Order-flow recap: 8 October 2026 — heavy tape, one tokenized stock slide, one RLCUSDT spike

Per-symbol recap

BTCUSDT closed at 81,711.00, −1.89% on the session, having opened at 83,281.90 and ranged between 80,344.80 and 83,487.10. Total traded volume was 220,199, running at 1.60 times its usual pace. Sell-side delta came to 8,957 and cumulative volume delta hit its low for the window at 17:26 UTC, after its high at 01:08 UTC. The footprint and heatmap charts recorded 3,828 marks, with sell-side sweeps at 338 against buy-side sweeps at 269, sell-side big trades at 549 against 440 on the buy side, and sell-side volume spikes at 374 against 269 on the other side. Liquidity changes leaned to the sell side at 39 versus 16, and book imbalance at 364 against 350. Absorption marks stood at 58 on the sell side and 73 on the buy side, while stop-volume marks were 38 on the buy side and 7 on the sell side. The heaviest footprint price band held 411 marks.

ETHUSDT closed at 2,474.01, −3.84%, from an open at 2,572.87, printing a high of 2,586.61 and a low of 2,405.07. Volume reached 5,715,847, 1.81 times its normal pace. Sell-side delta was 199,866; cumulative volume delta topped out at 01:14 UTC and bottomed at 17:26 UTC. The tape carried 2,410 marks, with sell-side big trades at 358 against 290, sell-side sweeps at 267 against 160, and sell-side volume spikes at 280 against 194. Absorption marks split 25 to the sell side and 26 to the buy side.

SOLUSDT closed at 109.57, −5.74%, after opening at 116.24 and ranging from 105.61 to 116.75. Volume was 31,176,498, 1.79 times the usual pace, with sell-side delta of 1,309,620. Cumulative volume delta peaked at 00:31 UTC and troughed at 17:26 UTC. The charts logged 13,913 marks, sell-side sweeps at 26 against 18, sell-side volume spikes at 50 against 13, and liquidity changes at 6,980 on the sell side and 6,547 on the buy side.

BNBUSDT closed at 735.77, −4.78%, from an open at 772.67, with a high of 776.52 and a low of 716.85. Volume came in at 781,054, 1.88 times normal, and sell-side delta was 51,248. Cumulative volume delta hit its high at 02:45 UTC and its low at 17:37 UTC. 10,430 marks were recorded, with sell-side market volume imbalance at 139 against 77 on the buy side, sell-side stop runs at 16 against 5, and sell-side big trades at 6 against 4.

ZECUSDT closed at 1,186.35, −10.60%, after opening at 1,326.94, between 1,112.06 and 1,340.00. Volume was 2,464,538 and sell-side delta 102,528, with the cumulative volume delta high at 01:08 UTC and low at 15:59 UTC. Sell-side stop runs reached 95 against 44 on the buy side, and sell-side volume spikes reached 30 against 13.

SNDKUSDT closed at 1,615.48, −5.19%, from an open at 1,703.95, ranging 1,585.98 to 1,715.62 on volume of 888,448. Sell-side delta was 21,134, cumulative volume delta high at 05:07 UTC and low at 17:06 UTC.

SOXLUSDT closed at 142.25, −11.22%, from an open at 160.22, between 136.27 and 161.41 on volume of 14,950,184. Sell-side delta was 561,783, with the cumulative volume delta high at 03:09 UTC and low at 21:24 UTC.

XAUUSDT closed at 4,149.65, +0.90%, after opening at 4,112.77, between 4,109.97 and 4,152.21 on volume of 577,795, 1.32 times normal. Sell-side delta was 30,340, cumulative volume delta high at 01:02 UTC and low at 22:02 UTC. Buy-side big trades reached 58 against 34 on the sell side.

XAUTUSDT closed at 4,139.74, +0.73%, from an open at 4,109.62 between 4,104.22 and 4,142.06 on volume of 14,908. Sell-side delta was 347, with the cumulative volume delta high at 17:07 UTC and low at 22:04 UTC.

SPCXUSDT closed at 164.60, −2.36%, from an open at 168.58 between 160.49 and 168.65 on volume of 8,483,156. Buy-side delta reached 344,065, with the cumulative volume delta high at 22:28 UTC and low at 10:47 UTC. Buy-side market volume imbalance marks were 273 against 280 on the sell side, and buy-side stop runs were 74 against 91.

RLCUSDT closed at 0.8820, +29.74%, after opening at 0.6798 and ranging between 0.6463 and 1.09 on volume of 434,960,980. Sell-side delta was 327,229, with the cumulative volume delta high at 17:39 UTC and low at 12:26 UTC.

What TapeHawk's footprint and heatmap recorded

BNBUSDT fell −3.77% over 60 minutes, from 759.44 at 14:35 UTC to 730.81 at 15:35 UTC, a move of −377 bps and about 7.20 times its average hourly range. SOLUSDT and XAUTUSDT made the same move at the same time. On the heatmap chart, Liquidity Changes recorded 307 marks on the buy side during the move, one of the book's largest resting walls standing and then being pulled without the tape explaining the drop. On the footprint chart, S/R Zones recorded 11 marks on the sell side during the move, a band of prices where several separate footprint columns were diagonally imbalanced to the same side, while one column alone does not make a zone. On the footprint chart, Absorption Zones recorded 9 marks on the sell side during the move, several price levels in a row imbalanced the same way and the bar then closing away from them, so the zone reads the opposite way. The marks were recorded in the same move, a confluence rather than separate events. On the candle chart, Relative Volume (RVOL) showed the volume of the bars at 11.40 times its recent average while the marks were recorded. Totals reached 580 marks, at 1.31 times the day's normal.

ETHUSDT fell −4.29% over 60 minutes, from 2,523.60 at 15:07 UTC to 2,415.22 at 16:07 UTC, a move of −429 bps and about 6.90 times its average hourly range. BTCUSDT and ZECUSDT made the same move at the same time. On the heatmap chart, Big Trades recorded 125 marks on the sell side during the move, one very large fill at a single price, a decision rather than the tail of many small trades. On the heatmap chart, Book Imbalance recorded 11 marks on the sell side during the move, which side of the resting book was heavier and the moment that lean switched sides. On the footprint chart, S/R Zones recorded 7 marks on the sell side during the move, a band of prices where several separate footprint columns were diagonally imbalanced to the same side, while one column alone does not make a zone. The marks were recorded in the same move, a confluence rather than separate events. On the candle chart, Relative Volume (RVOL) showed the volume of the bars at 9.10 times its recent average while the marks were recorded. Totals reached 567 marks, at 5.55 times the day's normal.

Top movers among the tracked symbols

Among the 741 tracked symbols, the gainers were OGNUSDT at +98.99% on $825.3M, RLCUSDT at +30.22% on $364.1M, and 龙虾USDT at +25.32% on $204.6M. The losers were ORCAUSDT at −17.98% on $103.0M, MINAUSDT at −16.84% on $96.5M, and NEARUSDT at −16.31% on $1.5B. The volume spikes were OGNUSDT at +98.99% on $825.3M, RLCUSDT at +30.22% on $364.1M, and CTSIUSDT at +9.16% on $79.4M.

Notable news

• Bitcoin traded below a round level and the weakness carried into listed crypto-equity names, with Strategy, Coinbase and Robinhood all lower (Yahoo Finance).
• The ten-year Treasury yield reached its highest level in decades as stocks retreated (Yahoo Finance).
• Silver prices fell back toward their August lows (Yahoo Finance).

Not financial advice.