Daily reportSaturday, 31 October 2026at the close, Sun, 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on stocks.
Whale Tide 29, short, up 1 since yesterday. 48% of directional whale money is under water, 10.0% from entry on average.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (64% of $1.61B in whale positions) and on ETH (55% of $1.49B). Retail leans the other way: crowd 71 against the whales' 26. $60.5M of crypto whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 95% of them longs.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 34), split on indices (Tide 48) and short on metals (Tide 25). The clearest lean among the headline markets: the S&P 500, 65% long of $150M. $24.5M of TradFi whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 82% of them longs.
Under water
Over the last 32 daily closes, the share under water ran from 46% to 62%.
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 $77.9M of the money near liquidation, shorts $7.1M. 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 · 31 Oct
The largest realised gain · 08:40 UTC
HYPE Wintry Minke closes its HYPE long after 4 days: $4.5M at its largest, +$271K realised over the whole position.
HYPE price on this day, UTC
The closing moveThe whale's logHYPE exitsProof on Hyperliquid
The largest new money · 01:36 UTC
BTC Breezy Sounder opens a $17.3M BTC long at $77.4K. Track record 23/100.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest flip · 08:38 UTC
HYPE Low Puffin flips its $7.9M HYPE long to a $97K short (−$678K realised).
HYPE price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day $1M or more
- ZECAdds to a short
Polar Kraken adds $405K to its ZEC short, now $1.7M. Track record 79/100.
- ZECOpens a short
Polar Kraken opens a $1.2M ZEC short at $1,255. Track record 79/100.
- SOLTrims a short
Boreal Meridian trims its SOL short by $336K to $979K at $95.27 (+$15K realised).
- ZECCloses a long
Wide Breaker closes its $1.7M ZEC long at $1,250 after 6 minutes (−$1K realised).
- MUTrims a short
Sunken Shoal trims its MU short by $732K to $897K at $895.1 (−$12K realised).
- ZECCloses a long
Iron Humpback closes its $15.9M ZEC long after 10 hours.
- SOLAdds to a short
Iron Humpback adds $13.1M to its SOL short, now $19M. Track record 60/100.
- BTCTrims a long
Clear Compass trims its BTC long by $847K to $1.5M at $77.5K (−$1K realised).
- ETHOpens a short
Blue Dolphin opens a $2.8M ETH short at $2,253.96. Track record 49/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Silent Meridian adds $903K to its BTC long, now $3.7M. Track record 71/100.
- ZECOpens a long
Wide Breaker opens a $1.7M ZEC long at $1,251. Track record 66/100.
- SOLOpens a short
Iron Humpback opens a $6M SOL short at $95.61. Track record 60/100.
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As archived at the day's close, Sun, 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC. It describes positioning and what happened. It is not a signal. Not financial advice.