CTK Whale vs Retail Delta
The CTK whale vs retail delta: the share of top traders' CTK position that is long minus the share of all accounts that are long, in percentage points. The chart holds Binance readings since 11 Oct 2026 only, when this site started recording CTK. Below it: where today's reading ranks in the past 30 days and year, and what price did after the year's most extreme readings.
CTK whales are 18.1 pp less long than retail (Binance top traders' positions 47.6% long vs 65.7% of all accounts). The delta is down 1.4 pp in 24 hours. Since 11 Oct 2026 it ranged from -24.8 pp (12 Oct 2026) to -16.1 pp (11 Oct 2026).
CTK top traders vs all accounts
Top trader positions long minus accounts long, ppNot recorded Chart: TradingView Lightweight Charts™
What CTK did after extreme readings
This needs at least 30 days of hourly readings for CTK; the table appears once there are enough.
How to read it. The delta is the share of top traders' CTK position that is long minus the share of all accounts that are long, in percentage points. Retail accounts usually lean long, so the delta sits below zero much of the time; what matters is where it stands against its own history. The chart shows Binance and Gate separately. Compare every coin on the whale vs retail hub and the long/short ratio page.
CTK whale vs retail FAQ
What is the CTK whale vs retail delta?
The share of CTK's top traders' combined position that is long, minus the share of all accounts with a CTK position that are long, in percentage points. Top traders are Binance's top 20% of futures users by margin balance, weighted by position size; the accounts ratio counts every account once.
How is the "after extremes" table built?
We take the hourly readings of the past year, keep the highest 5% and the lowest 5%, and compare CTK's Binance spot price at each reading with the price 24 hours and 7 days later: from hourly closes where this site has them, else from daily closes. The hit rate is how often price moved the way the whales leaned (up after the top 5%, down after the bottom 5%). Readings bunch together in episodes, so the number of distinct days is shown too.
Is it a trading signal?
No. The table describes what happened after past readings, before fees and funding, and a year holds only a handful of episodes. Nothing here is financial advice.