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[Futures trader picks] Bitcoin dollar-margin long accounts fall 9.85 points; Ether drops 5.5 points
Nov 5, 12:01 PM·
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Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long-account share fell 9.85 percentage points, while Ethereum’s declined 5.5 points, according to futures positioning data. Bitcoin’s long share by position size rose over the same period, creating a divergence between the two measures. The shift points to reduced dollar-margin long exposure in BTCUSD and ETH despite larger positions skewing long.

Futures positioning data show a decline in the share of dollar-margin long accounts for both Bitcoin and Ethereum, while Bitcoin’s long share measured by position size moved in the opposite direction.

Bitcoin and Ether long-account shares decline

  • Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long-account share fell 9.85 percentage points.
  • Ethereum’s dollar-margin long-account share declined 5.5 points over the same period.

Divergence in Bitcoin measures

Bitcoin’s long share by position size rose, highlighting a divergence between the two measures.

The data therefore point to reduced dollar-margin long exposure in BTCUSD and ETH, even as larger positions skew long on a position-size basis.

The figures were reported by tokenpost.com in its futures trader coverage, published on Nov. 5, 2026.