Daily reportMonday, 9 November 2026at its close, 00:00 UTC
Large whales lean short on crypto and on single stocks.
Whales lean a little further short than at the previous close. Cold Meridian lost a $3.3M SOXL short to liquidation at $56.52 after 11 days (−$707K realised).
In the newsUS consumer prices
Whale positions on Hyperliquid: $7.27B, $3.28B long (45%) and $3.99B short (55%). What counts as a whale?
The day’s largest move, replayed
Morning Floe opens a $44.3M BTC short at $73.8K.
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 $1.83B in whale positions) and on ETH (53% of $1.19B). Retail leans the other way: crowd 75 against the whales' 27. Tracked whales lost $117K to liquidation in crypto in the last 24 hours, all of it shorts.
TradFi
In TradFi whales lean short on stocks (Tide 32), short on indices (Tide 38) and short on energy (Tide 29). The clearest lean among the headline markets: oil, 66% short of $68M. Tracked whales lost $4.6M to liquidation in TradFi in the last 24 hours, 79% of it shorts.
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 $75.9M of the money near liquidation, shorts $25.4M.
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
$8.7M of whale positions liquidated on this day, most of it shorts.
- Liquidated
- $8.7M
- 11 positions · 67% shorts
- Busiest hour
- $3.3M
- 16:00 to 17:00 UTC · 1 position
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
2 cascades liquidated $7.6M of whale positions.
| Time | Markets | Liquidated | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min | NVDA, SKHX, SOXL | $2.2M3 positions | longs |
| 1 h 1 min | HYPE, BTC, SOXL | $5.5M5 positions | shorts |
The largest cascade9 Nov, 15:02 to 16:03 UTC
$5.5M of whale shorts liquidated, $4.5M of it within 27 minutes
- Markets hit
- 3
- HYPE first, 2 more within 61 minutes
- SOXL price
- +7.7%
- in 50 minutes, $51.47 to $55.42
- Positions
- 5
- from 3 whales
- SOXL$3.3M
- BTC$2.1M
- HYPE$117K
Each circle: one whale liquidated, sized by its moneyLongShortUTC · Shorts above 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 · Shorts above 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 · 9 Nov
The largest liquidation · 16:03 UTC
SOXL Cold Meridian lost a $3.3M SOXL short to liquidation at $56.52 after 11 days (−$707K realised).
SOXL price on this day, UTC
The largest realised gain · 04:08 UTC
BTC Southern Manta closes its BTC short after 6 days: $30.7M at its largest, +$827K realised over the whole position.
BTC price on this day, UTC
The closing moveThe whale's logBTC exitsProof on Hyperliquid
The largest realised loss · 03:20 UTC
SNDK Frosted Comber closes its SNDK long after 47 days: $2.1M at its largest, −$876K realised over the whole position.
SNDK price on this day, UTC
The largest new position · 08:04 UTC
BTC Morning Floe opens a $44.3M BTC short at $73.8K. Track record 55/100.
BTC price on this day, UTC
Moves of the day the largest of $1M or more, UTC
1,534 whale moves on this day.
- BTCOpens a long
Iron Humpback opens a $22.6M BTC long at $75.4K. Track record 92/100.
- BTCCloses a long
Iron Humpback closes its $22.6M BTC long at $75.2K after 2 minutes (−$54K realised).
- ETHOpens a short
Iron Humpback opens a $21.3M ETH short at $2,135.31. Track record 92/100.
- BTCCloses a short
Southern Manta closes its $29.9M BTC short at $74.9K (+$520K realised).
- BTCTrims a long
Cobalt Monsoon trims its BTC long by $19.1M to $9.9M at $74.0K (−$1.5M realised).
- ETHTrims a short
Ancient Narwhal trims its ETH short by $19.9M to $50.4M over 9 hours.
- BTCOpens a short
Morning Floe opens a $44.3M BTC short at $73.8K. Track record 55/100.
- ETHCloses a short
Iron Humpback closes its $21.1M ETH short at $2,120.44 after 8 hours (+$149K realised).
- ETHTrims a short
Grey Leviathan trims its ETH short by $42.2M to $122M over 12 hours.
- BTCCloses a long
Iron Humpback closes its $22.5M BTC long at $74.9K after 5 hours (+$45K realised).
- BTCCloses a long
Wintry Shallows closes its $20.6M BTC long at $74.6K after 9 hours (−$3K realised).
- BTCOpens a long
Iron Humpback opens a $22.6M BTC long at $75.2K. Track record 92/100.
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As archived at the day's close, Tue, 10 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC. Not financial advice.