ANALYTICS · POSITIONING

Longs and shorts

Share of accounts long and short on perpetual futures. A heavy skew means a reversal forces the majority to close — and that accelerates the move.

Pairs with fresh data 378 BINANCE · BYBIT

Long skew >= 3:1 35 ≥ 3:1

Short skew >= 3:1 1 ≤ 1:3

This counts ACCOUNTS, not money. One large short and a hundred small longs read as a long skew while the capital sits the other way. Data refreshes every five minutes; rows older than fifteen minutes are not shown.

CROWD IS LONG

Most skewed toward longs

Pairs where several accounts sit long for every one short. A move down here meets more forced sellers.

#	Coin	Source	Longs / shorts	Long share
1	XAG	BINANCE	8.89	89.9%
2	ESPORTS	BINANCE	6.13	86.0%
3	GOOGL	BINANCE	5.91	85.5%
4	CRCL	BINANCE	5.91	85.5%
5	SIREN	BINANCE	5.68	85.0%
6	XAU	BINANCE	5.31	84.2%
7	APPSTOCK	BYBIT	5.17	83.8%
8	ARIA	BINANCE	5.15	83.7%
9	PTB	BINANCE	5.06	83.5%
10	CLO	BINANCE	4.81	82.8%
11	LIGHT	BINANCE	4.43	81.6%
12	MYX	BINANCE	4.40	81.5%
13	MNT	BYBIT	4.16	80.6%
14	ALPINE	BINANCE	4.13	80.5%
15	STAR	BINANCE	4.12	80.5%
16	BSB	BINANCE	3.90	79.6%
17	RAVE	BINANCE	3.89	79.6%
18	LAB	BINANCE	3.84	79.4%
19	TRADOOR	BINANCE	3.82	79.3%
20	COAI	BINANCE	3.78	79.1%
21	PIPPIN	BINANCE	3.68	78.6%
22	AIO	BINANCE	3.59	78.2%
23	GUN	BINANCE	3.53	77.9%
24	BASED	BINANCE	3.51	77.8%
25	BILL	BINANCE	3.49	77.8%

CROWD IS SHORT

Most skewed toward shorts

Pairs where the majority sits short. A push up forces the crowd to cover — the short squeeze.

#	Coin	Source	Longs / shorts	Short share
1	BZ	BINANCE	0.22	82.2%
2	PROM	BINANCE	0.43	69.7%
3	ALLO	BINANCE	0.49	67.0%
4	LITE	BINANCE	0.51	66.3%
5	AT	BINANCE	0.52	66.0%
6	FF	BINANCE	0.52	65.7%
7	NIL	BINANCE	0.56	64.0%
8	STG	BINANCE	0.57	63.5%
9	GENIUS	BINANCE	0.58	63.5%
10	USELESS	BINANCE	0.59	62.9%
11	SYN	BINANCE	0.64	61.1%
12	SKHY	BINANCE	0.64	61.0%
13	VTHO	BINANCE	0.64	61.0%
14	VVV	BINANCE	0.66	60.1%
15	DGAI	BYBIT	0.69	59.1%
16	ZEN	BINANCE	0.71	58.6%
17	IOST	BINANCE	0.71	58.4%
18	BR	BINANCE	0.72	58.3%
19	COTI	BINANCE	0.72	58.2%
20	ARK	BINANCE	0.72	58.0%
21	KII	BYBIT	0.73	58.0%
22	PENDLE	BINANCE	0.73	57.9%
23	CL	BINANCE	0.75	57.1%
24	ZAMA	BINANCE	0.76	56.9%
25	NMR	BINANCE	0.77	56.4%

Coverage is limited to the highest-turnover pairs on the reference venues — smaller alts have no data. That is a source limitation, not a failure.

What the long/short ratio shows

The long/short ratio shows how open positions are split between the two sides: how many trading accounts sit long versus short. A value of 3.0 means three accounts long for every one short — 75% against 25%.

Why a skew fuels reversals

Positioning on its own does not say where price will go. It says who gets hurt on a reversal: if the overwhelming majority is long, a move down forces exactly them to close, and their exits deepen the fall. That is why an extreme skew is read as fuel for a sharp move against the crowd, not as a directional forecast.
Accounts are not capital

An important limit: this is a share of ACCOUNTS, not of capital. A large participant with one position counts the same as a retail trader with a minimum lot. So an account skew can disagree with a money skew, and no conclusion about market sentiment should rest on this number alone.

How to use it

Read it next to funding

A long skew with positive funding means the crowd is not just long — it is paying to stay long. That structure holds worse than a skew with no carrying cost.

Cross-check open interest

Rising open interest alongside a rising skew means the position is still being built. Falling open interest means the crowd is already unwinding, and there is less squeeze fuel left.

Do not confuse accounts with money

The metric counts accounts. On liquid pairs it tracks reality closely; on thin ones it is more distorted, because a few large participants can sit against all of retail.

FAQ

Why are there so few pairs here?

The source publishes ratios only for the highest-turnover pairs on the reference venues. For the rest there is no data, and we will not substitute the last known value — stale positioning is worse than none.

Is this a share of money or of accounts?

Accounts. The ratio counts how many accounts sit long versus short, not the size of their positions. One large participant weighs the same as one retail trader.

How often does it update?

Every five minutes. Rows older than fifteen minutes are dropped from the page: positioning changes, and a half-hour-old snapshot must not be shown as current.

Can I get an alert on a skew?

Yes — the liquidation cascade screener has a long/short ratio threshold. The screener sweeps the market every minute on its own; there is no coin list to configure.

What else to check

Funding extremes Pairs with the highest and lowest funding rates — overheat signals. Open Market heatmap Cell size — market cap, colour — price change over period. Open Volatility Top-50 pairs by 24h price range. Open

What this means Accounts are counted, not money: a hundred small longs weigh the same as one large one. The ratio speaks about crowd sentiment, not position size. Set up the liquidation screener

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