Daily reportTuesday, 27 October 2026as of 02:51 UTC, live
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 26, short, up 1 since yesterday. 52% of directional whale money is under water, 8.4% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (66% of $1.78B in whale positions) and on ETH (58% of $1.70B). Retail leans the other way: crowd 71 against the whales' 22. $107M of crypto whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 73% of them shorts.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 39), long on indices (Tide 53) and long on energy (Tide 56). 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 31 daily closes, the share under water ran from 53% to 62%. 52% is the lowest in that span.
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 $66.9M of the money near liquidation, shorts $87.8M. Over the last 31 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 · 27 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, 15 minutes late
- ETHTrims a short
Steady Meridian trims its ETH short by $5.4M to $402K at $2,321.79 (+$3K realised).
- BTCAdds to a long
Silent Meridian adds $652K to its BTC long, now $3.1M. Track record 72/100.
- DRAMTrims a long
Weathered Doldrums trims its DRAM long by $645K to $807K at $49.65.
- ETHAdds to a short
Smooth Octopus adds $3.2M to its ETH short, now $14.8M. Track record 39/100.
- BTCFlips to a long
Silent Meridian flips its $1.7M BTC short to a $2.4M long (+$3K realised).
- BTCOpens a short
Glassy Fluke opens a $14M BTC short at $80.0K. Track record 68/100.
- BTCFlips to a short
Pelagic Kittiwake flips its $8.2M BTC long to a $8.2M short (−$28K realised).
- BTCFlips to a long
Midnight Squall flips its $1.6M BTC short to a $1.4M long.
- ETHTrims a short
Smooth Octopus trims its ETH short by $6.1M to $11.6M.
- BTCOpens a long
Pelagic Kittiwake opens a $8.2M BTC long at $80.3K. Track record 28/100.
- ETHCloses a short
Pelagic Kittiwake closes its $6.8M ETH short at $2,329.73 after 13 minutes (−$31K realised).
- ETHAdds to a short
Resting Crest adds $1.2M to its ETH short, now $3.2M. Track record 24/100.
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As of Tue, 27 Oct 2026, 02:51 UTC. The report updates every few minutes until the day closes at 00:00 UTC. Then it is archived as it stood. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice.