Cascade autopsy: ETH, 2026-10-17 - $75.6M liquidated (n=5,328 tape events)

On 2026-10-17, our multi-venue tape recorded a ETH cascade: $75.6M in forced closes over 9 minutes (n=5,328 raw tape events in our own capture, not the whole market).

The liquidation map snapshot published 2 minutes before the start showed 16 levels; 9 were reached inside the cascade's traded range (n=16 levels, Wilson 95% lower bound 33%). Misses are shown at equal weight in the full autopsy.

The measured record as published that day: walk-forward precision 64.4% [Wilson 95% lower bound 42.1%], n=19 day-clusters.

Full re-verified anatomy (minute-by-minute timeline, before-map, venue breakdown): https://hunterkiller.io/autopsy/2026-10-17T2125-ETH

Descriptive record of a past event - not a forecast and not a trade signal.