Why Is POWER Surging 56.88% in 24 Hours? Short Squeeze and $515K in Liquidations Drive the Move

BREAKING

A short squeeze — not organic buying — is the primary driver behind POWER’s 56.88% surge in the past 24 hours. Coinglass data recorded $515.65K in liquidations over the same window, with the dominant side tagged as short, confirming that overleveraged short positions were forcibly closed as price spiked — amplifying the move mechanically.

At the time of writing, POWER is trading at approximately $0.1920, up 56.88% in the past 24 hours and 14.93% in the past hour alone. Market cap sits at $40.56M. Data via Coinglass.

The Mechanism — Short Liquidations Cascading Into Price

POWER entered the session with $31.04M in open interest — a figure that dwarfs its $40.56M market cap by a ratio of approximately 0.77x. That level of open interest relative to market cap signals a heavily leveraged derivatives market positioned around a relatively thin spot base. When price moved upward, short positions with insufficient margin were auto-liquidated by exchanges, forcing market buys that pushed price higher — triggering the next layer of liquidations in a cascade.

Source: Coinglass, September 15, 2026

Why Short Liquidations Flow Directly Into Price Acceleration

In a short squeeze, the mechanism is self-reinforcing: short sellers borrow and sell an asset expecting a price decline. When price rises instead, exchange margin systems auto-close those positions via forced market buys. Each forced buy pushes price higher, triggering the next layer of stops. With $142.62M in 24-hour volume against a $40.56M market cap — a volume-to-cap ratio exceeding 3.5x — the derivatives tail is visibly wagging the spot dog here.

The funding rate at 0.0051% is notably low despite the price surge, which is itself a signal worth examining. A dramatically rising asset with low funding suggests the long side has not yet fully repiled — meaning the squeeze is being driven by short exits, not fresh long entries chasing momentum. This is a structurally important distinction: it suggests the move is liquidation-led rather than demand-led at this stage. This dynamic mirrors what was observed in the VTHO 14% surge, where funding and liquidation data told a clearer story than price alone.

RSI at 90+ — What Extreme Momentum Readings Signal

The RSI across all three timeframes is flashing extreme readings: 83.19 on the 1-hour, 90.76 on the 4-hour, and 90.51 on the daily. RSI measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes on a 0–100 scale — readings above 70 are conventionally considered overbought. Readings above 90 across multiple timeframes simultaneously indicate momentum that has moved far beyond normal trading ranges in a compressed timeframe.

This does not confirm a reversal — momentum can remain extreme in genuine breakouts. But it does confirm that the move is statistically unusual and that buyers entering at current levels are doing so at a point of maximum recent stress on the indicator. Assets similar to this setup — such as ICP’s open interest-to-market-cap imbalance — have shown that elevated OI relative to cap creates post-squeeze volatility in both directions.

Is the POWER Rally Sustainable?

The key question is whether organic demand follows the forced liquidation cascade. The funding rate at 0.0051% needs to be watched for a reset — if it climbs sharply above 0.05% to 0.10%, it would indicate leveraged longs piling in after the squeeze, which historically precedes sharp pullbacks when those positions unwind. If funding stays suppressed while price consolidates above a new local support, it would indicate genuine spot accumulation absorbing the move.

The $142.62M in 24-hour volume must be contextualized: volume at 3.5x market cap in a single day is not normal trading activity — it reflects derivatives-driven churn. Sustaining the price level requires that volume normalize into a range consistent with organic holder activity, not forced position closure. The metric to track is Coinglass’s real-time open interest figure for POWER — a decline in OI while price holds would confirm deleveraging is complete and spot is supporting the level.

Bottom line: POWER’s 56.88% surge in 24 hours is mechanically explained by $515.65K in short liquidations cascading through a derivatives market carrying $31.04M in open interest against a $40.56M market cap. The 14.93% single-hour spike confirms the squeeze was still active at the time of this writing. RSI readings of 90+ across 1h, 4h, and daily confirm momentum extremity. Whether the level holds depends entirely on what follows the forced exits — watch Coinglass’s open interest for POWER in real time: a sustained OI decline paired with stable price is the confirmation that spot demand, not liquidation mechanics, is now holding the move.

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Source: Coinglass +1 More · Published by CoinsProbe Markets Desk

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