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Order flow recap: 17 October 2026 — heavy selling in the tape's biggest moves

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Per-symbol recap

  • BTCUSDT closed at 81,455.90, 0.15% lower on the day. Delta finished at −1,797, with cumulative volume delta peaking at 00:13 UTC and troughing at 21:38 UTC. The tape recorded 2,322 marks, of which the most frequent were Market Volume Imbalance at 244 on the sell side and 167 on the buy side.
  • ETHUSDT closed at 2,401.58, 0.86% lower. Delta was −98,698, with the cumulative line high at 03:57 UTC and low at 21:38 UTC. 1,324 marks were recorded.
  • SOLUSDT closed at 103.42, 0.94% lower. Delta was −487,735. 9,308 marks were recorded, the heaviest cluster being liquidation changes.
  • BNBUSDT closed at 718.54, 0.46% lower. Delta was −6,032, and 6,512 marks were recorded.
  • XAUUSDT closed at 4,164.19, 0.15% lower. Delta was −3,881, with 4,638 marks recorded.
  • XAUTUSDT closed at 4,151.46, 0.15% lower. Delta was −16.48, and 1,575 marks were recorded.
  • ZECUSDT closed at 1,126.86, 1.85% lower. Delta was −28,741, and 98 marks were recorded.
  • SNDKUSDT closed at 1,269.89, 1.92% lower. Delta was −5,608, with 211 marks recorded.
  • RLCUSDT closed at 0.7765, 5.63% lower. Delta was −1,651,340, and 198 marks were recorded.
  • SOXLUSDT closed at 92.54, 2.21% lower. Delta was −76,518, with 201 marks recorded.
  • SPCXUSDT closed at 145.34, 0.29% lower. Delta was −37,505, and 355 marks were recorded.

Large moves and the order flow around them

SNDKUSDT fell 6.54% over 53 minutes, from 1,300.39 at 20:35 UTC to 1,215.35 at 21:28 UTC, a move of 5.94 times its average hourly range. In the minutes before the move the footprint recorded 5 marks, the most frequent being Market Volume Imbalance on the buy side at 5, at 2.27 times the day's normal. During the move the footprint recorded 24 marks at 3.03 times the day's normal, the most frequent being Market Volume Imbalance on the sell side at 11, followed by Stop Runs on the sell side at 8 and Market Volume Imbalance on the buy side at 2. SOXLUSDT made the same move at the same time, falling 7.81% over 58 minutes.

SPCXUSDT fell 3.75% over 26 minutes, from 145.93 at 21:05 UTC to 140.46 at 21:31 UTC, a move of 5.72 times its average hourly range. Before the move the footprint recorded 4 marks, led by Market Volume Imbalance on the buy side at 3 and on the sell side at 1, at 1.08 times the day's normal. During the move the footprint recorded 8 marks at 1.20 times the day's normal, led by Market Volume Imbalance on the buy side at 5 and on the sell side at 3. Other markets made the same move at the same time: ETHUSDT fell 2.86% over 24 minutes, SOLUSDT fell 3.00% over 33 minutes, and BNBUSDT fell 1.76% over 43 minutes.

ZECUSDT fell 5.61% over 46 minutes, from 1,162.49 at 20:52 UTC to 1,097.22 at 21:38 UTC, a move of 3.26 times its average hourly range. During the move the footprint recorded 10 marks at 3.13 times the day's normal, the most frequent being Market Volume Imbalance on the sell side at 4, followed by Stop Runs on the sell side at 3 and Volume Spikes on the sell side at 2.

SPCXUSDT rose 2.38% over 60 minutes, from 140.90 at 21:32 UTC to 144.25 at 22:32 UTC, a move of 3.51 times its average hourly range. Before the move the footprint recorded 2 marks, Market Volume Imbalance on the buy side at 1 and on the sell side at 1, at 0.54 times the day's normal. SNDKUSDT made the same move at the same time, rising 3.86% over 58 minutes.

Top movers among the tracked symbols

Among the 745 tracked symbols:

  • QUSDT +111.25%, 0.1230, turnover $850.1M
  • AGTUSDT +35.49%, 0.08346, turnover $842.8M
  • AVAUSDT +29.10%, 0.3793, turnover $76.5M
  • ZEREBROUSDT −22.92%, 0.02524, turnover $54.0M
  • STRKUSDT −12.97%, 0.06450, turnover $149.4M
  • BATUSDT −8.89%, 0.1791, turnover $57.8M
  • AGTUSDT +35.49%, 0.08346, turnover $842.8M, volume 223.34 times its normal
  • ICNTUSDT −5.02%, 0.1703, turnover $404.9M, volume 213.93 times its normal
  • ZEREBROUSDT −22.92%, 0.02524, turnover $54.0M, volume 61.69 times its normal

Notable news

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This is not financial advice.

Order flow recap: 17 October 2026 — heavy selling in the tape's biggest moves — TapeHawk