Whale Flow
The aggregate buying and selling activity of large market participants (whales), defined as orders exceeding $100,000 in notional value. Whale imbalance ranges from -1 (all selling) to +1 (all buying) and often precedes significant price moves.
Definition
The aggregate buying and selling activity of large market participants (whales), defined as orders exceeding $100,000 in notional value. Whale imbalance ranges from -1 (all selling) to +1 (all buying) and often precedes significant price moves.
Live Data Example </> API
# Whale Flow live data
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/whale-flow?coin=BTC
Endpoint: /v1/signals/whale-flow?coin=BTC
# Whale Flow live data
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/whale-flow?coin=BTC
Endpoint: /v1/signals/whale-flow?coin=BTC
Current Whale Flow data from the Algo Tick API:
{
"coin": "BTC",
"whale_orders": [
{
"coin": "BTC",
"side": "bid",
"price": 69873.0,
"size_usd": 221719.61,
"size_coins": 3.17318,
"distance_from_mid_pct": 0.001,
"timestamp": "2026-03-12T18:54:42.578Z",
"_coin": "BTC"
},
{
"coin": "BTC",
"side": "bid",
"price": 69866.0,
"size_usd": 398286.5,
"size_coins": 5.70072,
"distance_from_mid_pct": 0.011,
"timestamp": "2026-03-12T18:54:42.578Z",
...# Fetch this yourself:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v1/signals/whale-flow?coin=BTCRelated Terms
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