The share of accounts holding long positions in Bitcoin dollar-margin futures fell 9.85 percentage points, while Ethereum’s declined 5.5 points. By position size, Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long share rose 3.01 points, while Ethereum’s fell 1.76 points.
Data for November 5, 2026 showed Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long share by position size at 66%, up 3.01 percentage points from November 4. Ethereum’s share fell 1.76 points to 59%, marking a divergence between the two assets. Solana and XRP rose 2.14 points and 0.93 points, respectively.
In coin-margin futures, Ethereum’s long share by position size increased 1.63 percentage points to 78%. Changes for the other four assets were each less than 1 percentage point.
By account count, Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long share fell 9.85 percentage points to 61%, while Ethereum’s declined 5.5 points to 60%. Bitcoin’s rising long share by position size contrasted with the decline in its share of accounts holding longs. XRP’s dollar-margin long-account share increased 1.83 points to 74%.
Among coin-margin accounts, Ethereum’s long share fell 1.04 percentage points to 81%. The other four assets each recorded declines of less than 1 percentage point.
[Editor’s note]These figures distinguish long exposure measured by position size from the share of accounts holding long positions, with separate readings for dollar-margin and coin-margin futures.
John Kim
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