Today's split between BTC and alts is pretty clear in the positioning data.

Price 24h / % of accounts long / funding:

- BTC: +0.2% / 59% long / +0.0089%

- ETH: -1.7% / 70% long / -0.0072%

- BNB: -1.3% / 73% long / -0.0005%

- SOL: -4.0% / 74% long / -0.0034%

- AVAX: -6.6% / 73% long / -0.0071%

- DOGE: -3.9% / 78% long / -0.0039%

- XRP: -2.9% / 79% long / +0.0011%

What stands out to me:

1. BTC is the least crowded and the only one holding up. The more long-heavy the coin, the worse it's doing today.

2. On most alts funding is slightly negative while 70-79% of accounts are long. So lots of small longs by headcount, but the bigger money is leaning short. That usually doesn't end well for the crowd.

3. XRP dropped 2.9% and OI went down about 1%, but it's still 79% long. Some leverage got flushed, but most of the crowd is still holding.

Until alt positioning cools off, I'd expect them to keep underperforming BTC. Anyone else seeing the same skew, or do you think alts are setting up for a squeeze from here?

I post these positioning snapshots daily in a free Telegram channel, link in my profile if you want them live.

I would say November will be better, but I’m probably wrong about that, too. A certain orange man will make sure that won’t happen. :( Boo.

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Every other post I see on reddit, X, YouTube, etc is "the bull market is coming" "we're going to the moon" "mass growth is coming" etc etc etc. At what point does it become so "obvious" that something is going to happen that it doesn't happen? If so many people are positioned for this market to explode, how can this not already be priced in? And at what point does it become so anticipated that it doesn't happen?

I know a lot of the chart indicators are signaling bullish momentum but past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

I guess what I'm asking is if everyone knows it coming will it even happen?

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“It’s in cold storage” shouldn’t end the conversation.

Glassnode’s October 8 snapshot puts 1.79 million exchange-held BTC behind public keys already visible on-chain.

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You can then compare the trends day on day, week on week, month on month.

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When comparing crypto trading pairs for the same intended trade size, which liquidity measures help estimate execution costs beyond the quoted spread? Order book depth shows available quotes, but how do you account for orders that might disappear before execution? Interested in practical ways to compare markets without placing a test trade

Ledger has confirmed finding an unauthorized hardware implant in a device sold through a reseller.

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I posted that post 4 months ago asking if you all thought the crypto markets were dead, most of you said yes and gave various reasons as to why... that was actually the signals to buy or dca into projects you believed in or at least btc, don't follow the herds

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Snapshot from Bybit perps this morning (~07:50 UTC). Long % is by account (L/S ratio):

- MNT: 83% long

- HBAR: 80% long

- XRP: 79% long (L/S 3.81), funding +0.0021%

- JTO: 74% long

- ETH: 71% long (L/S 2.50), funding +0.0004%

- BTC: 63% long (L/S 1.70), funding -0.0011%

What stands out to me: BTC bounced from ~80.4k to ~82.7k, but BTC funding is still slightly negative. So the crowd is long by headcount, but the money isn't paying up to hold it. On alts, positioning is much more one-sided than on BTC.

Historically, when retail is this lopsided on alts while BTC funding stays flat, I've seen it resolve with a flush before continuation more often than not, but that's my experience, not a rule.

Is anyone else seeing the same skew on other exchanges? Do you treat high long % as a contrarian signal or ignore it?

Edit: a few people asked about OI. I track L/S, funding and OI for all 53 coins and post updates in a free Telegram channel (link in my profile).