LONG/SHORT SIZE

How many dollars sit in longs and how many in shorts on Binance futures for this coin.

• By default it shows the difference, DIFF: longs − shorts, in millions of dollars.
• Above zero — more money in longs. Below — in shorts.

Where the numbers come from. SIZE = long share × the coin's open interest. The share is the same as in LONG/SHORT RATIO; Source picks its source. Open interest is the coin's entire OI. A 55% share with OI of $2B: longs $1.1B, shorts $0.9B, DIFF +$200M.

It's an estimate, not an exact count. The share comes from the selected group, while OI covers all positions. It's most accurate with TOP POSITIONS: there the share is already by money. With ALL ACCOUNTS and TOP ACCOUNTS the share is by heads, and SIZE shows how much would be in longs if money were split the same way as accounts.

See how much money is behind a skew. The percentage is the same, but the money behind it can be ten times more or less.

For example.

• 55% longs with OI of $2B — DIFF +$200M.
• The same 55% with OI of $200M — DIFF +$20M. Same percentages, ten times less money at stake.
• DIFF rose and OI rose — new money went into longs. DIFF rose but OI is flat — money moved from shorts to longs, no new money came in.

RATIO or SIZE. RATIO is percentages, the same scale for any coin: use it to compare the crowd with large traders and coins with each other. SIZE is this coin's dollars: use it to see how much is behind the skew. For an alert on one coin — SIZE; for comparisons across the market — RATIO.