Daily reportSunday, 8 November 2026at its close, 00:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on single stocks.
Whales lean clearly less short than at the previous close. Gusty Glacier lost a $66.2M ETH long to liquidation at $2,085.39 (−$16.1M realised).
Whale positions on Hyperliquid: $7.57B, $3.38B long (45%) and $4.18B short (55%). What counts as a whale?
The day’s largest move, replayed
Gusty Glacier lost a $66.2M ETH long to liquidation at $2,085.39 (−$16.1M realised).
How to read this
Shows: the price of the market from two hours before the move to 45 minutes after it, played once.
Read it: The dot is the move, with the whale’s name and money beside it. Shorts stand above the line, longs below it, a liquidation is a ring on the line. The largest move is the one of $1M or more that moved the most money this day.
Won’t show: the whale’s other moves. Its page holds them.
Crypto
Whales lean short on BTC (59% of $1.80B in whale positions) and on ETH (54% of $1.42B). Retail leans the other way: crowd 75 against the whales' 28. Tracked whales lost $176M to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, all of it longs.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 33), short on energy (Tide 27) and short on indices (Tide 45). The clearest lean among the headline markets: oil, 68% short of $97.4M. $48.4M of TradFi whale positions sit within 5% of liquidation, 96% of them longs.
Around the events
Nvidia: the reports on its CEO and its quarterly results on 17 Nov.
- 20:12 UTCNvidia: the reports on its CEO and its quarterly results on 17 Nov
CNBC reports that Nvidia’s board has opened an independent investigation involving chief executive Jensen Huang, and that Huang addressed it in an email to staff. CNBC
Under water
42% of directional whale money is under water.
Over the last 32 daily closes, the share under water ran from 42% to 62%. 42% 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 $160M of the money near liquidation, shorts $7.5M.
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.
Liquidations of the day
$176M of whale positions liquidated on this day, most of it ETH longs.
- Liquidated
- $176M
- 54 positions · 100% longs
- Busiest hour
- $160M
- 21:00 to 22:00 UTC · 49 positions
How to read this
Shows: every liquidation of a tracked whale of $100K or more in this UTC day, in the order it happened. Each takes as many tiles as its money.
Read it: A gap edged in green was a long, in red a short. The figures count the same liquidations.
Won’t show: liquidations of smaller accounts, or positions on other exchanges.
Cascades of the day
One cascade liquidated $176M of whale positions.
| Time | Markets | Liquidated | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 s | AVAX, BTC, PUMP and 38 more | $176M54 positions | longs |
The cascade8 Nov, 21:54:42 to 21:56:05 UTC
$176M of whale longs liquidated in 83 seconds
- Markets hit
- 41
- AVAX first, 40 more within 71 seconds
- ETH price
- −7.0%
- in 10 minutes, $2,213.80 to $2,058.50
- Positions
- 54
- from 12 whales
- ETH$143M
- BTC$23.2M
- PUMP$2.3M
- HYPE$1.1M
- WLD$1M
- 36 more markets$5.4M
Each circle: one whale liquidated, sized by its moneyLongShortUTC · Longs below their market’s price line · Shaded: the cascade, second by second · Either side: the minutes before and after · every tracked whale liquidation of $100K or more
How to read this
Shows: the price of each market hit hardest, from 30 minutes before the cascade to 10 minutes after. Each circle is one tracked whale liquidation, placed at the second it filled and sized by its value.
Read it: The larger the circle, the larger the position. Circles crowded where a line moves fastest are positions liquidated during that move. The replay shows the two markets with the most money liquidated first, then the rest.
UTC · Longs below their market’s price line · Shaded: the cascade, second by second, each known price a step with its dot · A whale’s positions in one market in the same second are one circle. · every tracked whale liquidation of $100K or more
Won’t show: liquidations of smaller accounts, or positions on other exchanges.
4 moves stood out.
Highlights of the day · 8 Nov
The largest liquidation · 21:55 UTC
ETH Gusty Glacier lost a $66.2M ETH long to liquidation at $2,085.39 (−$16.1M realised).
ETH price on this day, UTC
The largest realised gain · 22:51 UTC
ETH Upper Meridian closes its ETH long after 130 days: $13M at its largest, +$3.9M realised over the whole position.
ETH price on this day, UTC
The closing moveThe whale's logETH exitsProof on Hyperliquid
The largest new position · 23:02 UTC
BTC Upper Meridian adds $19.2M to its BTC long, now $26.7M. Track record 40/100.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The largest flip · 21:35 UTC
ZEC Salt Fluke flips its $6.4M ZEC long to a $2.7M short (−$187K realised).
ZEC price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day the largest of $1M or more, UTC
480 whale moves on this day.
- BTCOpens a long
Western Ripple opens an $11M BTC long at $75.9K. Track record 82/100.
- SOLCloses a short
Iron Humpback closes its $17.8M SOL short after 46 hours.
- ETHOpens a long
Cobalt Monsoon opens a $15.2M ETH long at $2,215.68. Track record 15/100.
- ETHLiquidated longLiquidated
Gusty Glacier lost a $66.2M ETH long to liquidation at $2,085.39 (−$16.1M realised).
- BTCLiquidated longLiquidated
Placid Rime lost an $11.9M BTC long to liquidation at $73.6K (−$696K realised).
- ETHLiquidated longLiquidated
Serene Basin lost a $57.6M ETH long to liquidation at $2,092.55 (−$11.1M realised).
- ETHCloses a longPartly liquidated
Shaded Cormorant closes its $13.3M ETH long at $2,097.77 after 29 hours (−$844K realised). Part of it was liquidated at $2,078.59.
- BTCTrims a short
Night Marlin trims its BTC short by $14.4M to $4.4M at $74.4K (+$1.3M realised).
- ZECCloses a long
Upper Horizon closes its $13.3M ZEC long at $1,197.8 (−$1.1M realised).
- BTCOpens a short
Salt Shallows opens a $14.9M BTC short at $74.2K. Track record 41/100.
- BTCAdds to a long
Upper Meridian adds $19.2M to its BTC long, now $26.7M. Track record 40/100.
- BTCAdds to a short
Southern Manta adds $14.2M to its BTC short, now $29.9M. Track record 63/100.
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As archived at the day's close, Mon, 9 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC. The liquidations and the cases of this day were reconstructed on 10 Nov 2026 from the day's complete record of moves. Not financial advice.