Whales Screener (in-panel)
Per-symbol whale aggressor activity surfaced as a ranked list with side, size, and time. Same engine as the standalone Whales Screener page but scoped to the chart's symbol so you can keep it next to the candle you're reading.
The Whales Screener tab in the side panel is the symbol-scoped version of the standalone Whales Screener. It lists every whale-sized aggressor trade on the active pane's symbol — side, size, time, price, venue — ranked newest-first by default. Same engine, same threshold logic, same per-trade detail dialog as the standalone page — just docked next to the chart so you don't lose the candle context.
Columns
| Column | Notes |
|---|---|
| Time | Trade timestamp. |
| Side | BUY (green) / SELL (red). |
| Size | Trade size in quote currency. |
| Price | Trade price. |
| Venue | Exchange (when aggregating cross-venue). |
| Detail | Click to open the per-trade detail dialog with depth context. |
Settings
| Setting | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Whale threshold | $250k | Min notional to count as a whale. |
| Venues | All | Filter by exchange. |
| Side filter | Both | BUY only / SELL only / Both. |
| Group within | 1s | Cluster consecutive trades within this window into one row. |
| Sort by | Time desc | Time / Size. |
| Sound on new whale | Off | Audio cue per row. |
| Show on chart | On | Mirrors as dots on the chart — same as the Large Trades indicator. |
How to read it
- Cluster of BUY whales near a swing low — accumulation. Watch for absorption (price holding while CVD rises).
- Single huge SELL whale at a top — distribution. Often marks the top of the leg.
- Whales evenly distributed across the session — drift; no whale-driven direction.
- Whale-trade flow vs. chart direction — same direction = healthy trend; opposite = absorption / fade.
Common pitfalls
- Threshold too low — list fills with retail-sized rows; whale signal disappears. Tune to roughly 99th percentile trade size for the pair.
- Group window too narrow — same whale's iceberg fill paints 10+ rows. Use 1-5s grouping.
- Reading without depth context — a whale that doesn't move price means the other side absorbed it. Cross-check with the Orderbook depth panel.
What's next
- Standalone Whales Screener — multi-symbol version (deferred page).
- Large Trades — chart-overlay version.
- Orderbook depth panel — what depth surrounded the whale.