Lighter whale tracker: who is long and who is short
Right now whales on Lighter — addresses with $1M+ in open perpetual positions — are 47% long: $326.67M in longs against $369.51M in shorts. Most whale money sits in BTC ($259.22M, 47% long). Over the last 24 hours whales bought the most BTC (+$3.17M) and sold the most ETH (−$7.55M). Within 5% of the price, $22.46M of positions would be liquidated if the market falls and $6.40M if it rises.
HyperScan tracks the largest traders on Lighter in real time. Every position on Lighter lives on-chain, so we can see the entry, size, leverage and liquidation price of every whale — and turn it into a long/short ratio of smart money rather than of the whole market. The numbers on this page update every 30 seconds.
What you will find on HyperScan
- Overview — the whale long/short ratio, net buying and selling over 24 hours, liquidations near the price and every coin with whale positions, sortable by any column.
- Coin pages — whale positions and liquidation levels, a price chart with liquidation clusters and notifications, the liquidation map and squeeze risk.
- Lighter whales — the largest addresses with balance, leverage and PnL; open any whale to see every position and its win rate.
- Follow the flow — coins where whales agree: 90%+ of their money on one side is a strong consensus.
- Large orders — market orders of $250K+ with anomalies measured against each coin’s daily volume.
- Notifications — anomalous orders, whale consensus and high squeeze risk as they happen.
Directional whales and all whales
A large short is not always a bet against the market: funds hedge spot holdings, market makers carry inventory, vaults take the other side of the crowd. By default HyperScan counts only directional whales — positions that look like a bet on price. Switch to “All whales” to see the full picture of risk, including hedges. How every type is detected is explained in the methodology.
How traders use it
- Check whether large traders agree with your trade before you enter it.
- Watch where whale liquidations cluster: a move into them can turn into a long or short squeeze.
- Follow net buying and selling to see whether whales are entering a coin or leaving it.
- Create a free account to track selected whales and get only the notifications you need.
HyperScan is free for everyone: all data, alerts and Telegram notifications, with no subscriptions. Data comes from the public Lighter API. HyperScan is an analytics tool — nothing here is investment advice.