Crypto market report 18 October 2026

The crypto futures market of the day from our scanners: the numbers, the coins of the day and the largest liquidations, whale trades, volume spikes and open interest moves. The day is closed.

Alerts2,048
Coins with alerts367
Large liquidations$38.4Mlongs $23.4M · shorts $15M
Whale trades$2.12Bbuys $962M · sells $1.15B
All times UTC · updated

On 18 October 2026 the scanners recorded 2,048 alerts on 367 coins. Whale trades above our channel thresholds added up to $2.12B in 446 trades; sells outweighed buys, $1.15B against $962M. Large liquidations came to $38.4M (99 events), mostly longs ($23.4M); the largest was BTC longs, $11.7M at 20:18 UTC. The most volatile coin was Q: a five-minute candle with a 23.85% range (−16.76%). B had the strongest volume spike, 222× its average five-minute volume. The biggest open interest move was on Q, −8.78% in 15 minutes (longs closing). The most active coins were DOGE (100 alerts), XRP (98) and SOXS (82).

Coins of the day

  • Most alertsDOGE100 alerts
  • Top whale coinBTC$491M · 10 of the 15 largest trades
  • Largest liquidationBTC$11.7M of longs
  • Most volatileQ23.85% range in 5 min · −16.76%
  • Volume spikeB222× average volume
  • Open interest moveQ−8.78% in 15 min

Largest liquidations

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CoinLiquidatedSizePriceTime
BTCUSDTLongs$11.7M80642.41
ETHUSDTShorts$10M2379.64
CLUSDTShorts$992K99.489
PUMPUSDTLongs$644K0.0039747
SOLUSDTLongs$608K101.1012
SOLUSDTShorts$594K102.9329
HYPEUSDTLongs$576K76.5996
SOLUSDTLongs$507K100.4754
HYPEUSDTLongs$503K76.3088
XAUUSDTShorts$412K4162.03
BNBUSDTLongs$410K708.884
SOLUSDTShorts$400K103.7445
SOLUSDTShorts$392K103.9595
ZECUSDTLongs$347K1091.6
DOGEUSDTShorts$334K0.078737

Largest whale trades

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CoinSideSizePriceTime
BTCUSDTSell$65.2M 10 trades81722.1
ETHUSDTSell$64.4M 6 trades2350.29
BTCUSDTBuy$62.2M 7 trades82114.9
BTCUSDTSell$52M 4 trades80632.9
BTCUSDTBuy$50.1M 7 trades81605.6
ETHUSDTSell$50M 4 trades2333.53
BTCUSDTSell$49.4M 4 trades80805.6
BTCUSDTBuy$48.5M 3 trades81752.9
BTCUSDTSell$45.1M 6 trades81278.3
ETHUSDTSell$44.1M 6 trades2369.19
BTCUSDTBuy$44.1M 6 trades82177.5
BTCUSDTBuy$38.7M 4 trades81700
ETHUSDTSell$37.1M 2 trades2385.29
BTCUSDTBuy$35.4M 4 trades81682.5
ETHUSDTSell$31M 4 trades2383.2

Strongest volume spikes

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CoinVolume5m volumePrice moveTime
BUSDT221.8× average$639K−2.82%
BNCUSDT191.1× average$951K−1.40%
龙虾USDT157.3× average$4.71M−11.29%
SPACEUSDT77.8× average$648K−6.68%
NATGASUSDT67.9× average$2.49M−1.36%
CBRSUSDT66.9× average$1.03M−1.14%
SAMSUNGUSDT44.7× average$8.23M−3.00%
OGNUSDT42.8× average$1.12M+2.30%
MANTRAUSDT41.4× average$705K+5.05%
WDCUSDT36.0× average$890K+1.04%
PUMPUSDT33.3× average$17.6M−1.06%
SQQQUSDT30.6× average$1.49M−1.09%
TAUSDT27.5× average$764K−6.91%
AKEUSDT23.8× average$1.57M−5.41%
SOXSUSDT22.5× average$4.2M−1.09%

Biggest open interest moves

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CoinOI in 15mPriceReadingTime
QUSDT−8.78%−17.55%Longs closing
ERAUSDT−8.13%−3.47%Longs closing
MANTRAUSDT+7.96%+7.59%New longs entering
GASUSDT+7.68%+1.39%New longs entering
SPACEUSDT+7.20%−8.14%New shorts entering
APRUSDT+6.99%−16.96%New shorts entering
ERAUSDT+6.84%+7.36%New longs entering
STBLUSDT−6.71%−7.38%Longs closing
AVAUSDT−6.19%−8.59%Longs closing
ARIAUSDT+5.77%+5.16%New longs entering
ELSAUSDT+5.73%+6.01%New longs entering
POPMARTUSDT+5.72%−3.37%New shorts entering
APRUSDT+5.58%−8.40%New shorts entering
GTCUSDT−5.56%−3.75%Longs closing
APRUSDT+5.49%−9.95%New shorts entering

Sharpest volatility spikes

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Coin5m rangeAgainst averageMoveTime
QUSDT23.85%6.7× average−16.76%
龙虾USDT21.92%38.8× average−11.29%
QUSDT21.87%4.5× average+12.20%
龙虾USDT18.95%5.3× average+15.10%
AGTUSDT16.34%5.0× average+2.92%
QUSDT16.23%18.9× average+8.54%
BUSDT15.02%65.9× average−2.82%
APRUSDT12.66%11.1× average+11.83%
QUSDT11.52%5.7× average−8.99%
哈基米USDT11.47%23.8× average−2.99%
SPACEUSDT10.50%29.0× average−6.68%
APRUSDT10.16%10.4× average+7.22%
ARIAUSDT10.08%4.1× average−0.87%
EPICUSDT9.72%7.7× average+7.82%
ERAUSDT9.68%11.1× average−2.49%

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