⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE ⚠️
This is important for new traders who love using leverage (futures).
No matter where your liquidation price is,
you are never truly safe in leveraged trading.
Because you are always facing:
*Extreme anomalous wicks
*Exchange risks (maintenance margin, funding rates)
What is an anomalous wick?
An anomalous wick is an extreme price spike that happens very briefly on the chart
(often only seconds to minutes).
It does not reflect the real market price,
but it is more than enough to liquidate leveraged positions.
Simple explanation
In a candlestick chart:
Body = the “normal” price movement (open–close)
Wick (shadow) = the price that was touched momentarily
👉 Anomalous wick =
a candle wick that extends abnormally far from the body,
unnatural, and returns very quickly.
Concrete example
For example:
SOL is trading normally at $140
Suddenly, the price wicks to $165 for 3 seconds
Then immediately returns to $142
Spot traders may ignore it.
Leverage traders may get liquidated instantly.
Why do anomalous wicks happen?
Main reasons include:
1️⃣ Thin liquidity
Low trading activity
Illiquid pairs
Shallow order books
➡️ A large order can instantly move the price
2️⃣ Liquidation hunts
Many long or short positions clustered together
Exchange or market makers push price into that zone
➡️ Cascading liquidations → long wicks
3️⃣ Sudden news or technical glitches
Data errors
Unexpected news
Exchange bugs (rare, but possible)
4️⃣ Cross-exchange imbalance
Price spikes on Exchange A
Exchange B follows briefly
➡️ Arbitrage causes a short-lived spike
Final reminder
If you are just experimenting with leverage
and do not fully understand these risks,
👉 It is strongly not recommended.
Leverage trading is not about prediction —
it is about survival against things you cannot control.
