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Smart-Money Report: Whales Net Short on BTC — Sep 18, 2026
WhaleRoom's daily read on what tracked whales did across BTC, ETH, SOL and the spot ETFs over the last 24 hours — built entirely from proprietary position data.
Bitcoin traded at $76.4K today, showing a 24h change of +0.28%. Whales are net short on Bitcoin, with 31.8% holding long positions. The long vs short count today is 12 long and 14 short, with 29% of profitable whales currently long.
Today's biggest whale move was a $1.83M short build, while the biggest trim was $634.9K short. The ETH accumulation index stands at 58/100, and the SOL accumulation index is at 50/100.
BTC spot ETF net flow was -$295.9M today, and ETH spot ETF net flow was -$224.1M.
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Sources: WhaleRoom proprietary whale, Hyperliquid & spot-ETF-flow tracking.