring basis, funding, and open interest (source: CME Group, BTC futures and monthly volume reports).

According to @lookonchain, James Wynn (@JamesWynnReal) was partially liquidated again on his ETH long, and his new liquidation price is $4,361 (source: @lookonchain). According to @lookonchain, this places the position on the verge of another liquidation if ETH approaches $4,361 (source: @lookonchain). For traders, $4,361 is the reported ETH liquidation threshold to monitor for this account, per @lookonchain.

According to Lookonchain, wallet 0x4ED0 purchased another 5,553 ETH (~$24.44M) within the past 40 minutes, source: Lookonchain. Since Aug 11, the address accumulated 18,447 ETH (~$81.5M) at a $4,417 average and 1,357 WBTC (~$160M) at a $117,547 average, then deposited these assets into Aave to borrow $114.2M USDT, source: Lookonchain. Based on these figures, the collateral value is roughly $241.5M versus $114.2M debt, implying an estimated loan-to-value near 47%, derived from Lookonchain’s reported amounts, source: Lookonchain.

According to @EmberCN, a whale used borrowed leverage six days ago to buy 602.8 WBTC for about $66.90 million at an average price of $110,993. According to @EmberCN, roughly three hours before the post the whale sold all 602.8 WBTC and swapped into 15,083 ETH. According to @EmberCN, the wallet now holds 16,909 ETH valued around $73.84 million with an estimated cost basis near $4,441 per ETH. According to @EmberCN, the address for verification was provided in the post.