BTC Trapped In Tight Range: Liquidity Heatmap Shows Key Price Points At $115K, 106K

Bitcoin price struggled to establish a stable direction in the past week, as intense levels of volatility continue to rock the ￰0￱ two weeks of market correction, the premier cryptocurrency attempted a price rebound, reaching around $112,000 before retracing to $107,000 price zone. Presently, Bitcoin trades in the $111,000 price range after some steady gains in the past 48 hours. Interestingly, a popular analyst with the X username DaanCrypto has identified an insightful trend amidst this market ￰1￱ Reading: Bitcoin Heat Macro Phase Signals Accumulation Before Next Growth Wave Sideways Bitcoin Market Sets Stage For Explosive Move As Liquidity Builds In a post on Friday, DaanCrypto shared an important on-chain development of the Bitcoin market following the highly volatile price moves in October ￰2￱ the consistent price swings, the analyst explains that BTC has remained locked in a local price range over the past two weeks, with its present price hovering above the midpoint of this ￰3￱ sideways action has been driven by buyers and sellers repeatedly foiling each other’s attempts to break out, thereby preventing the asset from establishing a decisive breakout ￰4￱ the continuous consolidation, untriggered liquidation levels are accumulating just above and below the local price ￰5￱ pattern is typical of Bitcoin’s pre-breakout ￰6￱ explains that the longer the price consolidates within a tight corridor, the more liquidity pools build up outside it.

Notably, when price eventually sweeps these clusters, it often triggers a cascade of liquidations and stop orders, which fuel the next large price ￰7￱ data from Coinglass, DaanCrypto has identified $106,000 as a level with the heaviest concentration of long liquidations. Therefore, this price point functions as a critical support zone, and a downward wick below which could trigger selling forces pushing Bitcoin to deeper levels. Meanwhile, the $115,000 region holds a thick short-side liquidity, meaning a push above this threshold could fuel a rapid short squeeze and propel BTC to higher levels, perhaps beyond its current all-time high at $126,210.

Related Reading: Why The Dogecoin 3.49% Annual Inflation Is Actually Not A Bug Bitcoin Still On For A Comeback? In contrast to popular sentiments of an “Uptober” and blooming Q4, Bitcoin has failed to achieve a sustainable price growth in October. A report from the Bitcoin Archive states that the crypto asset’s return in Q4 2025 is now estimated at -2.84%. This figure shows an extreme underperformance as Bitcoin’s average Q4 is valued at 74.77%.

However, with over 60 days remaining until the end of 2025, there is still ample time for the premier cryptocurrency to pull off a market ￰8￱ the CPI data met expectations, the chances of an interest rate cut have increased, and an eventual announcement by the Federal Reserve could perhaps trigger Bitcoin’s rebound, among other ￰9￱ press time, Bitcoin continues to trade at $111,424, reflecting a 3.91% gain in the past seven ￰10￱ image from iStock, chart from Tradingview