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Order-flow recap: heavy tape in ether and semiconductors while metals slipped

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Per-symbol recap

20 October 2026 brought broad gains across the majors over the 24 hours. BTCUSDT closed at 82,984.80, +1.32%, on turnover of 138,163, with the day's cumulative volume delta high at 22:17 UTC and its low at 13:14 UTC. ETHUSDT finished at 2,447.78, +1.69%, on 3,452,626. SOLUSDT closed at 106.47, +1.37%. BNBUSDT ended at 742.03, +1.28%, and ZECUSDT at 1,256.49, +9.09%.

The tokenized-equity pairs moved hardest. SOXLUSDT closed at 104.85, +5.64%, at 2.56 times its usual volume. SPCXUSDT finished at 159.81, +7.20%, and SNDKUSDT at 1,403.58, +2.19%. RLCUSDT closed at 0.7031, −0.52%, on 0.31 of its usual volume.

The metals pairs eased. XAUUSDT ended at 4,121.71, 0.43% lower, and XAUTUSDT at 4,114.69, 0.40% lower.

The readings: what TapeHawk's footprint and heatmap indicators recorded in the day's large moves

Price in ETHUSDT came back to 2,388.00, a level it had turned at before with heavy volume traded there, across 10 touches during the clip. From there the pair ran +3.79% in 41 minutes. In that same move, three indicators recorded their marks: Volume Spikes on the heatmap, 31 of them on the buy side, each a burst of trading through several price levels in a few seconds that pointed the way of the side that traded more; Big Trades on the heatmap, 27 on the buy side, each one very large fill at a single price, a decision rather than the tail of many small trades; and Sweeps on the heatmap, 23 on the buy side, each one aggressive order pushing a large amount of size through several price levels in a single motion. Relative Volume on the candle chart showed the volume of the bars reaching 6.60 times its recent average, so the move was traded heavily rather than drifted into.

Top movers among the tracked symbols

  • JCTUSDT +136.02%, 0.004678, $637.2M
  • DOODUSDT +83.10%, 0.002459, $190.1M
  • IOSTUSDT +40.64%, 0.001052, $106.4M
  • AGTUSDT −28.06%, 0.06231, $198.9M
  • BRUSDT −9.05%, 0.6449, $438.9M
  • PHAUSDT −6.82%, 0.05798, $106.7M

Among the 745 tracked symbols, DOODUSDT printed a volume ratio of 179.82, JCTUSDT 102.32 and AGTUSDT 33.26.

Notable news

  • Gold futures booked a second straight losing session as the dollar held firm and Treasury yields crept higher (The Wall Street Journal).
  • Silver stayed pinned in an unusually tight trading band with almost no price movement (The Wall Street Journal).

Not financial advice.

Order-flow recap: heavy tape in ether and semiconductors while metals slipped — TapeHawk