[Futures trader picks] Bitcoin dollar-margin long accounts drop 7.27 points; Ether falls 5.50 points

The share of dollar-margin accounts holding long positions fell 7.27 percentage points for Bitcoin and 5.50 percentage points for Ether. Changes in position-based long shares and coin-margin accounts were smaller.

On October 21, 2026, dollar-margin long positions showed mixed changes from the previous day. Bitcoin’s long share rose 1.21 percentage points to 65.31%, while Ether edged down 0.01 percentage points to 62.40%. Dogecoin fell 0.78 percentage points to 75.17%, the largest decline among the five assets tracked.

Coin-margin long positions also diverged. Bitcoin’s long share declined 0.97 percentage points to 70.69%, while Ether rose 1.42 percentage points to 79.53%. XRP fell 2.16 percentage points to 82.17%, and Solana slipped 0.20 percentage points to 84.84%.

Dollar-margin accounts recorded the sharpest declines in Bitcoin and Ether. Bitcoin’s long-account share dropped 7.27 percentage points to 58.47%, while Ether fell 5.50 percentage points to 66.68%. XRP declined 1.98 percentage points to 73.85%.

Coin-margin long-account shares changed more modestly. Bitcoin fell 0.79 percentage points to 78.03%, and Ether declined 0.20 percentage points to 80.81%. XRP slipped 0.11 percentage points to 87.06%, while Dogecoin edged up 0.06 percentage points to 91.37%.

[Editor’s note]Position-based and account-based measures showed different changes. Bitcoin’s dollar-margin long-position share increased even as its long-account share declined. Ether’s dollar-margin long-position share was nearly unchanged despite the decline in its long-account share.