Daily reportSunday, 25 October 2026as of 06:40 UTC, live
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 29, short, up 2 since yesterday. 55% of directional whale money is under water, 8.2% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (64% of $1.81B in whale positions) and on ETH (57% of $1.75B). Retail leans the other way: crowd 69 against the whales' 26. Tracked whales lost $205K to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, all of it longs.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 42), long on indices (Tide 54) and long on energy (Tide 58). The clearest lean among the headline markets: gold, 58% short of $154M. $42.5M of TradFi whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 64% of them shorts.
Under water
Money at a loss at today's 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 $83.5M of the money near liquidation, shorts $50.8M.
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 · 25 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 Quiet Manta 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, 15 minutes late
- ETHOpens a long
Arctic Headland opens a $1M ETH long at $2,350.98. Track record 56/100.
- ETHAdds to a short
Deep Rorqual adds $1.4M to its ETH short, now $2.5M. Track record 98/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Gusty Sextant adds $403K to its BTC long, now $1.6M. Track record 72/100.
- BTCOpens a short
Smooth Fog opens a $2.1M BTC short at $80.6K. Track record 68/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Cobalt Zephyr adds $500K to its BTC long, now $2M. Track record 57/100.
- ETHOpens a long
Gusty Sextant opens a $4.7M ETH long at $2,352.68. Track record 72/100.
- BTCOpens a long
Gusty Sextant opens a $1.2M BTC long at $80.6K. Track record 72/100.
- SILVERAdds to a long
Gusty Sextant adds $536K to its SILVER long, now $1.9M. Track record 72/100.
- SOLTrims a short
Rainy Mooring trims its SOL short by $1M to $1M.
- BTCTrims a long
Midnight Squall trims its BTC long by $581K to $1.1M at $80.6K (−$1K realised).
- BTCAdds to a long
Silent Meridian adds $511K to its BTC long, now $2M. Track record 69/100.
- BTCFlips to a short
Arctic Headland flips its $1M BTC long to a $1M short (+$3K realised).
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