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🌙 BTC daily close • 27 Oct

🌙 BTC daily close • 27 Oct

BTC closed 80,801, +1.00%, range 79,378 to 81,200 (2.29%), closed near the highs

ETH closed 2,347, +1.16%, range 2,294 to 2,362 (2.94%), closed near the highs

SOL closed 101.22, +0.45%, range 99.02 to 101.72 (2.73%), closed near the highs

Where the US session finished

📈 Stocks ES +0.62% • NQ +1.42% • VIX -4.73%

🪙 Metals Gold +0.92% • Silver +0.84%

🌍 Macro DXY +0.40% • Brent -5.41%

🏦 Rates 10Y 4.99% +1bp • 30Y 5.30% +0bp • 10Y less 3M +95bp, positive

Tue 27 Oct · settled 00:00 UTC • the settled candle, not a forecast of one. Measured numbers only. Not financial advice.

Levels carried into the new day

BTC PDH 81,200 (below, 10 tests), PDL 79,378 (above, 4 tests), round 81,000

ETH PDH 2,362 (below, 9 tests), PDL 2,294 (above, 4 tests), round 2,300

SOL PDH 101.72 (below, 9 tests), PDL 99.02 (above, 2 tests), round 100

Daily EMAs, 9 to 200 (▲ price above, ▼ below)

BTC 80,780 · stack mixed · 50/200 golden cross 46d ago

9 EMA 81,047 ▼ · 21 EMA 81,682 ▼ · 50 EMA 80,738 ▲ · 100 EMA 77,753 ▲ · 200 EMA 76,412 ▲

ETH 2,346 · stack mixed · 50/200 golden cross 51d ago

9 EMA 2,368 ▼ · 21 EMA 2,426 ▼ · 50 EMA 2,449 ▼ · 100 EMA 2,361 ▼ · 200 EMA 2,320 ▲

Positioning

BTC funding +0.0054%, OI $7.66B, L/S 2.06 _(higher than 84% of the last 30 days)_

ETH funding +0.0085% _(higher than 89% of the last 30 days)_, OI $5.51B, L/S 3.06

SOL funding +0.0100% _(highest in 30 days)_, OI $919.1M, L/S 3.04 _(higher than 97% of the last 30 days)_

Spot ETF flows, net

BTC ETFs +$110M on Mon 26 Oct • 5d -$115M • led by IBIT +$110M

ETH ETFs -$88.6M on Mon 26 Oct • 5d -$206M • led by ETHA -$105M

SOL ETFs -$8.2M on Mon 26 Oct • 5d -$19.1M • led by BSOL -$7.2M

Liquidations, last 24h

$4.0M longs against $11.4M shorts over 24h, shorts took it.

BTC heaviest near 81,395, $1.0M of shorts

ETH heaviest near 2,338, $527k of shorts

SOL heaviest near 101.85, $106k of shorts

Options positioning

BTC dealers long gamma for 12 days, spot above the flip at 78,965 • walls 80,000 / 80,000

ETH dealers long gamma, spot above the flip at 2,312 • walls 2,300 / 2,500

Long gamma damps the tape, short gamma amplifies it. Positioning, not direction.

Scheduled next

Calendar

• Wed 18:00 UTC - Federal Funds Rate (forecast 4.00%, previous 4.00%)

• Wed 18:00 UTC - FOMC Statement

• Wed 18:30 UTC - FOMC Press Conference

• Thu 12:30 UTC - Advance GDP q/q (forecast 3.2%, previous 1.5%)

• Thu 12:30 UTC - Core PCE (September) (forecast 0.3%, previous 0.2%)

Earnings

• GOOGL 2026-10-28 after the close

• MSFT 2026-10-28 after the close

• AMZN 2026-10-29 after the close

• MSTR 2026-10-29 after the close

• COIN 2026-10-29 after the close

Not financial advice. The brief is written by templates from the numbers, with no AI, and says what happened, not what to trade.