Leverage.Trading’s September 2025 report reveals how traders cut leverage exposure before the $1.5B "Red Monday" liquidation event.
Córdoba, Spain – October 2025: Leverage.Trading has published its September 2025 Crypto Futures & Leverage Risk Report, providing new behavioral analytics on how retail traders adjusted leverage exposure ahead of the $1.5 billion “Red Monday” liquidation event.
The dataset covers 106,302 anonymized trade setups collected across global crypto leverage trading platforms and futures exchanges, offering a data-driven view into how traders managed margin and risk as volatility intensified.
The crypto market witnessed a “Red Monday” on Sept. 22, 2025, when $1.5 billion worth of long positions were liquidated, leaving more than 400,000 traders in losses within 24 hours.
However, insights from the latest report show that traders began reducing risk well before the crash.
Author's summary: Leverage.Trading's report analyzes trader behavior before "Red Monday".