Daily reportThursday, 29 October 2026at the close, Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 27, short, down 2 since yesterday. 47% of directional whale money is under water, 10.9% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (61% of $1.74B in whale positions) and on ETH (60% of $1.55B). Retail leans short too (crowd 47). Tracked whales lost $6.6M to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, 99% of it longs.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 40), long on indices (Tide 59) and split on energy (Tide 50). The clearest lean among the headline markets: oil, 69% long of $112M. Tracked whales lost $1.6M 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 47% to 62%. 47% 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 $303M of the money near liquidation, shorts $27.2M. 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 · 29 Oct
The largest liquidation · 20:50 UTC
BTC Evening Mast trims its BTC long by $2.6M to $2.5M at $78.7K (−$82K realised). Part of it was liquidated at $78.7K.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest realised gain · 07:15 UTC
BTC Western Ripple closes its $21.2M BTC short at $79.9K after 43 hours (+$300K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
The closing moveThe whale's logBTC exitsProof on Hyperliquid
The largest realised loss · 18:43 UTC
BTC Weathered Horizon closes its $16.2M BTC long at $80.6K after 9 days (−$494K realised).
BTC price on this day, UTC
The closing moveThe whale's logBTC exitsProof on Hyperliquid
The largest new money · 14:47 UTC
BTC Breezy Sounder opens a $36.5M BTC short at $81.2K. Track record 27/100.
BTC price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day $1M or more
- PUMPTrims a long
Grey Crest trims its PUMP long by $861K to $178K at $0.00397 (−$74K realised).
- LITTrims a long
Deep Squall trims its LIT long by $541K to $1.5M at $2.716 (−$271K realised).
- BTCAdds to a long
Silent Meridian adds $777K to its BTC long, now $3.8M. Track record 62/100.
- BTCTrims a long
Open Petrel trims its BTC long by $2.1M to $5.3M at $78.1K (−$329K realised).
- ETHAdds to a long
Cloudy Spindrift adds $562K to its ETH long, now $1.1M. Track record 14/100.
- ZECAdds to a long
Pale Dugong adds $735K to its ZEC long, now $1.5M. Track record 76/100.
- ZECTrims a short
Brine Selkie trims its ZEC short by $984K to $2.5M at $1,227 (+$15K realised).
- SOLOpens a long
Deep Monsoon opens a $1.2M SOL long at $95.87. Track record 83/100.
- ETHOpens a long
Deep Monsoon opens a $5.2M ETH long at $2,254.27. Track record 83/100.
- BTCFlips to a long
Evening Mast flips its $387K BTC short to a $1.2M long (+$4K realised).
- HYPEOpens a long
Northern Marlin opens a $3.6M HYPE long at $89.57. Track record 86/100.
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As archived at the day's close, Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice.