BTC long/short ratio: whales versus the crowd
The long/short ratio, read two ways at once. One counts heads: how many accounts are long. The other weighs money: how the largest traders are positioned. When the two disagree, this page shows by how much. That gap, in points, is the Whale-Crowd Spread.
BTC · who is more longFri 9 Oct · 20:59 UTC
Crowd ahead
The crowd is 9 points more long than the whales58% of accounts long49% of top-trader positioning long
Refreshed every few minutes
- Yesterday at the close
- +15 points
- A week ago · Fri 2 Oct
- +8 points
- Widest in 30 days · Tue 15 Sep
- +16 points
- Days in a row
- 5 days crowd ahead
The crowd one account, one vote
58% of accounts long
The whales one dollar, one vote
49% of top-trader positioning long
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Spread probability checked Jul 2026
No edge
how far the crowd sits from the whales is not moving the probability of what price does next in a way we can stand behind
Every number we print has to keep earning its place on fresh market history, by a rule we wrote down before we looked. This one has not earned it, so no number prints here.
No edge is a reading too. Still measured every few minutes: the gap today and the gap day by day.
Funding, right now
Longs pay
About 3.6% a year. Funding shows who is paying to hold the crowded side. The full read on the funding page
Positioning shows who is crowded. Funding shows who is paying for it.
When the crowd leans hard one way and funding shows it paying to hold that side, the two reads agree. The liquidation map shows where forced exits are stacked.
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Four ideas behind the picture above.
Two ways to count the same market
The account ratio counts heads: how many accounts are net long versus short. It is dominated by smaller, retail-sized accounts. The top-trader position ratio weighs money: how the largest accounts are positioned by size. One person, one vote versus one dollar, one vote.
Why the gap between them matters
When the head count and the money lean the same way, there is not much to read. When they pull apart, one side is crowded and the other is not, and the gap tells you by how much, in points.
Read the gap, not the ratio
A raw ratio of two on one coin is not the same as a two on another, and the level alone says little. So we read the gap between the crowd and the whales, and we put today’s gap beside yesterday’s close, a week ago and the widest of the last 30 days, so you can see whether it is stretching or easing.
Positioning is not a promise
A one-sided crowd is not always wrong, and the largest traders are not always right. For the biggest trades read against the crowd’s mood, see our whale alerts guide. This is a read of who leans where, not a forecast of what price will do.
Questions and answers
What is the crypto long/short ratio?
The long/short ratio is the balance of long against short positions in the futures market. It comes in two forms. The account ratio counts how many accounts are on each side, so smaller accounts dominate it. The top-trader ratio weighs how the largest traders are positioned by size. Reading both at once shows where the crowd and the big money disagree.
What is the Whale-Crowd Spread?
It is the share of accounts that are long minus the share of top-trader positioning that is long, in points. A spread of +14 means the crowd is 14 points more long than the whales. MyCryptoParadise prints it as measured, beside yesterday's close, a week ago and the widest of the last 30 days, with a daily history chart.
Is a high long/short ratio bullish or bearish?
Neither on its own. The ratio is bounded, so its level says little by itself. What matters is whether the head count and the money agree, and how far apart they sit compared with recent days. A crowd piled onto one side while the largest traders lean the other way is worth knowing about. It is not a forecast.
Does the gap tell you where price goes next?
Not in a way we can stand behind. MyCryptoParadise prints a probability only while it keeps earning its place on fresh market history, by a rule we wrote down before we looked. The Whale-Crowd Spread has not earned one, so the page says No edge and shows the positioning itself, measured.
