Daily reportMonday, 26 October 2026at the close, Tue, 27 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 25, strongly short, down 4 since yesterday. 53% of directional whale money is under water, 8.3% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (67% of $1.78B in whale positions) and on ETH (58% of $1.71B). $132M of crypto whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 78% of them shorts.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 39), long on indices (Tide 53) and short on metals (Tide 19). The clearest lean among the headline markets: gold, 61% short of $149M. Tracked whales lost $1.4M to liquidation in TradFi in the last 24 hours, all of it longs.
Under water
Over the last 32 daily closes, the share under water ran from 53% to 62%. 53% is the lowest in that span.
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 $52.9M of the money near liquidation, shorts $113M. 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 · 26 Oct
The largest realised loss · 15:13 UTC
BTC Evening Mast closes its $20.6M BTC long at $80.5K after 5 days (−$260K realised). Part of it was liquidated at $81.7K.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest new money · 22:07 UTC
BTC Breezy Sounder opens a $33.3M BTC short at $80.0K. Track record 61/100.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest flip · 15:28 UTC
BTC Evening Mast flips its $2.8M BTC short to a $19.6M long (−$10K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day $1M or more
- HYPETrims a long
Tranquil Mariner trims its HYPE long by $548K to $551K at $78.12 (+$2K realised).
- SILVERTrims a long
Gusty Sextant trims its SILVER long by $1M to $1.8M at $53.97 (+$2K realised).
- ZECCloses a long
Night Walrus closes its $3.1M ZEC long at $1,226.17 after 7 hours (−$60K realised).
- ZECAdds to a short
Steady Meridian adds $615K to its ZEC short, now $1.2M. Track record 82/100.
- ETHTrims a long
Gusty Sextant trims its ETH long by $579K to $1M at $2,314.90.
- DRAMAdds to a long
Weathered Doldrums adds $1.3M to its DRAM long, now $1.5M. Track record 54/100.
- ETHTrims a long
Gusty Sextant trims its ETH long by $1.6M to $1.6M at $2,311.00.
- SKHXTrims a short
Amber Zephyr trims its SKHX short by $1.1M to $695K at $994.60 (−$9K realised).
- BRENTOILAdds to a short
Iron Humpback adds $1.5M to its BRENTOIL short, now $5M. Track record 70/100.
- BRENTOILAdds to a long
Cold Octopus adds $604K to its BRENTOIL long, now $2.3M. Track record 82/100.
- SKHXFlips to a long
Clear Echo flips its $132K SKHX short to a $1.2M long (−$4K realised).
- BRENTOILAdds to a short
Iron Humpback adds $2.3M to its BRENTOIL short, now $3.5M. Track record 70/100.
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As archived at the day's close, Tue, 27 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice.