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Whale Flow Scorecard

Tracks large order placement and execution from the L2 orderbook. A 'whale' event is any order or cluster of orders exceeding $100K notional within a

Signal Quality

PeriodAccuracySamplesSignificance
7d 60% 168 ⚠️ Low sample
30d 58% 720 ⚠️ Low sample
90d 57% 2,160 ✅ Significant

Calibration: Large order detection (>$500K) directional accuracy. Measured as % of whale orders where price moves in the same direction within 1h.

Current Reading

Current Value
0.1896
alpha_imbalance_deep
Methodology Version
v1.1 (2025-11)
Current whale bid/ask ratio vs 30-day rolling distribution.

24h History

500 data points · alpha_imbalance_deep

Strengths & Weaknesses

✅ Strengths

  • Strong signal when whales are active
  • Good for identifying smart money positioning
  • Useful confirmation signal
Best regime: trending markets

⚠️ Weaknesses

  • Low event frequency
  • Cannot distinguish hedging from directional
  • Threshold sensitivity
Worst regime: low-volume periods

Methodology Changelog

DateVersionChange
2025-11 v1.1 Lowered threshold from $1M to $500K, added multi-exchange
2025-06 v1.0 Initial launch with HyperLiquid whale orders only

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