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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
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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=BTC

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