Read the Market·Module 04

Liquidity Map — where price gets pulled and stopped

A predictive liquidity heatmap. See where liquidations already happened, where they're likely to happen next, and where the strongest magnets sit — order-book walls, real liquidations and forward estimates converged into one 2D map.

FOCSAL Liquidity Map heatmap showing liquidation clusters, density and bid/ask walls across price levels for BTC in hybrid mode
Liquidity Map — liquidation clusters and walls as a price-by-intensity heatmap

Why it exists

Price doesn't move randomly between levels — it gets pulled toward pools of liquidity and stopped at walls of resting orders. The problem is that this information is scattered: order-book depth in one place, actual liquidations in another, and the forward-looking risk zones nowhere at all.

Liquidity Map converges all three into a single heatmap. You can see the cluster sitting below at 65,800 that price keeps drifting toward, the wall above that keeps rejecting it, and how strong each one really is — so levels stop being guesses.

What you get

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Rendering modes
Raw past events, forward-looking synthetic, smooth heatmap, or hybrid — switchable for exactly the read you need.
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Venues aggregated
Depth and liquidations cross-aggregated across five exchanges, each cluster tagged with its source and freshness.
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Assets, uniform resolution
Every asset rendered at the same fine bucket resolution — not just BTC sharp and the rest a blur.
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Streaming updates
Walls and clusters update in real time, with walls, sweeps and absorptions cross-correlated into convergence signals.

Four ways to read the map

ModeWhat it showsUse it for
RawActual reported liquidations clustered by price levelPost-event analysis — where forced sellers already flushed
SyntheticEstimated future liquidation levels from open interest + leverageForward-looking risk — where liquidations will likely hit
Synthetic HeatmapThe same forward estimate as a smooth intensity gradientDashboard-style monitoring at a glance
Hybrid · defaultRecent real events plus the forward estimate beyondThe most actionable single view

The reports panel

ReportWhat it tells you
Liquidity WallsBid and ask walls with price, USD size, density and an asymmetry read — which side dominates
SweepsSweep events with timestamp, side, magnitude and venue, clustered when they repeat
AbsorptionsWhere aggression was absorbed at clustered levels
ConvergenceA high-conviction chip when a wall, a sweep and an absorption all land on the same level
Forward-looking, not just history

Most heatmaps only show you where liquidations already happened. The synthetic mode estimates where they will likely happen if price reaches a level — turning the map from a record into a risk forecast for the positions you're holding now.

How it works

A pooled worker rebuilds the map across asset–venue pairs and timeframes, with a fast loop for the 1-minute view so it stays responsive while higher timeframes refresh in the background. A canonical bucket size keeps every asset at the same fine resolution — so an altcoin map is as readable as BTC, not a handful of coarse bars. Heatmap snapshots are compressed dramatically for delivery, keeping load times in the tens of milliseconds.

Part of the operating system

Liquidity Map and Order Flow are built to work in tandem: the map tells you where the clusters and walls are, Order Flow shows you how price interacts with them when it arrives. Click a sweep in one and jump to the same moment in the other. The same liquidity read also feeds Market Intelligence's verdict.

New to the concepts?Read: How Liquidations Work
Map the liquidity

Open Liquidity Map on the live market

Liquidation clusters, walls and forward-looking zones — included from the Pro plan upward.

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