Daily reportTuesday, 20 October 2026at the close, Wed, 21 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTCrebuilt day
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 27, short, up 1 since yesterday. 60% of directional whale money is under water, 8.5% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (65% of $1.75B in whale positions) and on ETH (64% of $1.71B). Tracked whales lost $215K to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, all of it shorts.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 41), split on indices (Tide 50) and long on energy (Tide 53). The clearest lean among the headline markets: gold, 59% short of $168M. Tracked whales lost $983K to liquidation in TradFi in the last 24 hours, all of it shorts.
Under water
Over the last 32 daily closes, the share under water ran from 52% to 62%.
Money at a loss at the day's closing price, counted like the Tide: directional whales only. Hedges and market makers stay out, because one leg of a hedge is always at a loss.
Near liquidation
Longs hold $5.3M of the money near liquidation, shorts $7.6M. Over the last 32 daily closes the total ran from $12.9M to $383M.
Whale money within 5% of its liquidation price, every wallet counted. Longs there would be forced to sell into a fall, shorts to buy into a rise.
Cases of the day · 20 Oct
The largest new money · between two daily closes
BTC Night Mast adds $23.5M to its BTC short, now $82M.
The largest flip · between two daily closes
ETH Smooth Octopus flips its $17.3M ETH short to a $5M long.
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As archived at the day's close, Wed, 21 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC. This day was rebuilt from the Hyperliquid blockchain's daily record of every open position, with today's track records. Its moves are the changes between two daily closes, its liquidations the recorded fills. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice. WhaleRadar earns nothing on your trades.