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Liquidation
Forced closure of a leveraged position.
When losses eat the collateral, the exchange closes the position at market. Deposit at zero. Cascades of liquidations move the market.
// Example
$500M in long liquidations in an hour — a textbook short squeeze down.
// Slang
ликвиднилик
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