$BTC broke through the two walls that had been holding him back yesterday, and the shorts picked up the tab.
BTC at $78,000 (+1.5% in 24h), high at $78,490: it left behind the $77,057 and $77,792 that yesterday’s chart marked as resistance. It did so against the odds: the Fed raised the rate to 3.75%-4.00% and ETF redemptions returned.
The push came from short-covering, not fresh money: Binance futures Open Interest fell to 107,764 BTC while price rose, taker flow is selling (0.84), and accounts flipped back to short again: 44.3% of the total (41.3% yesterday). The top traders are moving the opposite way, with 69.4% of their position in long.
Liquidation map, by distance from the price:
BELOW — longs get liquidated:
🔻 $77.594 · -0.52% · 33%
🔻 $76.825 · -1.51% · 67%
🔻 $74.474 · -4.52% · 100% (the heaviest)
ABOVE — shorts get liquidated:
🔺 $78.406 · +0.52% · 26%
🔺 $79.175 · +1.51% · 51%
🔺 $81.526 · +4.52% · 77%
My bias remains long as long as price holds above $77.594; if it loses that zone with volume, I’ll go neutral, and the next reference is $76.825.
Follow me for the next episode of Whale Flow.
#BTC #Bitcoin $BNB
Data: Binance API (spot + futures + depth L2), 18-09-2026. Estimated zones. Not financial advice. DYOR.
BTC at $78,000 (+1.5% in 24h), high at $78,490: it left behind the $77,057 and $77,792 that yesterday’s chart marked as resistance. It did so against the odds: the Fed raised the rate to 3.75%-4.00% and ETF redemptions returned.
The push came from short-covering, not fresh money: Binance futures Open Interest fell to 107,764 BTC while price rose, taker flow is selling (0.84), and accounts flipped back to short again: 44.3% of the total (41.3% yesterday). The top traders are moving the opposite way, with 69.4% of their position in long.
Liquidation map, by distance from the price:
BELOW — longs get liquidated:
🔻 $77.594 · -0.52% · 33%
🔻 $76.825 · -1.51% · 67%
🔻 $74.474 · -4.52% · 100% (the heaviest)
ABOVE — shorts get liquidated:
🔺 $78.406 · +0.52% · 26%
🔺 $79.175 · +1.51% · 51%
🔺 $81.526 · +4.52% · 77%
My bias remains long as long as price holds above $77.594; if it loses that zone with volume, I’ll go neutral, and the next reference is $76.825.
Follow me for the next episode of Whale Flow.
#BTC #Bitcoin $BNB
Data: Binance API (spot + futures + depth L2), 18-09-2026. Estimated zones. Not financial advice. DYOR.
