Daily reportSaturday, 24 October 2026at the close, Sun, 25 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on metals.
Whale Tide 4, strongly short, down 23 since yesterday. 54% of directional whale money is under water, 10.6% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (99% of $592M in whale positions) and on ETH (100% of $575M). Retail leans the other way: crowd 71 against the whales' 2. Tracked whales lost $205K to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, all of it longs.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on metals (Tide 0), short on stocks (Tide 7) and long on indices (Tide 55). The clearest lean among the headline markets: gold, 100% short of $58.7M.
Under water
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
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 · 24 Oct
The largest realised gain · 15:33 UTC
BTC Wide Mooring closes its $39.3M BTC long at $79.5K after 46 days (+$430K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest realised loss · 14:24 UTC
BTC Russet Foam closes its $40.8M BTC long at $80.5K after 2 days (−$774K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest new money · 14:30 UTC
ETH Slow Basin opens a $54.2M ETH long at $2,344.21. Track record 74/100.
ETH price on this day, UTC
The largest flip · 01:08 UTC
BTC Breezy Sounder flips its $15.8M BTC long to a $18.6M short (+$2K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day $1M or more
- SOLAdds to a short
Steady Meridian adds $885K to its SOL short, now $4M. Track record 81/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Morning Foam adds $739K to its BTC long, now $1.2M. Track record 37/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Wide Kittiwake adds $452K to its BTC long, now $1.2M. Track record 34/100.
- ZECAdds to a long
Placid Gyre adds $334K to its ZEC long, now $1.5M. Track record 51/100.
- ZECOpens a long
Night Walrus opens a $2M ZEC long at $1,208. Track record 50/100.
- BTCFlips to a short
Midnight Squall flips its $185K BTC long to a $2M short (+$2K realised).
- BTCTrims a long
Cobalt Manta trims its BTC long by $3M to $4.4M at $80.8K (+$22K realised).
- BTCTrims a short
Gusty Lagoon trims its BTC short by $2.7M to $142K at $80.9K (−$46K realised).
- BTCOpens a long
Breezy Sounder opens a $15.8M BTC long at $80.8K. Track record 67/100.
- ETHTrims a long
Wintry Minke trims its ETH long by $472K to $590K at $2,350.09 (+$10K realised).
- ZECCloses a long
Night Walrus closes its $3M ZEC long at $1,200 after 24 hours (+$55K realised).
- BTCFlips to a long
Midnight Squall flips its $1M BTC short to a $185K long (+$3K realised).
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As archived at the day's close, Sun, 25 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice. WhaleRadar earns nothing on your trades.