A Cardano liquidation heatmap shows the price levels where leveraged ADA positions will be force-closed. Bright zones mark dense concentrations of leveraged exposure — the levels markets tend to gravitate toward when volatility picks up, because each forced liquidation triggers a market order that pushes price further into the cluster. TapeSurf computes these zones from actual on-chain positions on Hyperliquid, the largest fully transparent perpetual futures DEX — every position's liquidation price is derived from its real entry, leverage, and margin, not estimated from aggregated open interest as on centralized exchanges.
Use the heatmap to identify magnet zones, time entries around expected cascades, and avoid placing stops inside dense liquidation clusters where they will be swept first. The zones themselves are concrete — these are real positions waiting to be liquidated, not statistical estimates — but markets don't always reach every zone, so combine the heatmap with funding rates, open interest, and order-book structure for confluence.